OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 955
NoL283/38 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.12.70
REGULATION (EEC)No2640/70OFTHECOMMISSION
of28December1970
amendingRegulation (EEC)No756/70and(EEC)No1680/70onmilkandmilk
products
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,Whereas,moreover,Article8(2)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No1680/706of18August1970on
astandinginvitationtotenderforskimmedmilk
powderheldbyinterventionagencies,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2039/70,7alsoadopted
measurestotakeaccount,whentheminimumprice
foreachinvitationtotenderisdetermined,ofthe
differencebetweenthepriceofskimmedmilkinthe
twoMemberStatesconcernedandthatinother
MemberStates;
Whereastheabove-mentioned provisionsof
Regulations (EEC)No756/70and(EEC)No1680/70
willservenofurtherpurposeafterthe
discontinuation on1January1971ofthecorrective
amountsappliedinBelgiumandLuxembourgin
accordancewithCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2552/708of15December1970alteringthe'buying-in
priceofbutterandskimmedmilkpowderappliedby
theBelgianandLuxembourginterventionagencies;
Whereas,moreover,Article1ofRegulation (EEC)
No1680/70providesforthesaleofskimmedmilk
powdertakenintostockbefore1January1970;
whereas,inordertoavoiddepreciationinthequality
ofskimmedmilkpowderduetoprolongedstorage,
arrangements shouldbemadetoensurethatthe
oldestskimmedmilkpowderissoldfirst;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
Management CommitteeforMilkandMilk
Products;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/681of27June1968onthecommonorganisation
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1253/70,2andin
particularArticle7(5)andArticle11(3)thereof;
WhereasArticle4ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1222/703of29June1970fixing,forthe1970/71milk
year,thetargetpriceformilkandtheintervention
pricesforbutter,skimmedmilkpowderandGrana
padanoandParmigianoReggianocheesesprovided
fortheapplicationofcorrectiveamountsinBelgium
andLuxembourgtointeraliatheinterventionprice
forskimmedmilkpowder;whereasthishasresulted
inanincreaseinthepriceofthatproductinthe
MemberStatesconcerned;
Whereasinordertoassesstheeffectofthatprice
increaseonthereturnontheuseofskimmedmilk
forthemanufactureofcaseinandcaseinates,Article
2(3)ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No756/704
of24April1970ongrantingaidforskimmedmilk
processedintocaseinandcaseinates,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1479/70,5providedforanin­
creaseintheaidforcaseininBelgiumandLuxem­
bourguntiltheendofthe1970/71milkyear;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
(a)Paragraph3ofArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No
756/70;and
1OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
2OJNoL143,1.7.1970,p.1.
sOJNoL141,29.6.1970,p.27.
4OJNoL91,25.4.1970,p.28.
3OJNoL163,25.7.1970,p.10.6OJNoL185,19.8.1970,p.8.
7OJNoL226,13.10.1970,p.8.
8OJNoL275,19.12.1970,p.3.

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Article3 (b)Paragraph2ofArticle8ofRegulation (EEC)No
1680/70areherebyrevoked.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
Article2oftheEuropeanCommunities .
Itshalltakeeffecton1January1971.
Thedate'1May1969'shallbesubstitutedfor'1
January1970'inArticle1ofRegulation (EEC)No
1680/70.However,Article2shallnotapplybeforetheninth
partialinvitationtotender,forwhichtheclosingdate
forsubmittingtendersis12January1971.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28December1970.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
FrancoM.MALFATTI