51995PC0147

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 establishing an additional levy in the milk and milk products sector (95/C 142/10) COM(95) 147 final - 95/0096(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 21 April 1995)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas the situations in Italy and Greece have been the subject of a special examination to verify whether the increases in the total guaranteed quantity laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 (1) for those two Member States can be maintained in 1995/96 and subsequent years; whereas the Commission has submitted to the Council of the European Union and to the European Parliament a report on the application of the milk quota scheme in Italy and Greece; whereas the Commission concludes from the report that the two Member States have generally fulfilled the conditions laid down by the Council for the introduction of the milk quota scheme and in Italy for the use of the reserve of 347 701 tonnes,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The final sentence of the fourth subparagraph is deleted.

2. The following subparagraph is added:

'The increase in the total quantities of deliveries granted for the period 1994/95 for Greece and Italy is hereby confirmed with effect from 1995/96.`

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 from 1 April 1995.

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

(1) OJ No L 405, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 630/95 (OJ No L 66, 23. 3. 1995, p. 11).