1. For 11 consecutive periods of twelve months commencing on 1 April 2004 (hereinafter referred to as "twelve-month periods"), a levy is hereby introduced (hereinafter referred to as "the levy") on quantities of cow's milk and other milk products marketed during the twelve-month period concerned in excess of the national reference quantities fixed in Annex I.

Council Regulation (EEC) No 856/84 of 31 March 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products introduced an additional levy scheme in that sector from 2 April 1984.

(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 856/84 of 31 March 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(2) introduced an additional levy scheme in that sector from 2 April 1984.

For seven new consecutive periods of twelve months commencing on 1 April 1993, an additional levy shall be payable by producers of cow's milk on quantities of milk or milk equivalent delivered to a purchaser or sold directly for consumption during the 12-month period in question in excess of a quantity to be determined.

Whereas, in order to keep the management of the scheme sufficiently flexible, provision should be made for individual overruns to be equalled out over all the individual reference quantities of the same type within the territory of a Member State; whereas in the case of deliveries, which constitute nearly all the quantities marketed, the need to ensure that the levy is fully effective throughout the Community justifies, in principle, continuing to allow Member States the choice between two methods of equalling out overruns of individual reference quantities, bearing in mind the variety of milk production and collection structures; wher ...[+++]eas, in this connection, Member States should be authorized not to reallocate unused reference quantities at the end of a period, whether nationally or between purchasers, and to use the amount collected in excess of the levy due for funding national restructuring programmes and/or to refund it to producers of certain categories or producers who find themselves in an exceptional situation;

1. By way of derogation from Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68, a special temporary levy shall be applied for a period expiring on 1 July 1991 to net salaries, pensions and termination-of-service allowances.