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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector, and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 provides that producers may have one or two individual reference quantities, one for deliveries and the other for direct sales and these quantities may be converted from one reference quantity to the other only by the competent authority of the Member State, at the duly justified request of the producer.

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2007 of 1 June 2007 on the division between deliveries and direct sales of national reference quantities fixed for 2006/07 in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 sets out the division between deliveries and direct sales for the period from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 for Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1186/2007 of 10 October 2007 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector as regards the division between direct sales and deliveries for Romania and Bulgaria fixed the division between direct sales and deliveries for those Member States at the commencement of the quota regime on 1 April 2007.

(4) In accordance with Article 25(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 of 30 March 2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom have notified the quantities which have been definitively converted at the request of the producers between individual reference quantities for deliveries and for direct sales.

(5) In accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 the total national reference quantities for Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom for 2007/08 are greater than their total national reference quantities for 2006/07, and these Member States have notified the Commission of the division between deliveries and direct sales of the additional reference quantities.

(6) It is therefore appropriate to establish the division between deliveries and direct sales of the national reference quantities applicable for the period from 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 fixed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003.

(7) 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 division between deliveries and direct sales of the national reference quantities applicable for the period from 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 fixed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 is set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 May 2008. For the Commission Mariann Fischer Boel Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ANNEX

(tonnes) Member States Deliveries Direct sales Belgium 3283279,969 60255,031 Bulgaria 893688,028 85311,972 Czech Republic 2735402,882 2528,118 Denmark 4499580,144 319,856 Germany 28049011,176 93454,385 Estonia 636070,323 10297,677 Ireland 5393711,092 2052,908 Greece 819371,000 1142,000 Spain 6050995,383 65954,617 France 24132388,327 345767,673 Italy 10271286,160 258773,840 Cyprus 142848,981 2351,019 Latvia 717342,228 11305,772 Lithuania 1631990,068 72848,932 Luxembourg 271274,000 465,000 Hungary 1881124,791 108935,209 Malta 48698,000 0,000 Netherlands 11112857,000 72583,000 Austria 2679104,617 98788,992 Poland 9211606,546 168536,454 Portugal 1930253,126 8933,874 Romania 1320555,428 1736444,572 Slovenia 555673,766 20964,234 Slovakia 1029752,282 11035,718 Finland 2424447,811 7384,196 Sweden 3332630,000 3400,000 United Kingdom 14619120,370 136526,631

Versions

1. 2008-05-08

Cited by

• Commission Regulation (EC) No 416/2009 of 20 May 2009 on the division between deliveries and direct sales of national milk quotas fixed for 2008/2009 in Annex IX to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 Regulation · Grade B

  Commission Regulation (EC) No 415/2008 of 8 May 2008 on the division between deliveries and direct sales of national reference quantities fixed for 2007/2008 in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 sets out the division between deliveries and direct sales for the period from 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 for all Member States.