26.5.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL139/15
REGULATION (EEC)No1398/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of25May1973
amendingforthe1973/74milkyearvariousCommission Regulations
concerningmilkandmilkproducts
ventionbutterfordirectconsumption asconcen­
tratedbutter,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
898/73(10);
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(*)of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbytheAct(2)concerningtheConditionsof
AccessionandtheAdjustmentstotheTreaties,andin
particularArticle6(7)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
985/68(3)of15July1968layingdowngeneralrules
forinterventiononthemarketinbutterandcream,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2714/72(4),and
inparticularArticle7(a)thereof;
Whereas,inviewoftheDecisionsadoptedbythe
Councilforthe1973/74milkyear,inparticularthe
alterationoftheinterventionpriceforbutter,various
Commission Regulations ,particularlythemeasures
concerninggeneralsalesofbutter,shouldbeadopted
accordingly ;
WhereastheamendmentsconcernthefollowingRegu­
lations:
—CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1282/72(5)of
21June1972onthesaleofbutteratareduced
pricetothearmyandsimilarforces,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No453/73(6);
—CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1717/72(7)of8
August1972onthesaleofbutteratareduced
pricetonon-profit-making institutionsandorgani­
zations,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
453/73;
—CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2537/72(8)on
invitationstotenderforthesupplyofbutteroilfor
theWorldFoodProgramme ,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No453/73;
—CommissionRegulation(EEC)No349/73(9)of31
January1973onthesaleatreducedpricesofinter­1.InArticle5(b)ofRegulation(EEC)No1282/72
theamount'155unitsofaccountper100kg'is
replacedbytheamount'145unitsofaccountper100
kg'-
2.However,inthecaseofbuttersoldbytheinter­
ventionagenciesofthenewMemberStates,that
amountshallbereducedbythecompensatory amount
applicableinrespectoftradeinbutterbetweenthe
CommunityasoriginallyconstitutedandtheMember
Stateinquestion.
Article2
1.InArticle6(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1717/72
theamount'155unitsofaccountper100kg'is
replacedbytheamount'145unitsofaccountper100
kg'-
2.However,inthecaseofbuttersoldbytheinter­
ventionagenciesofthenewMemberStates,that
amountshallbereducedbythecompensatory amount
applicableinrespectoftradeinbutterbetweenthe
CommunityasoriginallyconstitutedandtheMember
Stateinquestion.
Article3 (•)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.1.5.
(s)OJNoL142,22.6.1972,p.14.InArticle9(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No2537/72,the
amount'186unitsofaccountper100kg'isrepla­
cedbytheamount'176unitsofaccountper100kg'.(o)OJNoL53,26.2.1973,p.4.
(7)OJNoL181,9.8.1972,p.11.
(8)OJNoL272,5.12.1972,p.15.
HOJNoL40,13.2.1973,p.1. (I0)OJNoL88,4.4.1973,p.10.

NoL139/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.5.73
Article4 4.Paragraph2ofArticle16isdeleted.
Article5Regulation(EEC)No349/73isamendedasfollows:
1.InArticle1(b)thewords'duringthe1972/73milk
year'arereplacedbythewords'after1April1973'.
2.InArticle2(3)theamount'110unitsofaccount
per100kg'isreplacedbytheamount'100unitsof
accountper100kg'.
3.InArticle3(1)theamount'110unitsofaccount
per100kg'isreplacedbytheamount'100unitsof
accountper100kg'.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon14May
1973.
However,atthebuyer'srequest,theprovisionsof
Article1,2and4(2)shallbeapplicableinrespectof
butterinrespectofwhichcontractswereconcluded
beforetheentryintoforceofthisRegulationorwhich
hasnotyetbeentakenoverbythatdate.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25May1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI