No L 182/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 7. 84 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1955/84 of 9 July 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 laying down detailed rules for the appli- cation of the additional levy referred to in Article 5¢ of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1557/84 (?), and in particular Article 5c (7) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 of 31 March 1984 adopting general rules for the appli- cation of the levy referred to in Article 5¢ of Regula- tion (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector (), Whereas Article 4 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 (*) provides that each producer of milk and milk products who sells directly for consumption shall send an application for registration to the relevant intervention agency ; whereas the date set by Member States for lodging of applications may not be later than | September 1984 ; whereas because of administrative difficulties in certain Member States this date cannot be respected and should be put back ; Whereas Article 4 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 refers to the quantities made available as a result of cessation of activity ; whereas it should be specified that such cessation of activity may include that covered by Article 4 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 ; Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 fixes equivalences to be used where cream, butter and cheese are delivered; whereas provision should be made that where producers can provide evidence of the quantities actually used to produce the cream, butter or cheese the Member States may accept this evidence instead of using the equivalence formulas; whereas it should also be specified that in cases where OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. J No L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 6. ] No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 13. No 0 0 O L 132, 18. 5. 1984, p. 11. fully or partly skimmed milk is delivered, the producer must provide evidence that the milk fat has been accounted for for levy calculation purposes; Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 11 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 specifies that for Greece and for certain areas of Italy the records shall be kept for the 12-month period ; whereas in view of difficul- ties arising because of the administrative structures in certain regions of the Community and difficulties met with in regard to national implementing measures for the additional levy scheme, this option should be made available in other areas and to other Member States ; Whereas it should be specified that sales of milk products to . wholesalers and certain other traders should be regarded as direct sales for the purposes of the statement referred to in Article 13 (1) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 1371/84; Whereas the provisions of Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 should be supplemented by speci- fying what rate for conversion into national currency is to be used in cases where Member States repay excess levy amounts at the end of each quarter; Whereas Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 lays down the time limit for collection of the levy in certain areas of the Community; whereas it should be specified that declarations of the quantities of milk produced be made within the same time limit; 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 : Anrticle 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 is hereby amended as follows : 1. In Article 4: — paragraph [, second subparagraph, ‘1 September 1984’ is replaced by ‘30 November 1984’