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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3658/87

of 4 December 1987

Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86 on the sale of intervention butter intended in particular for incorporation in compound feedingstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3466/87 (2), and in particular Article 7a thereof,

Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2324/87 (4), specifies the date by which the butter put up for sale must have been taken into storage; whereas, in order to allow the scheme to continue, the date of entry into storage should be brought forward;

Whereas the processing security referred to in Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86 is released on the basis of the documents issued upon completion of the verification specified in Article 14 (2) (a); whereas, under the less stringent inspection arrangements which are provided for in Article 14 (4), the processing security may be released on the basis of an undertaking, by the concern which processed the complementary feedingstuffs or premixtures referred to in the second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 9 (1) into complete feedingstuffs, that it will fulfil its obligations, whereas failure to comply with that undertaking is penalized in particular when the inspection of the documents takes place pursuant to Article 14 (2) (b); whereas, in cases where products of Article 9 (1) are to be delivered, such inspection can take plac eonly if they are kept under supervision until they reach their final destination; whereas it is accordingly advisable to specify the rules in that respect in order to avoid any ambiguity;

Whereas, under Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86, the period for removal of the butter expires 40 days after the end of the period during which tenders may be submitted; whereas, in the light of the experience gained and in order to simplify the procedure concerned, the said period should expire at the end of the month following that in which tenders may be submitted;

Whereas the Management Committee for Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 1, '1 July 1984' is replaced by '1 April 1985'

2. The second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 9 (1) is supplemented by the following:

'except those which are intended for delivery to an undertaking which produces compound feedingstuffs'.

3. Article 12 (2) is replaced by the following:

'2. Section 104 of the T5 control copy shall be complemented by entering one of the following:

- Aplicación del Reglamento (CEE) n. 2409/86 - piensos compuestos para animales destinados a una empresa de fabricación de piensos compuestos o a una explotación agrícola o centro de engorde;

- Anvendelse af forordning (EOEF) nr. 2409/86 - foderblandinger til anvendelse i en virksomhed, der fremstiller foderblandinger, paa en landbrugsbedrift eller i en opfedningsvirksomhed;

- Anwendung der Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 2409/86 - Mischfuttermittel, die entweder fuer einen Mischfuttermittel herstellenden oder einen landwirtschaftlichen oder einen Mastbetrieb bestimmt sind;

- Efarmogí toy kanonismoý (EOK) arith. 2409/86 - sýnthetes zootrofés proorizómenes eíte gia epicheírisi poy paraskevázei sýnthetes zootrofés eíte gia georgikí ekmetállefsi eíte gia ekmetállefsi páchynsis zóon;

- Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86 - compound feedingstuffs intended either for an undertaking producing compound feedingstuffs or for a farm or fattening concern;

- Application du règlement (CEE) no 2409/86 - aliments psomposs pothr animathch destins soit 1thne entreprise de favripsation d'aliments psomposs soit 1thne echploitation agripso oth 1thn atelier d'engraissement;

- Applicazione del regolamento (CEE) n. 2409/86 - alimenti composti per animali destinati a una fabbrica di alimenti composti o ad un'azienda agricola o ad un centro d'ingrasso;

- Toepassing van Verordening (EEG) nr. 2409/86 - mengvoeders bestemd voor gebruik hetzij in een bedrijf voor de vervaardiging van mengvoeders hetzij in een landbouwbedrijf of een veefokkerij;

- Aplicação do Regulamento (CEE) nº 2409/86 - alimentos compostos para animais destinados quer a uma empresa de fabrico de alimentos compostos quer a uma exploração agrícola ou a uma instalação de engorda.

Section 106 shall be completed by entering as appropriate the name and address of the undertaking producing compound feedingstuffs or the name and address of the farm or fattening concern using compound feedingstuffs.'

4. Article 14 (4) is replaced by the following:

'4. In the special case referred to in the second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 9 (1), the inspection provided for at 2 (a) of this Article shall also be deemed to have been carried out and the processing security referred to in Article 21 (2) shall be released if the successful tenderer submits:

(a) documentary evidence that delivery to the undertaking which produces compound feedingstuffs and which is responsible for processing them has taken place;

(b) a statement from the undertaking concerned, which shall apply by tacit agreement to all sales, to the effect that the undertaking confirms:

- its obligations as set out in the sales contract referred to in Article 5,

- that it is aware of the national penalties to which it is liable if, during the inspections referred to at 2 (b) or any other control which the public authorities might undertake, it transpires that the obligations which it has entered into have not been met.

Where delivery take place in a Member State other than that of production, proof of delivery must be furnished by production of the control copy referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 223/77, Sections 104 and 106 of the T5 control copy shall be completed in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 (2).'

5. The first subparagraph of Article 24 (2) is replaced by the following:

'(2) The successful tenderer shall remove the butter allocated to him before the end of the month following that set for the submission of tenders. The butter may be removed in instalments.'

Article 2

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.

Done at Brussels, 4 December 1987.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OX No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1.

(2) OX No L 329, 20. 11. 1987, p. 8.

(3) OX No L 208, 31. 7. 1986, p. 29.

(4) OX No L 210, 1. 8. 1987, p. 48.