27.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL54/25
REGULATION (EEC)N°554/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of22February1973
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1519/72onthesalebytenderofbutteratreduced
pricesfortheexportationofcertainfatcompounds
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionarein'accordancewiththeOpinionofthe
Management CommitteeforMilkandMilk
Products;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No804/
68(x)of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbytheAct(2)annexedtotheTreaty(3)
concerningtheAccessionofnewMemberStatesto
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheEuro­
peanAtomicEnergyCommunity ,signedatBrussels
on22January1972,andinparticularArticle6(7)
thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No985/
68(4)of15July1968layingdowngeneralrulesfor
interventiononthemarketinbutterandcream,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2714/72(5),
andinparticularArticle7athereof;
Whereasexperiencehasshown.thescaleoftheoper­
ationprovidedforinCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No1519/72(6)of14July1972amendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No376/73(7)maybeextendedinparti­
cularbybroadeningcertainoftheprovisionsofthe
Regulation ;whereasinparticularalongerperiod
thanthatlaiddowninArticle16(2)forthetaking
overofbuttershouldbeapplied,togiveexporters
greatersecurityofsupply;whereas,inaddition,the
useofpackagingofacapacitylargerthanthatlaid
downinArticle22shouldbeprovidedfor;
whereastheformalitiesforreleasingthesecurityin
accordancewithArticle25(2)(c)canalsobesimpli­
fied;
Whereas,moreover,in(a)and(b)ofthefirstindent
ofArticle19(2),theuseastracerofacompound
basedontriglyceridesofenanthicacidisprovided
for;whereasthepresentdefinitionofthedegreeof
purityrequiredofthisproductcanbeinterpretedin
variousways,sothatproductsareusedwhichare
•notsufficientlyreliable;whereastheformulamust
thereforeberenderedmoreprecise;Arttcle1
InthefirstsubparagraphofArticle16(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1519/72,'30days'isreplacedby'4
months'.
Article2
Article19(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1519/72is
amendedasfollows:
1.Thefirstindentof(a)dsreplacedbythefallowing:
'—10kgoftriglyceridesofenanthic(n-hepta­
noic)acidatleast95%purecalculatedas
triglyceridesontheproductreadyforincor­
poration.'
2.Thefirstindentof(b)isreplacedbythefollowing:
'—mixed,per970kg,with30kgoftriglyce­
ridesofenanthic(n-heptanoic )acid,atleast
95%purecalculatedastriglyceridesonthe
productreadyforincorporation ,andthere­
after.'
3.Atthesecondindentof(b),thewords'notless
than26°/obutnotmorethan40°/o'are
replacedby'notlessthan26%butnotmore
than50%'.
4.Thefollowingsubparagraph isaddedtotheend
ofparagraph2:
'Thecompetentagencyshallmakesurethatthe
qualityandcharacteristics ,inparticularthe
degreeofpurity,oftheproductstobeincorpor­
atedhavebeenobserved.'
Article3
Article22(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No1519/72is
replacedbythefollowing :
'(b)ofanetcapacityofnotmorethan200kg
inthecaseoftheproductreferredtoin
Article19(2)(b).'(*)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(s)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(4)OJNoL116,28.5.1971,p.1.
(5)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.15.
(«)OJNoL162,18.7.1972,p.1.
(7)OJNoL39,12.2.1973,p.40.

NoL54/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.2.73
Article4
Article23ofRegulation (EEC)No1519/72is
replacedbythefollowing :
sArticle23
Thefinishedproductshallbeexporteddirect
hamtheterritoryoftheMemberStateinwhich
theprocessingtakesplacetoathirdcountry
within.'}monthsfromthetake-overdatespeci­
fic;!inArticle16(2).'
Article5
..'i!eindentsofArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No15*9/72arereplacedbythefollowing :
'—•destinea^'exportationautitredurèglement
(CEE)1519/72aprèstransformation et
conditionnement enemballagesmétalliques,
bo'.ihermétiquement fermésd'uncontenude
/,5J0legaumaximum,soitd'uncontenude
I'XtC;kgtinmaximum'.
Verordnung (EWG)Nr.1519/72
nachVerarbeitungundVerpackunginluft­
dichiverschlossenen Metallverpackungen
mitcinemNettoinhaltvonhöchstens2,5kg
oderinMetallverpackungen miteinem
Nettoinhaltvonhöchstens200kg,zur
Ausfuhrbestimmt'.
'—destinatoall'esportazione anormadelrego­
lamento(CEE)n.1519/72dopotrasforma­
zioneecondizionato inimballaggimetallici,
ermeticamente chiusidiuncontenuto
massimodi2,5kgoppurediuncontenuto
massimodi200kg'.
'—bestemdom,overeenkomstig Verordening
(EEC)nr.1519/72tewordenuitgevoerd,na
verwerkingenverpakkinginmetalenverpak­
kingen,ofwelluchtdichtgeslotenmeteen
netto-inhoud vanhoogstens2,5kg,ofwel
meteennetto-inhoudvanhoogstens200kg'.
'--forexportpursuanttoRegulation (EEC)No
1515/72afterprocessingandpackaginginmetalcontainerseitherhermeticallysealed
ofamaximumcapacityof2-5kgorofa
maximumcapacityof200kg.'
'—bestemttileksportihenholdtilforordning
(E0F)nr.1519/72efterforarbejdning og
pakningimetalemballager ,entenhermetisk
lukkedemedetindholdafhøjst2,5kg,
ellermedetindholdafhøjst200kg.'
Article6
Article25(2)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No1519/72
isreplacedbythefollowing:
'(c)proofthatthefinishedproducthasbeen
exportedtoathirdcountry:tothisend
Article3,exceptthesecondindentofpara­
graph1,andArticles4and5ofRegulation
No1041/67/EECshallapplybyanalogy.'-
Article7
Article27ofRegulation (EEC)No1519/72is
replacedbythefollowing:
'Thecompensatory amountsprovidedforin
Regulation (EEC)No974/71andthecompensa­
toryamountsforeseenintheActannexedtothe
TreatyofAccessionshallnotbeapplicableto
butterandtobutterprocessedintotheproducts
specifiedinArticle19whicharesoldpursuant
tothisRegulation.'
Article8
ThethirdindentofArticle30(1)andof30(2)is
deleted.
Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon28
February1973.
However,attherequestofthepartiesconcerned,
obligationsassumedunderArticle6ofRegulation
(EEC)No1519/72andarisingformindividualinvi­
tationstotenderissuedbefore28February1973
shallberevisedinlinewiththisRegulation .
Th'.sRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
>oneatBrussels,22February1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI