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( 1 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 13 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 74 , 22 . 3 . 1975 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 184 , 29 . 7 . 1968 , P . 29 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 69 , 18 . 3 . 1975 , P . 10 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 184 , 29 . 7 . 1968 , P . 34 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 173 , 28 . 6 . 1974 , P . 60 .

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1093/75 OF THE COMMISSION OF 28 APRIL 1975 AMENDING REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 1107/68 AND ( EEC ) NO 1108/68 AS REGARDS THE CONDITIONS FOR THE PURCHASE BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES OF CERTAIN CHEESES AND SKIMMED-MILK POWDER

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ;

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 804/68 ( 1 ) OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 740/75 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 7 ( 5 ) AND ARTICLE 8 ( 5 ) THEREOF ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1107/68 ( 3 ) OF 27 JULY 1968 ON DETAILED RULES OF APPLICATION FOR INTERVENTION ON THE MARKET IN GRANA PADANO AND PARMIGIANO REGGIANO CHEESES , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 699/75 ( 4 ) , TOGETHER WITH ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1108/68 ( 5 ) OF 27 JULY 1968 ON DETAILED RULES OF APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC STORAGE OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1636/74 ( 6 ) , FIX FLAT-RATE PAYMENTS CORRESPONDING TO THE COST OF TRANSPORT OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED TO A STORAGE DEPOT , BELONGING TO THE INTERVENTION AGENCY , SITUATED MORE THAN 100 KM AWAY ; WHEREAS THESE PAYMENTS SHOULD BE ADAPTED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT INCREASED TRANSPORT COSTS IN THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1108/68 PROVIDES THAT WHEN THE SKIMMED-MILK POWDER IS BOUGHT IN BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCY IT SHALL NOT BE MORE THAN ONE MONTH OLD ; WHEREAS , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MARKET TRENDS AND THE STOCK SITUATION , IT IS NECESSARY TO INCREASE THIS AGE LIMIT TO TWO MONTHS ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IN ORDER TO AVOID SPECULATION WHEN THE BUYING-IN PRICE IS MODIFIED IT APPEARS ADVISABLE TO RETAIN THE ONE MONTH AGE REQUIREMENT DURING A PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS FOLLOWING THE DATE OF APPLICATION OF A CHANGE IN THE BUYING-IN PRICE ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , IT HAS PROVED NECESSARY TO FIX THE DATE DETERMINING THE PRESCRIBED MAXIMUM AGE ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . IN ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1107/68 " 0.032 UNIT OF ACCOUNT " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 0.035 UNIT OF ACCOUNT " .

2 . IN ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1108/68 " 0.031 UNIT OF ACCOUNT " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 0.034 UNIT OF ACCOUNT " .

ARTICLE 2

THE TEXT OF ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1108/68 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" 1 . THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES SHALL BUY IN ONLY FIRST-QUALITY SKIMMED-MILK POWDER WHICH FULFILS THE CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION AS TO QUALITY , PACKING AND MARKING AND WHICH IS NOT MORE THAN TWO MONTHS OLD ON THE DAY WHEN THE OFFER TO SELL IS LODGED WITH THE INTERVENTION AGENCY .

HOWEVER , THE MAXIMUM AGE REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH SHALL BE ONE MONTH FOR SKIMMED-MILK POWDER OFFERED TO THE INTERVENTION AGENCY DURING A PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS FOLLOWING THE DATE OF APPLICATION OF A CHANGE IN THE BUYING-IN PRICE FOR THIS PRODUCT APPLIED BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCY , WHETHER EXPRESSED EITHER IN UNITS OF ACCOUNT OR IN NATIONAL CURRENCY . "

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING 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 , 28 APRIL 1975 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

P.J . LARDINOIS

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION