NoL 182/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 3.7.87 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1894/87 of 2 July 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 in respect of the co—responsxblhty levy on milk and milk products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Coémmunity, and in particular - Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (*), Having- regard to: the opinion of the European Parliament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (*), Whereas Regulation (EEC) - No 1079/77 (%), . as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1338/86 (%), introduced a co-responsibility levy to apply until the end of the 1986/87 ‘milk year and covermg, in principle, all milk supplied to dairies and certain sales of milk products at-the farm; Whereas this levy was designed to- establish a better balance on the milk market by creating a more direct link between production -and outlets for milk products while taking account -of the importance of the interests of the public; whereas the- information and forecasts - currently available indicate that the aforesaid aims will probably not be- reached at the end of the period provided for; whereas it is therefore necessary, on the one hand, to extend the application -of the said levy for the 1987/88 milk year and, on the other hand, to fix the rate of the levy for the said milk -year at 2 % of the target price for milk, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUI_:ATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No- 1079/77 is hereby amended as follows: 1. In ‘Article 1 (1), the expression ‘during the 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86 and 1986/87 milk- years’ shall be replaced. by the expression - ‘during - the 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87 and 1987/88 milk years’; 2. The following paragraph 8 shall be added to Article 2: ‘8. For the 1987/88 'milk year, the levy shall be 2 % of the target price for milk.’ Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day-of its: publication -in the = Official Jowrnal of the  European - Cominunities. It shall apply from the beginning of the 1987/88 milk marketing year. , This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 July 1987. (") OJ No C 89, 3. 4. 1987, p. 45. () OJ No C 156, 15. 6. 1987. () OJ No C 150, 9. 6. 1987, p. 8. (y OJ No L 131, 26. 5. 1977, p. 6. () OJ No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 27. For the Council The President K. E. TYGESEN