77/433/EEC: Commission Decision of 15 June 1977 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply the premium system for the non-marketing of milk and milk products and the conversion of dairy herds (Only the Italian text is authentic) Official Journal L 170 , 08/07/1977 P. 0030 - 0030 Commission Decision of 15 June 1977 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply the premium system for the non-marketing of milk and milk products and the conversion of dairy herds (Only the Italian text is authentic) (77/433/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1078/77 of 17 May 1977 introducing a system of premiums for the non-marketing of milk and milk products and the conversion of dairy herds [1], and in particular Article 7 (j) thereof, Whereas the criteria for the non-application of the premium system, referred to in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1078/77, are met in the Italian Republic, where the number of dairy cows was reduced by 21,6 % between 1 January 1969 and 31 December 1975; whereas that Member State should therefore be authorized not to apply Regulation (EEC) No 1078/77;
Whereas, moreover, this Decision does not release the Italian Republic from any obligations arising from the application of the premium system in other Member States; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The Italian Republic is hereby authorized not to apply the system laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1078/77. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic. Done at Brussels, 15 June 1977. For the Commission Finn Gundelach Vice-President [1] OJ L No 131, 26.
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