NoL217/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.8.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1980/76
of9August1976
amendingRegulation (EEC)No232/75onthesaleofbutteratreducedpricesfor
useinthemanufacture ofpastryproducts
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No559/76(2),andin
particularArticle6(7)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
985/68of15July1968layingdowngeneralrulesfor
interventiononthemarketinbutterandcream(3),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2714/72(4),and
inparticularArticle7athereof,
Whereasthesituationwhichledtothetemporary
removaloftheminimumagelimitforbutter,aslaid
downinCommissionRegulation (EEC)No232/75of
30January1975onthesaleofbutteratreduced
pricesforuseinthemanufactureofpastryproducts
andicecream(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1724/76(6),hasnowchanged;whereasitis
thereforenowappropriatetore-introduce aqualifying
datefortheentryintostorageofbutteravailablefor
sale,suchdatetobedeterminedhavingregardtothe
development ofstocksintheCommunity ;
Whereasunderthesecondandthirdsubparagraphs of
Article12(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No232/75the
processingsecuritymaybereducedinthecaseof
buttersoldbytheinterventionagenciesofthenew
MemberStates,soastotakeaccountofthelower
marketpricethere;
Whereasitseemsappropriatetomakethelikeprovi­
sioninthecaseofbutterboughtfromintervention
agenciesoforiginalMemberStatesforprocessingon
theterritoryofanewMemberState;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,-Article1
Regulation (EEC)No232/75isamendedasfollows:•
1.InArticle1thefollowingisinserted:
'andtakenintostoragebefore1April1976'.
2.InArticle12(1),thesecondandthirdsubpara­
graphsaredeleted.
3.InArticle19,aparagraph4asfollowsisadded:
'4.Asregardsbuttersold,
—bytheinterventionagencyofanewMember
StateforprocessinginaccordancewithArticle
6(1)or(2)intheMemberStatewhereitis
removedfromstore,or
—bytheinterventionagencyofanoriginal
MemberStateforprocessinginaccordance
withArticle6(1)or(2)ontheterritoryofanew
MemberState,
theamountoftheprocessingsecuritytobeforfeit
maybereduced,attherequestoftheperson
concerned,byanamountequaltotheaccession
compensatory amountapplicableonthedayof
suchrequesttothebutterconcernedintrade
betweenthenewMemberStateinquestionandthe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted .
TheinterventionagencyofthenewMemberState
wherethesecuritywaslodgedmaynotaccedeto
sucharequestunlesstheapplicantfurnishesproof
thatthebutterorbutteroilinquestionhasbeen
enteredforhomeuseinitsterritoryandremained
therethroughouttheprescribedperiodofcontrol.'
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .(■)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(-')OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.9.
(3)OJNoL169,18.7.1968,p.1.
(4)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.15.
(5)OJNoL24,31.1.1975,p.45.
(6)OfNoL193,17.7.1976,p.17.

10.8.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL217/15
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9August1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission