5.5.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL113/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No954/77
of4May1977
amending Regulation (EEC)No349/73onthesaleatreducedpricesofinterven­
tionbutterfordirectconsumption asconcentrated butter
2.Duringthemeltingofthebutterthereshall
beincorporated per100kgofbutterused:
—2kgofCi6and/orCisfattyacidmonoglyce­
ridesofadegreeofpurityofatleast90%
calculated inmonoglycerides ontheproduct
readyforincorporation ,or
—1kgofpelargonic acid(triglycerides ofn—
nonanoicacid)ofadegreeofpurityofatleast
95%calculated intriglycerides ontheproduct
readyforincorporation ,or
—iftheconcentrated buttercontains atleast
99%butyricfats:
(aa)15gofstigmasterol (C29H48O=A-5-22­
stigmastene-3-beta-ol )ofadegreeof
purityofatleast95%calculated onthe
productreadyforincorporation ,or
(bb)17gofstigmasterol (C29H48O=A-5-22­
stigmastene-3-beta-ol )ofadegreeof
purityofatleast85%calculated onthe
productreadyforincorporation ,witha
maximum of7-5%ofbrassicasterol
(C28H46O =A-5\22-ergostene-3-beta-ol )
andwithamaximum of4%sitosterol
(C29H50O=A-5-stigmastene-3-beta-ol ).THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts (J),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No559/76(2),andin
particularArticle6(7)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
985/68of15July1968layingdowngeneralrulesfor
intervention onthemarketinbutterandcream(3),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2714/72(4),and
inparticularArticle7atherepf,
"WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No349/73of
31January1973onthesaleatreducedpricesofinter­
ventionbutterfordirectconsumption asconcentrated
butter(5),aslastamended byRegulation (EEC)No
2575/76(6),laysdownthatindicatorsshallbeincorpor­
atedinthebuttersold,inorderthatacheckmaybe
keptonitsuse;
Whereasitshouldbemadeaseasyaspossiblefor
processors topurchasetheproducts asdefinedin
Article5(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No349/73;whereas,
havingregardtotechnicaldevelopments ,anaddition
musttherefore bemadetothesaidprovisions as
regardstheuseofstigmasterol ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordance withtheopinionoftheManage­
mentCommittee forMilkandMilkProducts ,Thecompetent agencyshallensurethattheprovi­
sionsastothequalityandcharacteristics ,inparti­
cularthedegreeofpurity,oftheproductstobe
incorporated intothemeltedbutterhavebeen
compliedwith.'
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION : Article 2
Article 1 ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceonthethirdday
following itspublication intheOfficialJournalof
theEuropean Communities . InArticle5ofRegulation (EEC)No349/73,para­
graph2isherebyamended toreadasfollows :
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.9.
(3)OJNoL169,18.7.1968,p.1.
(«)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.15.
(5)OJNoL40,13.2.1973,p.1.
(o)OJNoL293,23.10.1976,p.23.Onapplication fromthoseconcerned ,obligations
enteredintobeforethisdateinaccordance withArti­
cles2and3ofRegulation (EEC)No349/73shallbe
adaptedtotakeaccountofArticle 1ofthepresent
Regulation .

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ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels ,4May1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President