Proposal for a Council Regualtion (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 2597/97 laying down additional rules on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products for drinking milk
C 70/14 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 3. 1999 II (Preparatory Acts) COMMISSION Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 2597/97 laying down additional rules on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products for drinking milk (1999/C 70/11) COM(1999) 63 final - 1999/0048(CNS) (Submitted by the Commission on 12 February 1999) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Community; whereas in view of the restrictions laid down in Article 3(2) regarding modification of the fat free dry matter of milk and the other additional requirements laid down in Article 4, point (d) should be deleted with effect from its entry into force, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Having Parliament, regard to the opinion of the European Article 4(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2597/97 is deleted. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 January 1999. This Regulation shall be binding directly applicable in all Member States. in its entirety and Whereas Article 4(d) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2597/97Ø(˛) lays down that drinking milk must have a fat free dry matter content of 8,5Ø% (m/m) or more for milk containing 3,5Ø% (m/m) of fat or an equivalent content in the case of milk having a different fat content; whereas in some it has been found that raw milk Member States does not attain the rate specified for part or all of the year; whereas that situation could jeopardise the drinking milk regions of in certain supplies (˛) OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 13