Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2007
of 1 June 2007
on the division between ‘deliveries’ and ‘direct sales’ of national reference quantities fixed for 2006/2007 in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003

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,
OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 123. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 336/2007 (OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 43).
Whereas:
(1) Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 provides that the Member States are to establish the producers’ individual reference quantities. 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 at the duly justified request of the producer.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 832/2006 of 2 June 2006 on the division between ‘deliveries’ and ‘direct sales’ of national reference quantities fixed for 2005/2006 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 2005 to 31 March 2006 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.
OJ L 150, 3.6.2006, p. 6. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1611/2006 (OJ L 299, 28.10.2006, p. 13).
(3) 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, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, 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.
OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 (OJ L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 52).
(4) 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 2006/2007 are greater than their total national reference quantities for 2005/2006, and these Member States have notified the Commission of the division between ‘deliveries’ and ‘direct sales’ of the additional reference quantities.
(5) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 927/2006 of 22 June 2006 on the release of the special restructuring reserve provided for in Article 1(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003, the additional reference quantities released with effect from 1 April 2006 for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia are allocated to ‘deliveries’ in the respective national reference quantities.
OJ L 170, 23.6.2006, p. 12.
(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 2006 to 31 March 2007 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 2006 to 31 March 2007 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 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, 1 June 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann Fischer Boel
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
(tonnes)		
Member States	Deliveries	Direct sales
Belgium	3 262 989,617	63 993,383
Czech Republic	2 735 310,008	2 620,992
Denmark	4 477 305,428	318,572
Germany	27 908 872,018	94 274,406
Estonia	633 434,407	12 933,593
Ireland	5 393 313,962	2 450,038
Greece	819 561,0	952,0
Spain	6 050 260,675	66 689,325
France	24 006 673,257	350 303,743
Italy	10 280 493,532	249 566,468
Cyprus	142 776,881	2 423,119
Latvia	715 403,768	13 244,232
Lithuania	1 586 145,968	118 693,032
Luxembourg	269 899,0	495,0
Hungary	1 879 678,121	110 381,879
Malta	48 698,0	0,0
Netherlands	11 052 450,0	77 616,0
Austria	2 653 537,288	110 604,373
Poland	9 192 243,429	187 899,571
Portugal Except Madeira.	1 920 947,814	8 876,186
Slovenia	553 477,272	23 160,728
Slovakia	1 030 036,592	10 751,408
Finland	2 412 009,654	7 800,353
Sweden	3 316 415,0	3 100,0
United Kingdom	14 554 079,916	128 617,085