27.12. 89 Official joufnal of the European Communities No L 378/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3879/89 of 11 December 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 on the common organization of the market in milk ~ and milk products . THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the Eutopean Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), : Whereas the Member States that avail themselves of Article 9 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1117/89 (), may not use the compensation possibilities of Article4a of that Regulation; whereas the provisions relating to the temporary grant of reference quantities thus prove to be of use; whereas it is therefore appropriate to relax in this case the requirements relating to the date of execution of such grants - during the 12-month period concerned; whereas temporary grants constitute an exception within the framework of the arrangements; whereas the authorization laid down in this Regulation should be lumted to the elghth 12-month period; Whereas Article 5c (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (¢), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 763/89 (7), fixes for each Member State the total quantity of milk and milk equivalent delivered to undertakings treating or processing milk or other milk products in respect of the eight consecutive periods of the additional levy arrangements; (1) O] No C 242, 22. 9. 1989, p. 14. (2) Opinion delivered on 24 November 1989 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (?) Opinion delivered on 18 October 1989 (not yet pubhshed in the Official Journal). (*) O] NoL 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 13. (5) OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 10. (5) O] NoL 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. (7) O] NoL 84, 29. 3. 1989, p. 1. Whereas an examination of the way the additional levy system operates has shown that the situation of certain categories of producers continues to cause concern and the trend in their production for forthcoming years requires further quantities to be found by means of an increase in the Community reserve; whereas in order to achieve the objective of production control, it is consequently necessary to reduce the guaranteed total quantities of each Member State as from the sixth period of application of the arrangements, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: | Article 1 Article § (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 is hereby amended as follows: 1. the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 1a: ‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the Member States that apply Article 9 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 may, for the eighth period of 12 months, authorize and record temporary grants up to 31 December 1991 at the latest’; 2. the introductory sentence in paragraph 3 (c) is replaced by the following: “c) For the period 1 April 1988 to 31 March 1989, the guaranteed total quantity is hereby fixed as follows, in thousands of tonnes:’; 3. the following point is added to paragraph 3: “d) Foreach of the three 12-month periods from 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1992, the guaranteed total quantity is hereby fixed as follows, in thousands of tonnes: Belgium 3 089,751 Denmark 4 686,720 Germany 22 519,080 Greece 515,520