6.8.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL217/7
COMMISSION DECISION
of24May1973
amendingvariousCommissionDecisionsmakingspecialprovisionsforthesaleofbutter
(73/213/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,—CommissionDecisionof22December1972(9)
authorizingtheFederalRepublicofGermanyto
sellbutteratreducedpriceintheformofconcen­
tratedbutterasamendedbytheDecisionof6
April1973(10);
Whereasprovisionshouldalsobemadeforadjusting,
inthelightofthealterationoftheinterventionprice
from14May1973,theamountoftheprocessing
securityfixedforindividualinvitationstotender
issuedbeforethatdatepursuantto:
—Article9ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
1259/72(n)of16June1972onthedisposalof
butteratareducedpricetocertainCommunity
processingundertakings ,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1237/73(12);
—Article10ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
1519/72(13)of14July1972onthesalebytender
ofbutteratreducedpricesfortheexportationof
certainfatcompounds ,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1008/73(14);HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(T)of27June1968onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,as
lastamendedbytheAct(2)concerningtheConditions
ofAccessionandtheAdjustmentstotheTreaties,
andinparticularArticle6(7)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
985/68(3)of15July1968layingdowngeneralrules
forinterventiononthemarketinbutterandcream,
aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2714/72(4),
andinparticularArticle7athereof;
Whereasvariousimplementing Decisionstakenby
theCommissionshouldbebroughtintolinewithDeci­
sionsadoptedbytheCouncilforthe1973/74milkyear;
Whereas,inviewoftheextensionofthe
periodofoperationofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No349/73(5)of31January1973inthesale
atreducedpricesofinterventionbutterfordirect
consumption asconcentratedbutter,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No898/73(6),thequantities
ofbutterfixedbythefollowingDecisionsshouldbe
altered:
—Commission Decisionof8December1972(7)
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrand
DuchyofLuxembourgandtheKingdomofthe
Netherlandstosellbutteratreducedpriceinthe
formofconcentrated butterasamendedby
theDecisionof30March1973(8);WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts;
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheCommission Decisionof8December1972is
amendedasfollows:
(9)OJNoL303,31.12.1972,p.41.(x)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(3)OJNoL169,18.7.1968,p.1.
(4)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.15.
(5)OJNoL40,13.2.1973,p.1.
(6)OJNoL88,4.4.1973,p.10.
(7)OJNoL303,31.12.1972,p.4.
(8)OJNoL120,5.5.1973,p.25.(10)OJNoL145,2.6.1973,p.35.
(u)OJNoL139,17.6.1972,p.18.
(12)OJNoL128,15.5.1973,p.1.
(13)OJNoL162,18.7.1972,p.1.
(14)OJNoL100,14.4.1973,p.28.

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1.InthefirstindentofArticle1,'3600metrictons'
isreplacedby'5000metrictons',
2.InArticle2,'1June1972'isreplacedby'1May
1973'.No1259/72andtoArticle10ofRegulation (EEC)No
1519/72forindividualinvitationstotenderissuedbefore
14May1973may,ifthebuyersorequests,bereduced
by10unitsofaccountasregardsthebutterwhich
hasnotbeentakenoverbythatdate.
Article2
Article4TheCommission Decisionof22December1972is
amendedasfollows:
1.InArticle1,'5000metrictons'isreplacedby
'10000metrictons'.
2.InArticle2,'1June1972'isreplacedby'1May
1973'.ThisDecisionisaddressedtoallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,24May1973.
Article3FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLITheamountofthesecurityfixedbyCommission
DecisionspursuanttoArticle9ofRegulation (EEC)