No L 115/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 5. 87 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1211/87 of 30 April 1987 amending for the 15th time Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 laying down detailed rules for the application of the additional levy referred to in Article 5c of Regula- tion (EEC) 804/68 in respect of 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 (*), at last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 773/87 (3, and in particular Article Sc (7) thereof, Whereas the amount of the Community reserve referred to in Article Sc (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 must be distributed, for the third 12-month period of applica- tion of the additional levy scheme, among the Member States concerned ; whereas there has been no change in the situation which was taken into consideration when distributing the reserve for the first two periods of 12 months ; whereas the quantities allocated should therefore be maintained for the third period of 12 months; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 439/87 (¥, laid down detailed rules for the application of the additional levy referred to in Article S5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 ; Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 7 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 (%), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 774/87 (%), authorizes the Member States, where holdings are transferred or where a purchaser replaces one or more purchasers, to withdraw a part of the quantities concerned in order to add it to the national reserve ; whereas it appears advisable, so as to enable the Member States to undertake restructuring of milk produc- tion where land is transferred, to authorize the Member States to vary the amounts to be added to the reserve providing that the total does not exceed that part of the quantities which may be withdrawn ; Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 provides that the characteristics of the milk considered to be representative must be those recorded for the milk delivered or purchased during the second period of appli- cation of the additional levy scheme ; whereas provision () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 78, 20. 3. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 132, 18. 5. 1984, p. 11. () O] No L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 25. () OJ No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 13. (9 OJ No L 78, 20. 3. 1987, p. 3. should be made for producers and purchasers in cases where the fat content of the milk they have delivered or purchased during the reference period has been affected by an exceptional occurrence ; Whereas Article Sc of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 estab- lishes the principle that the periods of application of the additional levy scheme, with the explicit exception of the first period, must be periods of 12 months and that the periods of application and the reference period must be of the same duration ; whereas, therefore, where a Member State replaces the 12-month period by a 52-week period pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84, the guaranteed total quantities must, if based on a 12-month period, be reduced accordingly; whereas, for the sake of clarity, Article 10 of the abovementioned Regulation should be altered to this effect; 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 1371/84 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: Article 1 For each of the three periods 2 April 1984 to 31 March 1985, 1 April 1985 to 31 March 1986 and 1 April 1986 to 31 March 1987, the Community reserve referred to in Article Sc (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be distributed as follows : 303 000 tonnes, 25000 tonnes, — Ireland : — Luxembourg : — United Kingdom (for the region of Northern Ireland): 65000 tonnes. 2. The following third subparagraph is added to Article 5: ‘In the event of the application of the first subpara- graph of Article 7 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 and within the limit laid down therein, the Member States may vary the amounts of the quantities added to the reserve, in accordance with objective criteria rela- ting to the size of the holding’