COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 3641/90 of 11 December 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) N° 804/68 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 234 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Article 5c of Council Regulation (EEC) N° 804/68(1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3117/90(2), fixes for each Member State, a guaranteed total quantity of milk which the sum of the individual reference quantities may not exceed; whereas, in order for Portugal to be able to apply in its territory, as from 1991, the additional levy scheme in the milk sector introduced by Article 5c of the said Regulation, the guaranteed total quantity necessary for the scheme to be applied should be fixed for that Member State bearing in mind the specific features of its structures, the need to allow for an increase in its production and the fact that measures should be envisaged with a view to the promotion, in Portugal, of a change in the consumption of milk and milk products so that it attains the average level obtaining in the Community;

Whereas the administrative requirements with which Portugal is faced justify the scheme in question being applied only as from 1 April 1991,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 5c (3) of Regulation (EEC) N° 804/68 is hereby amended as follows:

1.In the second subparagraph the following line is added:

'Portugal1 779`.

2.In the third subparagraph, point (d) is replaced by the following:

'(d)for the twelve-month period from 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990 the guaranteed total quantity shall be as follows, in thousands of tonnes:

Belgium3 089,751 Denmark4 686,720 Germany22 519,080 Greece555,520 Spain4 664,000 France24 708,640 Ireland5 068,800 Italy8 446,080 Luxembourg254,400 Netherlands11 499,840 United Kingdom14 716,391 (e)for the 12-month period from 1 April 1990 to 31 March 1991 the guaranteed total quantity shall be as follows, in thousands of tonnes:

Belgium3 089,751 Denmark4 686,720 Germany22 519,080 Greece555,520 Spain4 664,000 France24 708,640 Ireland5 068,800 Italy8 796,080 Luxembourg254,400 Netherlands11 499,840 United Kingdom14 716,391 (f)for the 12-month period from 1 April 1991 to 31 March 1992 the guaranteed total quantity shall be as follows, in thousands of tonnes:

Belgium3 089,751 Denmark4 686,720 Germany29 118,960 (of which 6 599,880 for the territory of the former German Democratic Republic) Greece555,520 Spain4 664,000 France24 708,640 Ireland5 068,800 Italy8 796,080 Luxembourg254,400 Netherlands11 499,840 Portugal1 779,000 United Kingdom14 716,391`.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991.

It shall apply from 1 April 1991.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 December 1990.

For the CouncilThe PresidentV. SACCOMANDI

(1)OJ N° L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.

(2)OJ N° L 303, 31. 10. 1990, p. 5.