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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3378/91
of 20 November 1991
layingdowndetailedrulesforthesaleofbutterfrominterventionstocksforexportandamending
Regulation (EEC) No 569/88
(OJ L 319, 21.11.1991, p. 40)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EEC) No 60/92 of 9 January 1992 L 6 17 11.1.1992
►M2Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1321/92 of 22 May 1992 L 140 16 23.5.1992
►M3Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1810/92 of 2 July 1992 L 183 15 3.7.1992
►M4Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3774/92 of 23 December 1992 L 383 48 29.12.1992
►M5Commission Regulation (EEC) No 227/93 of 3 February 1993 L 27 15 4.2.1993
►M6Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93 of 30 June 1993 L 161 48 2.7.1993
►M7Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1762/93 of 1 July 1993 L 161 64 2.7.1993
►M8Commission Regulation (EC) No 3659/93 of 29 December 1993 L 333 58 31.12.1993
►M9Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/94 of 20 January 1994 L 18 6 21.1.1994
►M10Commission Regulation (EC) No 360/94 of 17 February 1994 L 46 41 18.2.1994
►M11Commission Regulation (EC) No 1053/94 of 4 May 1994 L 115 5 6.5.1994
►M12Commission Regulation (EC) No 1296/94 of 3 June 1994 L 141 26 4.6.1994
►M13Commission Regulation (EC) No 1655/94 of 7 July 1994 L 174 19 8.7.1994
►M14Commission Regulation (EC) No 2283/94 of 20 September 1994 L 248 5 23.9.1994
►M15Commission Regulation (EC) No 3337/94 of 23 December 1994 L 350 66 31.12.1994
►M16Commission Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 of 25 July 1995 L 174 27 26.7.1995
►M17Commission Regulation (EC) No 124/1999 of 20 January 1999 L 16 19 21.1.1999
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 203, 29.8.1995, p. 17 (1802/95)
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999
should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3378/91
of 20 November 1991
laying down detailed rules for the sale of butter from intervention
stocks for export and amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Havingreg ard to the Treaty establishingthe European EconomicCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968
on the common organization of the market in milk arid milk prod-ucts(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1630/91 (2), and in
particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1678/85 of 11 June
1985 on the exchange rates to be applied in agriculture(3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1640/91 (4), and in particular Article
4 thereof,
Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 of 15 July
1968 layingdown g eneral rules for intervention on the market in butterand cream(
5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2045/91 (6),
provides that special conditions may be laid down when butter is put onsale for export in order to take account of the special requirements forsuch sales and to ensure that the product is not diverted from itsdestination;
Whereas the quantities of butter now in public storage are such that a
major effort should be made to make use of opportunities for disposingof it on the market of certain third countries without in any wayinterferingwith the world market;
Whereas, therefore, quantities of butter in public storage should be
made available to operators and invitations to tender organized in order,inter alia, to determine the minimum sellingprices so that the Commu-
nity’s international commitments may be met; whereas measures shouldalso be adopted to ensure that butter sold under this Regulation is notreleased in the Community;
Whereas, in order to increase the scope for sales opportunities on
certain international markets, provision should be made for the butter tobe exported in the unaltered state or after processing;
Whereas operators may buy the butter in question throughout the
community; whereas steps should be taken, therefore, to adjust themonetary compensatory amounts in relation to the level of the sellingprices of the butter from intervention;
Whereas, in order to ensure that the butter is not diverted from its
intended destination, a control system should be applied from the timethe butter is removed from stock until it arrives at its destination in thethird country concerned; whereas for reasons of clarity it should bemade clear that the control provisions laid down in Commission Regu-lation (EEC) No 569/88 of 16 February 1988 layingdown commondetailed rules for verifyingthe use and/or destination of products fromintervention(
7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3278/91 (8),
apply; whereas, moreover, in view of the specific nature of the transac-tion, additional conditions must be laid down;
(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991, p. 19.
(3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 11.
(4) OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991, p. 38.
(5) OJ No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1.
(6) OJ No L 187, 13. 7. 1991, p. 1.
(7) OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1988, p. 1.
(8) OJ No L 308, 9. 11. 1991, p. 49.
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Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products hasnot delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The sale shall take place, under the conditions laid down in this
Regulation, of butter bought in pursuant to Article 6 (1) of Regulation(EEC) No 804/68, which entered into storage before ►
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1992◄.
2. Butter sold pursuant to this Regulation shall be exported in the
unaltered state or after processing.
Article 2
1. The butter shall be sold ex-cold storage depot in accordance with
the standing invitation to tender organized by each intervention agencyfor the relevant quantities of butter it holds.
2. The intervention agencies shall draw up a notice of invitation to
tender stating:
(a) the quantities of butter put on sale;
(b) the closingdate and place for the submission of tenders.
3. The notices of invitation to tender shall be published in the Offi-
cial Journal of the European Communities not less than eight days prior
to the expiry of the first deadline fixed for the submission of tenders.The intervention agencies may, in addition, insert the notices in otherpublications.
Article 3
1. Duringthe term of validity of the standinginvitation to tender, the
intervention agencies shall organize special invitations to tender. Eachof the latter shall cover any of the butter referred to in Article 1remainingavailable.
2.►
M17The time limit for submission of tenders in response to
the individual invitations to tender shall be 12 noon (Brussels time) onthe second and fourth Tuesday of the month except for the secondTuesday of August and the fourth Tuesday of December. If Tuesday is apublic holiday the time limit shall be 12 noon (Brussels time) on theprevious workingday. ◄
Article 4
1. Intervention agencies shall keep up to date and make available to
interested parties, at their request, a list of the cold storage depots inwhich the butter put up for sale by tender is stored and of the corre-spondingquantities. The intervention ag encies shall in addition publishthis updated list regularly, in an appropriate form which they shallspecify in the notices of invitation to tender referred to in Article 2.
2. Intervention agencies shall take the necessary measures to enable
interested parties to examine at their expense, before submittingtheirtenders, samples of the butter put up for sale.
Article 5
1. Interested parties shall participate in special invitations to tender
either by lodging their written tenders with the intervention agencyagainst an acknowledgment of receipt or by forwarding a registeredletter to the intervention agency or by any other means of writtentelecommunication.
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2. Tender shall state:
(a) the name and address of the tenderer;
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(b) the quantity applied for, specifyingif the butter is to be exported
unprocessed or after processinginto concentrated butter;
(c) the intended country or countries of destination of the butter;
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(d) the price tendered per tonne of butter, not includingdomestic taxes,
ex-cold storage depot, expressed in ecus;
(e) the cold storage depots where the butter is held.
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3. Tenders shall be valid only if:
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(a) they cover a minimum of 500 tonnes;
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(b) they are accompanied by a written undertakingby the tenderer to
export the butter allocated to him in the unaltered state within thetime limit laid down in Article 9 (3) or after processingwithin thetime limit laid down in Article 10 (5);
(c) proof if furnished that tenderers have lodged, before the expiry of
the deadline for the submission of tenders, the tenderingsecurityreferred to in Article 6 for the special invitation to tenderconcerned.
4. Tenders may not be withdrawn after the expiry of the deadline
referred to in Article 3 (2) for the submission of tenders relatingto thespecial invitation to tender concerned.
Article 6
1. Under this Regulation the maintenance of tenders after the expiry
of the deadline for the submission of tenders and the payment of theprice within the time limit referred to in the first subparagraph ofArticle 8 (1) shall constitute primary requirements whose fulfilmentshall be ensured by the lodging of a security of ECU ►
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tonne.
2. Tenderingsecurities shall be lodg ed in the Member States in
which tenders are submitted.
However if the tender states that the butter is to be processed into
concentrated butter in a Member State other than that of submission ofthe tender, the security may be lodged with the competent authoritydesignated by the former Member State, which shall provide thetenderer with the proof referred to in Article 5 (3) (c). In that case, theintervention agency concerned shall inform the competent authority ofthe latter Member State of the facts resultingin release or seizure of thesecurity.
Article 7
1. A minimum sellingprice for butter to be exported in the unaltered
state and a minimum sellingprice for butter to be exported afterprocessingshall be fixed in the lig ht of the tenders received and inaccordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Regulation(EEC) No 804/68. Tenders shall be rejected if the proposed price islower than the minimum price. Where two or more tenders underconsideration relatingto the same store and offeringthe same prices orthe same difference from the minimum price relate to a total quantity
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exceedingthe quantity available, the quantity available shall be allo-cated proportionately to the quantities tendered for.
A decision may be taken to make no award in respect of the invitation
to tender.
2. At the same time as the minimum sellingprices are fixed and in
accordance with the same procedure, the followingshall be fixed:
(a) the amount of the security to guarantee the fulfilment of the primary
requirements concerningexport of the butter in the unaltered statewithin the time limit laid down in Article 9 (3) or after processingwithin the time limit laid down in Article 10 (5);
(b) the coefficient applyingto the monetary compensatory amounts
applicable, where appropriate, to the butter sold.
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4. Obligations arising under the invitation to tender shall not betransferable.
5. Tenderers shall be informed individually forthwith by the inter-
vention agency of the outcome of their tenders.
6. The intervention agencies shall issue removal orders showing:
(a) the quantity in respect of which the security has been lodged;
(b) the cold storage depot in which it is stored;
(c) the closingdate for removal.
Article 8
1. The successful tenderers shall remove the butter which has been
sold to them within 45 days followingthe closingdate for the submis-sion of tenders under the special invitation to tender concerned.
The butter may be removed in batches, each of which may not be less
than 15 tonnes.
Except in case of force majeure , where the butter is not removed within
the time limit referred to in the first subparagraph, storage shall be atthe expense of the successful tenderer with effect from the first dayfollowingthe expiry of that time limit.
2. The successful tenderer shall pay the intervention agency within
the time limit referred to in paragraph 1, before removal of the butter,and in respect of each quantity he removes, the price shown in theirtenders and shall lodge the security referred to in Article 7 (2). Securi-ties shall be lodged in the Member State where the tender is submitted.
However, if the tender states that the butter is to be processed into
concentrated butter in a Member State other than that of submission ofthe tender, the security referred to in Article 7 (2) ►
M1shall be
lodged◄with the competent authority designated by the former
Member State.
In that case, the intervention agency concerned shall inform the
competent authority of the latter Member State of the facts resultinginrelease or seizure of the security.
Except in cases of force majeure , where the successful tenderer has
failed to make the payment referred to in the first subparagraph withinthe time limit laid down, in addition to the loss of the security referredto in Article 6 (1), the sale shall be cancelled for the remainingquant-ities.
Article 9
1. Butter for export in the unaltered state shall be supplied by the
intervention agency in packaging bearing at least one of the followingdescriptions in clearly visible and legible letters:
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— Mantequilla destinada a la exportación con arreglo al Reglamento
(CEE) no3378/91;
— Smør bestemt til udførsel i henhold til forordning(EØF) nr. 3378/
91;
— Butter zur Ausfuhr — Verordnung(EWG) Nr. 3378/91;—Βούτυρο που προορίζεται να εξαχθεί βάσει του κανονισµού
(ΕΟΚ)αριθ. 3378/91 ·
— Butter for export under Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91;— Beurre destiné à être exporté au titre du règlement (CEE) n
o3378/
91;
— Burro destinato ad essere esportato nel quadro del regolamento
(CEE) n. 3378/91;
— Boter voor uitvoer in het kader van Verordening(EEG) nr. 3378/91;— Manteiga destinada à exportação em conformidade com o Regula-
mento (CEE) n
o3378/91;
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— Asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3378/81 mukaisesti vietäväksi tarkoitettu voi;— Smör för export enligt förordning (EEG) nr 3378/91.
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2. The butter referred to in paragraph 1 may be exported in its
original packaging or after having been repackaged.
If the butter is repackaged, the packaging shall bear at least one of the
descriptions in paragraph 1 in clearly visible, legible letters.
3. The acceptance by the customs service of the export declaration
for the butter referred to in this Article must take place in the MemberState where the butter has been removed from store, within 90 daysfollowingthe closingdate for the submission of tenders under thespecial invitation to tender concerned.
Article 10
1. Butter sold pursuant to this Regulation may be exported after
processing.
2. In that case, the tender must:
— specify the quantity of butter sold that will be processed,
— include an undertakingto notify the competent authorities, before
the removal of the butter, of the undertakings in which processingwill be carried out, approved for that purpose by the Member Stateon whose territory the processingwill take place in accordance withArticle 10 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 (
1).
3. The butter shall be supplied by the intervention agency in pack-
ag ingbearingat least one of the followingdescriptions in clearly visibleand legible letters:
— Mantequilla destinada a la transformación [Reglamento (CEE) n
o
3378/91];
— Smør til forarbejdning[forordning(EØF) nr. 3378/91];— Zur Verarbeitungbestimmte Butter [Verordnung(EWG) Nr. 3378/
91];
—Βούτυρο που προορίζεται για µεταποίηση [Κανονισµός (ΕΟΚ)
αριθ. 3378/91];
— Butter for processing[Reg ulation (EEC) No 3378/91];— Beurre destiné à la transformation [règlement (CEE) n
o3378/91];
— Burro destinato alla trasformazione [regolamento (CEE) n. 3378/
91];
— Boter voor verwerking[Verordening(EEG) nr. 3378/91];— Manteiga destinada à transformação [Regulamento (CEE) n
o3378/
91];
(1) OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1988, p. 31.
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— Jalostettavaksi tarkoitettu voi — asetus (ETY) N:o 3378/91;— Smör för beredning(förordning(EEG) nr 3378/91).
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4. The total quantity of butter referred to in the first indent of
paragraph 2 above shall be processed at the undertakings referred to inthe second indent of the same paragraph into a product with a milk fatcontent by weight of more than 99,5 % and shall produce at least 100kilograms of concentrated butter per 122,1 kilograms of butter used.
Processed butter as referred to in the first subparagraph shall be
exported after repackag ingin packag ingbearingat least one of thefollowingdescriptions in clearly visible, leg ible letters:
— Mantequilla concentrada destinada a la exportación con arreglo al
Reglamento (CEE) n
o3378/91;
— Koncentreret smør bestemt til udførsel i henhold til forordning
(EØF) nr. 3378/91;
— Zur Ausfuhr bestimmtes Butterfett — Verordnung(EWG) Nr. 3378/
91;
—Συµπυκνωµένο βούτυρο που προορίζεται να εξαχθεί βάσει του
κανονισµού (ΕΟΚ)αριθ. 3378/91;
— Concentrated butter for export under Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91;— Beurre concentré destiné à être exporté au titre du règlement (CEE)
n
o3378/91;
— Burro concentrato destinato all’esportazione a norma del regola-
mento (CEE) n. 3378/91;
— Boterconcentraat voor uitvoer op grond van Verordening (EEG) nr.
3378/91;
— Manteiga concentrada destinada à exportação em conformidade com
o Regulamento (CEE) no3378/91;
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— Asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3378/81 mukaisesti vietäväksi tarkoitettu
voiöljy;
— Koncentrerat smör för export enligt förordning (EEG) nr 3378/91.
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However, if the milk fat content by weight exceeds 99,8 %, the quantityof butter to be used to produce a minimum of 100 kilograms ofconcentrated butter shall be increased to 122,5 kilograms.
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5. The acceptance by the customs service of the export declarationfor the butter processed in accordance with this Article must take placein the Member State where the butter has been processed, within 120days followingthe closingdate for the submission of tenders under thespecial invitation to tender concerned.
6. From the time of removal of the butter and until the final product
is exported, the butter referred to in Article 9 and products processed inaccordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 shall be placed under customscontrol or shall be subject to an administrative control offeringequiva-lent guarantees.
Article 11
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The competent authorities of the Member States on whose territory theprocessingand repackag ingoperations referred to in Articles 9 and 10are carried out shall supervise those operations.
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The costs of such supervision shall be borne by the operator concerned.
Article 12
1. Except in cases of force majeure, the security referred to in Article
7 (2) shall be forfeit in proportion to the quantities for which the proofreferred to in ►
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3002/91 (1)◄is not furnished within 12 months of the date of accep-
tance of the export declaration.
However, if the proof is furnished within the 18 months followingthe
abovementioned period, 85 % of the security shall be reimbursed.
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2. The provisions of Commission Regulations (EEC) No 3002/92and (EEC) No 2220/85 (
2) shall apply except where this Regulation
provides otherwise.
Article 13
1. In addition to the endorsements provided for in Regulation (EEC)
No 3002/92, th e T 5 control copy must carry one of the following
endorsements:
(a) on the dispatch of the butter for processing:
— Section 104:
Destinada a la transformación y exportación posterior [Regla-
mento (CEE) no3378/91]
Til forarbejdningogsenere eksport [Forordning(EØF) nr. 3378/
91]
Zur Verarbeitungund späteren Ausfuhr bestimmt [Verordnung
(EWG) Nr. 3378/91]
Ποοριζόµενο για µεταποίηση και για µετέπειτα εξαγωγή
[κανονισµός (ΕΟΚ)αριθ. 3378/91]
Intended for processingand, subsequently, export [Reg ulation
(EEC) No 3378/91]
Destiné à la transformation et à l’exportation [règlement (CEE)
no3378/91]
Destinato alla trasformazione e alla successiva esportazione
[regolamento (CEE) n. 3378/91]
Bestemd om te worden verwerkt en vervolgens te worden uitge-
voerd [Verordening(EEG) nr. 3378/91]
Destinada à transformação à exportação posterior [Regulamento
(CEE) n.o3378/91]
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Tarkoitettu jalostettavaksi ja vietäväksi [asetus (ETY) N:o 3378/91]Avsett för beredningoch därpå följande export (förordning(EEG) nr
3378/91).
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— Section 106:
the closingdate for removingthe butter;
(b) on the export of the finished product:
— Section 104:
Mantequilla concentrada destinada a la exportación [Regla-
mento (CEE) no3378/91]
Koncentreret smør bestemt til eksport [forordning(EØF) nr.
3378/91]
Zur Ausfuhr bestimmtes Butterfett [Verordnung(EWG) Nr.
3378/91]
Συµπυκνωµένο βούτυρο προοριζόµενο για εξαγωγή [κανο-
νισµός(ΕΟΚ)αριθ. 3378/91]
(1) OJ No L 301, 17. 10. 1992, p. 17.
(2) OJ No L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5.
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Concentrated butter for export [Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91]
Beurre concentré destiné à l’exportation [règlement (CEE) no
3378/91]Burro concentrato destinato all’esportazione [regolamento
(CEE) n. 3378/91]
Boterconcentraat bestemd voor uitvoer [Verordening(EEG) nr.
3378/91]
Manteiga concentrada destinada à exportação [Regulamento
(CEE) n.
o3378/91]
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Vietäväksi tarkoitettu voiöljy [asetus (ETY) N:o 3378/91]Koncentrerat smör för export (förordning(EEG) nr 3378/91).
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— Section 106:
— the closingdate for removingthe butter,
— the weight of butter used to manufacture the quantity of the
finished product shown in Section 103.
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Article 14
1. No export refund shall be granted in respect of the butter sold
under this Regulation. Accession compensatory amounts shall notapply. The monetary compensatory amounts applicable to butter soldunder this Regulation shall be multiplied by the coefficient fixed inaccordance with Article 7 (2).
2. The removal orders referred to in ►
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Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 ◄, export declarations and, where
applicable, T5 control copies shall bear the following:
‘Sin restitución [Reglamento (CEE) no3378/91];
Uden restitution [Forordning(EØF) nr. 3378/91];Keine Erstattung[Verordnung(EWG) Nr. 3378/91];Χωρίς επιστροφή [Κανονισµός (ΕΟΚ)αριθ. 3378/91];
Without refund [Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91];Sans restitution [Règlement (CEE) n
o3378/91];
Senza restituzione [Regolamento (CEE) n. 3378/91];Zonder restitutie [Verordening(EEG) nr. 3378/91];Sem restituição [Regulamento (CEE) n
o3378/91];
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Ilman korvausta [asetus (ETY) N:o 3378/91];Utan exportbidrag(förordning(EEG) nr 3378/91).'
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Article 15
The Member States shall notify the Commission forthwith of the quant-
ities of butter which are the subject of:
— a sales contract,
— removal,— processing,
under this Regulation.
Article 16
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.