Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 (repealed)Show full title

TITLE I U.K. INTERNAL MARKET

CHAPTER I U.K. Prices

Article 2 U.K.

The milk year for all products listed in Article 1 shall begin on 1 July and end on 30 June of the following year.

F1 Article 3 U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Deleted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1787/2003 of 29 September 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products.

Article 4 U.K.

[F2 1. The intervention prices in the Community expressed in euros per 100 kg, shall be as follows:

(a) butter:

• (a) 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2004 : 328,20

• 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 : 305,23

• 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 : 282,44

• 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 : 259,52

• from 1 July 2007 : 246,39

(b) skimmed milk powder:

• (b) 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2004 : 205,52,

• 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 : 195,24,

• 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 : 184,97,

• from 1 July 2006 : 174,69.]

2. The Council, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 37(2) of the Treaty, may change the intervention prices.

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1787/2003 of 29 September 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products.

Article 5 U.K.

The price system is established without prejudice to the implementation of the additional levy scheme.

CHAPTER II U.K. Intervention system

Article 6 U.K.

[F2 1. If market prices for butter in one or more Member States, over a representative period, are less than 92 % of the intervention price, intervention agencies shall buy-in butter as indicated in paragraph 2, at 90 % of the intervention price during the period 1 March to 31 August of any year, in the Member State(s) concerned on the basis of specifications to be determined.

Where the quantities offered for intervention during the above period exceed 70 000 tonnes in 2004, 60 000 tonnes in 2005, 50 000 tonnes in 2006, 40 000 tonnes in 2007 and 30 000 tonnes in 2008 and onwards, the Commission may suspend intervention buying.

In such cases buying-in by intervention agencies may be carried out using a standing tendering procedure on the basis of specifications to be determined.

Where market prices of butter in the Member State(s) in question over a representative period are 92 % or more of the intervention price the Commission shall suspend buying-in.]

2. Under paragraph 1, the intervention agencies may only buy in butter produced directly and exclusively from pasteurised cream in an approved undertaking in the Community, and

(a) meet the following requirements:

• (a) a minimum butterfat content, by weight, of 82 % and a maximum water content, by weight, of 16 %,

• an age at the time of buying-in not exceeding a maximum to be fixed,

• conditions to be determined as regards the minimum quantity and packaging;

(b) meet certain requirements to be determined regarding in particular:

• (b) preservation; additional requirements may be laid down by the intervention agencies,

• free fatty acid content,

• peroxide content,

• microbiological standard,

• sensory characteristics (appearance, texture, taste and smell).

National quality grades to be determined may be shown on the packaging of butter which meets national quality requirements.

Flat rate transport costs shall be borne, under conditions to be fixed, by the intervention agency if the butter is delivered to a cold store situated at a distance greater than a distance to be determined from the place where the butter was in store.

3. Aid for private storage shall be granted for:

• cream,

• unsalted butter produced from cream or milk in an approved undertaking of the Community of a minimum butterfat content, by weight, of 82 % and a maximum water content, by weight, of 16 %,

• salted butter produced from cream or milk in an approved undertaking of the Community of a minimum butterfat content, by weight, of 80 %, a maximum water content, by weight, of 16 % and a maximum salt content, by weight, of 2 %.

The butter shall be classified according to national quality grades to be determined and shall be marked accordingly.

The aid shall be fixed in the light of storage costs and the likely trend in prices for fresh butter and butter from stocks. Where, at the time of removal from storage, an adverse change unforeseeable at the time of entry into storage has occured on the market, the aid may be increased.

Private storage aid shall be subject to the drawing-up of a storage contract concluded, in accordance with provisions to be laid down, by the intervention agency of the Member State on whose territory the cream or butter qualifying for the aid is stored.

Where the market situation so requires, the Commission may decide to remarket some or all of the cream or butter covered by private storage contracts.

4. Butter bought in by the intervention agencies shall be disposed of at a minimum price and under conditions to be determined so as to avoid disturbing the balance on the market and to ensure purchasers equal treatment and access to the butter to be sold. Where the butter put up for sale is intended for export, special conditions may be laid down to ensure that the product is not diverted from its destination and to take account of requirements specific to such sales.

For butter kept in public storage which cannot be disposed of during a milk year under normal conditions, special measures may be taken. Where warranted by such measures, special measures shall also be taken with a view to maintaining possibilities of disposing of products which were subject to aid as referred to in paragraph 3.

5. The intervention arrangements shall be applied so as to:

• maintain the competitive position of butter on the market,

• safeguard the original quality of the butter as far as possible,

• ensure storage as rationally as possible.

6. For the purposes of this Article:

• ‘milk’ shall mean cow's milk produced in the Community,

• ‘cream’ shall mean cream obtained directly and exclusively from milk.

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1787/2003 of 29 September 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products.

Article 7 U.K.

1. The intervention agency designated by each of the Member States shall, under conditions to be determined, buy in at the intervention price top quality skimmed milk powder made by the spray process and obtained in an approved undertaking in the Community, directly and exclusively from skimmed milk, which is offered to it during the period from 1 March to 31 August and which:

• meets a minimum protein content of 35,6 % by weight of the non-fatty dry extract,

• meets preservation requirements to be laid down,

• meets conditions to be determined as regards the minimum quantity and packaging.

However, intervention agencies shall also buy in skimmed milk powder whose protein content is at least 31,4 % and less than 35,6 %, of the non-fatty dry extract, provided that the other provisions laid down in the first subparagraph above are met. In that case, the buying-in price shall be equal to the intervention price less 1,75 % for each percentage point by which the protein content is lower than 35,6 %.

The intervention price shall be that in force on the day of manufacture of the skimmed milk powder and shall apply to skimmed milk powder delivered to the store designated by the intervention agency. Flat-rate transport costs shall be borne, under conditions to be fixed, by the intervention agency if the skimmed milk powder is delivered to a store situated at a distance greater than a distance to be determined from the place where the skimmed milk powder was in store.

The skimmed milk powder may only be stored in stores meeting conditions to be fixed.

2. The Commission may suspend the buying in of skimmed-milk powder provided for in paragraph 1 as soon as the quantities offered for intervention in the period from 1 March to 31 August each year exceed 109 000 tonnes.

In that case buying-in by the intervention agencies may be carried out under an open standing invitation to tender on the basis of specifications to be determined.

3. Aid for the private storage of skimmed milk powder of top quality, obtained in an approved undertaking in the Community directly and exclusively from skimmed milk may be granted, in particular, if trends in prices and stocks of the products indicate a serious imbalance in the market which could be avoided or reduced by means of seasonal storage. In order to be eligible for aid, the skimmed milk powder must meet conditions to be fixed.

The aid shall be fixed in the light of storage costs and the likely trend in prices for skimmed milk powder.

Private storage aid shall be subject to the drawing-up of a storage contract concluded, in accordance with provisions to be laid down, by the intervention agency of the Member State on whose territory the skimmed milk powder qualifying for the aid is stored. Where the market situation so requires, the Commission may decide to remarket some or all of the skimmed milk powder covered by private storage contracts.

4. Skimmed milk powder bought in by the intervention agency shall be disposed of, at a minimum price and under conditions to be determined so as to avoid disturbing the balance on the market and to ensure purchasers equal treatment and access to the skimmed milk powder to be sold.

Where the skimmed milk powder put up for sale is intended for export, special conditions may be laid down to ensure that the product is not diverted from its destination and to take account of requirements specific to such sales.

For skimmed milk powder kept in public storage which cannot be disposed of during a milk year under normal conditions, special measures may be taken.

5. Within the meaning of this Article, ‘skimmed milk’ shall mean skimmed milk obtained directly and exclusively from cow's milk produced in the Community.

Article 8 U.K.

1. Under conditions to be determined, aid shall be granted for the private storage of:

(a) Grana Padano cheese at least nine months old;

(b) Parmigiano Reggiano cheese at least 15 months old;

(c) Provolone cheese at least three months old;

if these cheeses reach certain standards.

2. The amount of private storage aid shall be fixed taking account of storage costs and the likely trend of market prices.

3. The intervention agency designated by the Member State in which the said cheeses are produced and qualify to bear the designation of origin shall implement the measures taken pursuant to paragraph 1.

The granting of private storage aid shall be subject to the conclusion of a storage contract with the intervention agency. The contract shall be drawn up under conditions to be determined.

Where the market situation so requires, the Commission may decide that the intervention agency will remarket some or all of the cheese stored.

Article 9 U.K.

1. Private storage aid may be granted for longkeeping cheeses and for cheeses which are manufactured from sheep and/or goat's milk and require at least six months for maturing, if for those cheeses price developments and the stock situation indicate a serious imbalance of the market which may be eliminated or reduced by seasonal storage.

2. The amount of aid shall be fixed with reference to storage costs and the balance to be maintained between cheeses for which aid is granted and other cheeses coming on the market.

3. Should the situation of the Community market so require, the Commission may decide to remarket some or all of the cheeses covered by private storage contracts.

4. If, at the time the storage contract expires, the level of market prices for cheeses in store is higher than that prevailing when the contract was signed, a decision may be taken to adjust the amount of aid accordingly.

Article 10 U.K.

There shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 42:

(a)

the detailed rules for the application of this chapter and, in particular, those for establishing the market prices for butter;

(b)

the amounts of aid for private storage referred to in this chapter;

(c)

the other decisions and measures which may be taken by the Commission under this chapter.

CHAPTER III U.K. Marketing measures

Article 11 U.K.

1. Aid shall be granted for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for use as feedingstuffs, if these products reach certain standards.

For the purposes of this Article, buttermilk and buttermilk powder shall be regarded as skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder.

2. Aid amounts shall be fixed taking into account the following factors:

• the intervention price for skimmed-milk powder,

• development of the supply situation as regards skimmed-milk and skimmed-milk powder, and developments in the use thereof as feed,

• trends in calf prices,

• trends in the market prices for competing proteins as compared with those for skimmed-milk powder.

Article 12 U.K.

1. Under the conditions determined in accordance with paragraph 2, aid shall be granted for Community-produced skimmed milk processed into casein and caseinates, if such milk and the casein or caseinates produced from it reach certain standards.

2. The aid may vary, according to whether the skimmed milk is processed into casein or caseinates and according to the quality of those products.

Aid shall be fixed taking into account the following factors:

• the intervention price for skimmed-milk powder, or the market price for first-quality spray-process skimmed-milk powder, if that price exceeds the intervention price,

• the market prices for casein and caseinates on the Community and world markets.

Article 13 U.K.

1. When surpluses of milk products build up, or are likely to occur, the Commission may decide that aid shall be granted to enable cream, butter and concentrated butter to be purchased at reduced prices:

(a) by non-profit making institutions and organisations;

(b) by military forces and units of comparable status in the Member States;

(c) by manufacturers of pastry products and ice-cream;

(d) by manufacturers of other foodstuffs to be determined;

(e) for the direct consumption of concentrated butter.

Article 14 U.K.

1. Community aid shall be granted for supplying to pupils in educational establishments certain processed milk products falling within CN codes 0401, 0403, 0404 90 and 0406 or CN code 2202 90.

[F3 2. In addition to Community aid, Member States may grant national aid for supplying the products specified in paragraph 1 to pupils in educational establishments. Member States may finance their national aid by means of a levy on the dairy sector or by any other contribution from the dairy sector.

[F2 3. In the case of whole milk, the Community aid shall be:

• EUR 23,24/100 kg for the period until 30 June 2004 ,

• EUR 21,69/100 kg for the period from 1 July 2004 until 30 June 2005 ,

• EUR 20,16/100 kg for the period from 1 July 2005 until 30 June 2006 ,

• EUR 18,61/100 kg for the period from 1 July 2006 until 30 June 2007 ,

• EUR 18,15/100 kg as from 1 July 2007 .

In the case of other milk products, the amounts of aid shall be determined taking into account the milk components of the products concerned.] ]

4. The aid referred to in paragraphs 1 shall be granted on a maximum quantity of 0,25 litre of milk equivalent per pupil and per day.

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1787/2003 of 29 September 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products.

F3 Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000 of 20 July 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products.

Article 15 U.K.

The following shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 42:

(a)

the detailed rules for the application of this chapter and, in particular, the conditions under which the aids set out therein may be granted,

(b)

the amounts of the aids referred to in this chapter,

(c)

the lists of products referred to in Article 13(d) and Article 14(1),

(d)

the other decisions and measures that may be adopted by the Commission under this chapter.

F1 CHAPTER IV U.K. [F1 Direct payments]

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