Commission Regulation (EC) No 751/1999 of 9 April 1999 adjusting the total quantities set in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 establishing an additional levy in the milk and milk products sector
10. 4. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 96/11 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 751/1999 of 9 April 1999 adjusting the total quantities set in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 establishing an additional levy in the milk and milk products sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 of 28 December 1992 establishing an additional levy in the milk and milk products sector (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 903/98 (2), and in par- ticular Articles 3(2) and 4(2) thereof, Whereas Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 provides that the guaranteed total quantities for Austria and Finland may be increased up to a maximum of 180 000 tonnes and 200 000 tonnes respectively in order to compensate Austrian and Finnish ‘SLOM' producers; whereas pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 671/95 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1390/95 (4), Austria and Finland have notified the quant- ities concerned for the 1998/99 marketing year; whereas the guaranteed total quantities should therefore be increased accordingly through the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Council Regulation (EEC) 804/68 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/96 (6); Whereas Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 provides that individual reference quantities are to be increased or established at the duly justified request of producers to take account of changes in their deliveries and/or direct sales; whereas an increase in or establish- ment of a reference quantity must be offset by a cor- responding reduction or deletion of the other reference quantity held by the producer; involve for such adjustments may not Whereas the Member State concerned an increase in the sum of the delivery and direct sale quantities indicated in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92; whereas in the event of definitive changes to individual reference quantities the quantities set in the said Article 3 are to be adjusted accordingly through the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68; Whereas pursuant to Article 8, third indent, of Commis- sion Regulation (EEC) No 536/93 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1255/98 (8), Belgium, Denmark, (1) OJ L 405, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. (2) OJ L 127, 29. 4. 1998, p. 8. (3) OJ L 70, 30. 3. 1995, p. 2. (4) OJ L 135, 21. 6. 1995, p. 4. (5) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. (6) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21. (7) OJ L 57, 10. 3. 1993, p. 12. (8) OJ L 173, 18. 6. 1998, p. 14. Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Austria and the United Kingdom have notified the Commission of quantities definitively modified as mentioned in the second subparagraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92; whereas these Member States set in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 should therefore be adjusted accordingly; the total quantities for 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: Article 1 The table in the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 is replaced by the following table: ‘Member State Deliveries Direct sales Belgium Denmark Germany (1) Greece Spain France Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Austria Portugal Finland Sweden 3 140 696 169 735 4 454 640 708 27 767 036 97 780 629 817 5 457 564 23 793 932 5 236 575 696 109 386 441 866 9 189 9 698 399 231 661 268 098 951 10 991 900 82 792 2 393 979 355 422 1 835 461 2 394 528 3 300 000 37 000 10 000 3 000 United Kingdom 14 373 969 216 078 (1) Of which 6 242 180 tonnes for deliveries by producers in the new Länder and 11 187 tonnes for direct sales in the new Länder. ' L 96/12 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 4. 1999 Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 April 1998. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 April 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission