1.2.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL28/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No210/77
of31January1977
amendingRegulation (EEC)No2054/76onthesaleforexporttothirdcountries
ofskimmed-milk powderheldbyinterventionagenciesandintendedforuseas
feed
inAnnexII(b)shallrununtiltheendoftheninth
monthfollowingthemonthofissue;whereas,further­
more,exportsreferredtoinRegulation (EEC)No
2054/76arecoveredbyundertakings givenbythe
CommunitywithintheframeworkofGATTandcan
only,inthisrespect,bemadeuntil10November
1977;whereasthevalidityofexportcertificatesissued
pursuanttoRegulation (EEC)No2054/76should
thereforebelimitedtothatdate;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkproducts('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No559/76(2),andinparticularArti­
cles7(5),13(3)and17(4)thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2054/76
of19August1976onthesaleforexporttothirdcoun­
triesofskimmed-milk powderheldbyintervention
agenciesandintendedforuseasfeed(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2808/76(4),
providesforthesaleofskimmed-milk powderheldin
publicstore,atapriceequaltothebuying-inprice
paidbytheinterventionagencyless11unitsof
accountper100kilograms,andprescribesthatthe
buyermusttakeoverthetotalquantityofskimmed­
milkpowderbefore1February1977;
Whereastheabovementioned salepricemustbe
increasedtotakeaccountofthepresentsituationof
theworldmarket;whereas,inorderthatanyprice
changesininternationaltrademaybeborneinmind,
provisionshouldbemadeforskimmed-milk powder
boughtatthenewpricetobetakenoverbefore1
March1977;
WhereasArticle3(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No2054/76
providesthattherefundmustbefixedinadvanceat
thetimeoftheconclusionofthesalecontractforthe
skimmed-milk powderconcerned ;whereastheperiod
ofvalidityofexportcertificatesforthisproductis
fixedbyCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2044/75
of25July1975onspecialdetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationofthesystemofimportandexportlicences
andtheadvancefixingofrefundsinrespectofmilk
andmilkproducts(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2053/76(6);whereasinaccordancewith
Article4(2)thereof,theperiodofvalidityofthe
exportcertificateforskimmed-milk powderlaiddownArticle1
Regulation (EEC)No2054/76isherebyamendedas
follows:
1.InArticle3(1),for'11unitsofaccountper100
kilograms'read'nineunitsofaccountper100kilo­
grams'.
2.InArticle3(3)addthefollowing :
'Bywayofderogationfromthefirstsubparagraph
ofArticle4(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2044/75,
theperiodofvalidityoftheexportcertificate
referredtointhesaidArticleshallbelimitedto10
November1977.'
3.Inthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle4(2),for'1
February1977'read'1March1977'.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1977.
Itshallnotaffectthequantitiesofskimmed-milk
powderforwhichpurchasecontractshavebeen
concludedwiththeinterventionagencybeforethat
date.(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.9.
3OJNoL228,20.8.1976,p.17.
(4)OJNoL323,22.11.1976,p.27.
(5)OJNoL213,11.8.1975,p.15.
(6OJNoL228,20.8.1976,p.15.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President