Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/80 of 5 June 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1822/77 as regards the collection of the co-responsibility levy in the milk and milk products sector during the 1980/81 milk year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 of 17 May 1977 on a co-responsibility levy and on measures for expanding the markets for milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1364/80(2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas the level of the co-responsibility levy applicable during the 1980/81 milk year is fixed at 2 % of the target price for milk valid for that milk year;

Whereas it is necessary, therefore, to replace the figures appearing in the first subparagraph of Article 2 (1) and in Article 5 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1822/77 of 5 August 1977 laying down detailed rules for the collection of the co-responsibility levy introduced in respect of milk and milk products(3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1362/79(4);

Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77, a reduced rate of the levy shall henceforth be collected from producers in certain areas within an annual limit of 60 000 kilograms per producer; whereas the amounts of the abovementioned reduced levy and the detailed rules governing the collection thereof must be specified,

Whereas, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77, Member States are obliged to take all measures necessary for establishing the geographical location of the holdings covered by the reduced rate of the levy; whereas a special provision should therefore be introduced enabing such measures to be implemented;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Regulation (EEC) No 1822/77 is amended as follows:

‘Where the purchaser has, during the period concerned, purchased milk originating from farms situated in a region referred to in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77, the statement referred to in the first subparagraph under (a) shall indicate separately the quantity of milk delivered by such farms and to which the reduced rate of the levy referred to in Article 2 (1) (b) has been applied.’

‘4.   However, as regards purchasers concerned by the provisions of the second subparagraph of paragraph 3, Member States may allow a period of three months or 12 weeks as from 1 June 1980 to be considered as a single period within the meaning of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply as from 1 June 1980.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 June 1980.