8. 2.91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 36/23 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 25 January 1991 determining which applications for compensation for the abandonment of milk production provided for in Article 4 (1b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 are to be given priority (Only the Spanish, English, French and Italian texts are authentic) (91/58/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 of 31 March 1984 adopting general rules for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c¢ of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3642/90 (3, and in particular Article 4 (1b) (e) thereof, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1546/88 of 3 June 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application of the additional levy referred to in Article Sc of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2333/90 (¥), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 4a (3) thereof, Whereas Article 4 (1b) of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 provides for the granting of compensation for permanent abandonment of milk production ; whereas Community financing of this compensation is restricted to a quantity of 500 000 tonnes; Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 4a (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1546/88 states that if the total of the reference quantities proposed for repurchase by the Member States exceeds 500 000 tonnes the Commission () OJ No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 13. %) OJ No L 362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 7. () O] No L 139, 4. 6. 1988, p. 12. () OF No L 211, 9. 8.'1990, p. S. shall determine for each Member State which applications are to have priority for financing by the Community; whereas this situation has arisen ; whereas these priority applications should be determined proportionately to the total number of applications made ; 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 Applications for the compensation provided for in Article 4 (1b) of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 are to be given priority, as indicated in the second subparagraph of Article 4a (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1546/88, as follows : 1. in the case of Spain, applications in chronological order of registration up to 4 October 1990 at the latest, up to a limit of 87700 tonnes; 2. In the case of France, applications in chronological order of registration up to 15 October 1990 at the latest, up to a limit of 247 650 tonnes; 3. in the case of Ireland, applications in chronological order of registration up to 25 October 1990 at the latest, up to a limit of 550 tonnes; 4. in the case of Italy, applications in chronological order of registration up to 9 October 1990 at the latest, up to a limit of 164 000 tonnes.