31979R2969

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2969/79 of 18 December 1979 amending Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 on communications between Member States and the Commission with regard to milk and milk products

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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761/78 (2), and in particular Article 28 thereof,

Whereas the Community, under multilateral trade negotiations, has concluded several international or bilateral agreements involving in particular the obligation to observe certain price levels in international trade or on specific markets outside the Community ; whereas the Community can comply with these obligations only by means of export refunds ; whereas, for the purpose of fixing such refunds, it is necessary, therefore, that the Commission should possess the fullest possible information with regard to the prices of milk products prevailing in the Community and the prices prevailing in international trade;

Whereas it is therefore necessary to improve the system of information provided for in Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2188/79 (4);

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

Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 5 is replaced by the following:

"Article 5

1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission not later than the Thursday of every week, the following prices recorded by them during the preceding week: (a) in the case of the pilot products referred to in Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 (1), stating the origin and quantity concerned: - the free-at-frontier offer prices for imports into the Community,

- the free-at-frontier prices prevailing on import into the Community,

- the prices prevailing on import into non-member countries in the case of products originating in other non-member countries;

(b) in the case of the products referred to in the Annex to this Regulation, the prices (net of tax) prevailing in their territory at the ex-factory stage;

(c) in the case of casein and caseinates, the prices prevailing on the world market and in the Community, stating the marketing stage.

2. With regard to communications relating to the prices prevailing in the Community, Member States shall take all measures necessary to obtain the fullest, most accurate and representative information possible in this area.

(1)OJ No L 329, 24.12.1979, p. 1." 2. The Annex to this Regulation is added to Regulation (EEC) No 210/69.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1980. (1)OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13. (2)OJ No L 204, 28.7.1978, p. 6. (3)OJ No L 28, 5.2.1969, p. 1. (4)OJ No L 252, 6.10.1979, p. 16.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 1979.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

ANNEX

LIST OF PRODUCTS referred to in Article 5 (1) (b):

1. Powdered whey

2. Skimmed-milk powder

3. Whole milk powder

4. Unsweetened condensed milk

5. Sweetened condensed milk

6. Butter

7. Butteroil

8. Emmental

9. Blue-veined cheese

10. Grana padano

11. Parmigiano Reggiano

12. Other types of Grana

13. Pecorino (romano, sardo)

14. Other types of Pecorino

15. Cheddar

16. Provolone

17. Asiago

18. Gouda

19. Edam

20. Danbo

21. Samsoe

22. Svenbo

23. Fontal

24. Havarti, Tilsit

25. Butterkäse

26. Esrom

27. Italico

28. Saint Paulin

29. Cantal

30. Salted Ricotta

31. Feta

32. Lactose

NB. Where appropriate, state for the product concerned: - the composition of the product (fat content ; dry matter content, water content in the non-fat part),

- quality category,

- age or ripening period,

- presentation and packaging,

- other essential characteristics,

- observations relating to the representative nature of the prices communicated.