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NoL231/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.10.72
REGULATION (EEC)No2161/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of10October1972
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1259/72onthedisposalofbutteratareducedprice
tocertainCommunityprocessingundertakings
Whereasthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle6(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No1259/72providesthata
successfultendererwhosatisfiescertainrequirements
mayprocessthebutterhehaspurchaseddirectinto
productsfallingwithintariffheadingNo18.06B,
19.08or21.07Cwithoutconcentrating thebutteror
incorporating aningredientasprovidedforin
subparagraphs 1(a)and(b)ofthesameArticle;
whereas,toensurethatthisdirectprocessingis
effectedonlybytheundertakinginwhosenamethe
offerwasmade,theGermantextofthatsub­
paragraphshouldbeclarified;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle17ofRegulation (EEC)
No1259/72,thecontrolcopyprovidedforinArticle
1ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2315/697of
19November1969ontheuseofCommunitytransit
documentsforthepurposeofapplyingCommunity
measuresforverifyingtheuseand/ordestinationof
goods,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No595/71,8
isusedwheretheoperationsspecifiedinArticle6(1)
(a),(b)and(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No1259/72are
carriedoutinaMemberStateotherthantheselling
MemberState;whereasexperiencehasshownthat
theseprovisionsmustbeclarifiedtotakeaccountof
butterwhichissold,processedandundergoesthe
incorporation referredtoinArticle6(1)(a),(b)and
(c)andthefinalprocessingreferredtoin(c)in
differentA4emberStates;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforMilkand
MilkProductshasnotdeliveredanOpinionwithin
thetimelimitsetbyitsChairman;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicConmunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/681of27June1968onthecommon
organization ofthemarketinmiikandmilk
products,a"slastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
141171,2andinparticularArticle6(7)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
985.68sof15July1^68ayingdowngeneralrulesfor
interventiononthemarketinbutterandcream,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No10"75/71,4and
inparticularArticle^athereof;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1259/725
of16June1972onthedisposalofbutterata
reducedpricetocertainCommunityprocessing
undertakings ,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1716.'72,6provides,asfinaluseofbuttersold,forits
processingintoproductsfallingwithinheadingNo
18.06B,19.08and21.07CoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff;whereasithasbeenfoundthatthebutterin
questioncanalsobedisposedofforprocessinginto
icemixfallingwithinsubheadingNos18.06Dand
21.07FoftheCommonCustomsTariff;whereas
Regulation (EEC)No1259-72shouldthereforebe
extendedtoapplytosuchproducts;whereas,
moreover,acolouringmattershouldbeaddedtothe
listofingredientsalreadyprovidedforsothatbutter
whichhasundergoneconcentration andincorpor­
ationmavbeusedmoreeasily;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Article6ofRegulation (EEC)No1259/72shallbe
amendedasfollows:1OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
-OJNoL148,3.7.1971,p.4.
OJNoL169,18.7.1968,p.1.
1OJNoL116,28.5.1971,p.1.
•OJNoL139,17.6.1972,D.18.
fiOJNoL181,9.8.1972,p.10.7OJNoL295,24.11.1969,p.14.
8OJNoL69,23.3.1971,p.7.

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1.Insubparagraph 1(b),thefollowingshallbe
substitutedforsubparagraphs (bb)etseq:
'(bb)or:Processingintotheproductslistedaboveshall
takeplaceintheCommunitywithin120days
fromthedayofremovalfromstoragereferredto
inArticle13(2).'
3.IntheGermantextofRegulation (EEC)No
1259/72,'zuverarbeiten'shallbesubstitutedfor
'verarbeitenzulassen'inthefirstsubparagraph of
Article6(2).—20gof.ethylesterofbeta-apo-8'-
carotenicacid,intheformofa
compoundsolubleinbutyricfat,and
—600gofacompoundcontainingatleast
60%ofbetasitosterol ,theremainingpart
consistingmainlyofbetasitosterol
isomers:
Article2
(cc)or:
1.InArticle15ofRegulation (EEC)No1259/72,
'intooneoftheproductslistedinArticle6(1)(c)'
shallbesubstitutedfor'intoproductsfallingwithin
subheadingNos18.06B,19.08,and21.07Cofthe
CommonCustomsTariff'.
2.Thefollowingshallbesubstitutedforthe
endorsements listedinArticle16(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1259/72:
'Beurreconcentredestineàlatransformation enun
desproduitsvisésàl'article6paragraph1sous(c)
durèglement(CEE)n01259/72',■
'ButterfettzurVerarbeitung zueinemderinArtikel6
Absatz1Buchstabe(c)derVerordnung (EWG)Nr.
1259/72genanntenErzeugnisse',
'Burroconcentratodestinatoallatrasformazione in
unodeiprodottidicuiall'articolo6paragrafo1
lettera(c)delregolamento (CEE)n.1259/72',
'Boterconcentraat bestemdvoorverwerkingtoteen
vandebijartikel6,lid1,sub(c),vanVerordening
(EEG)nr.1259/72bedoeldeprodukten',—250gofrefinedgranulatedorpowdered
sugar,and
—600gofacompoundcontainingatleast
60%ofbetasitosterol ,theremainingpart
consistingmainlyofbetasitosterol
isomers.
Inthelattercase,thefinalproductmusthavea
•minimumfatcontentof79-8%.
EachMemberStatemaydecidethatonlyoneor
twoofthefollowingproductsshallbeusedinits
territory:
—theproductresultingfromtheincorporation
specifiedunder(aa),
—theproductresultingfromtheincorporation
specifiedunder(bb),
—theproductresultingfromtheincorporation
specifiedunder(cc).
TheMemberStatesshall,assoonastheyavail
themselvesoftheoptionprovidedforinthe
precedingsubparagraph ,informtheCommission
oftheprocesstheyhavechosen.'
2.Thefollowingshallbesubstitutedfor
subparagraph 1(c):
'(c)tohavetheproductsreferredtounder(b)
processedonlyinto
—productsfallingwithinheadingNo19.08
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,or
—edibleicesfallingwithinsubheadingNos
ex18.06Bandex21.07Cofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,ofamilkfat
contentoflessthan15%,or
—powderforthepreparationofedibleices
fallingwithinsubheadingNosex18.06D
orex21.07FoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,ofamilkfatcontentoflessthan
32%andsuitableforconsumption
withoutanytreatmentotherthanthe
additionofwaterandrefrigeration .(Concentratedbutterforprocessingintooneofthe
productslistedinArticle6(1)(c)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1259/72).
Article3
ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle17of
Regulation (EEC)No1259/72:
fArticle17
1.WheretheoperationsspecifiedinArticle6
(1)(a)and(b)ortheprocessingspecifiedin
Article6(1)(c)takeplaceinaMemberState
otherthanthesellingMemberState,the
followingrulesshallbeapplied:
Sections101,103,104and106ofthecontrol
copyprovidedforinArticle1ofRegulation
(EEC)No2315/69shallbecompleted .Section
106shallspecifythedateonwhichtheparty
concernedtookthebutterover.Section104shall

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becompletedbydeletingwhatdoesnotapply
andbyaddingoneofthefollowingendorsements
underthesecondindent:
(a)inthecaseofbuttertreatedinaccordance
withArticle6(1)(a)and(b)inaMember
StateothertharthesellingMemberState:
"Beurredestine:
1.àêtreconcentréetasubirune
incorporation ,
2,puisàêtretransforméenundesproduits
visésàl'article6paragraphe 1sous(c)du
règlement (CEE)n°1259/72";oneoftheendorsements listedin(b)below;
section106shallstate:
—theweightofthebutterusedtoproducethe
quantityofconcentratedbutterspecifiedin
section103;
—thenumberofthecontrolcopyfromtheexit
office,andthenameoftheoffice;
—thedateonwhichthepartyconcernedtook
thebutterover.
Thecustomsofficewhichsupervisedthe
processingreferredtoat2shallendorsethe
controlcopyfromtheofficewhichsupervisedthe
processingreferredtoat1andsenditviathe
latterofficetotheofficeofexitfromtheselling
MemberState.
(b)inthecaseofbuttertreatedinaccordance
withArticle6(1)(a)and(b)intheselling
MemberStatewhichistobetreatedin
accordancewithArticle6(1)(c)inanother
MemberState:"Butterbestimmt:
1.zurVerarbeitung zuButterfettundzur
Beimischung ,
2.alsdannzurVerarbeitungzueinemderin
Artikel6Absatz1Buchstabe (c)der
Verordrung (EWG)Nr.1259/72genannten
Erzeugnisse";
"Burrodestinato: "Beurreconcentrédestinéàêtretransformé
enl'undesproduitsvisésàl'article6
paragraphe 1sous(c)durèglement(CEE)n°
1.259/72",1.adessereconcentratoedessereoggettodi
unaincorporazione ,
2.inseguitoallatrasformazione inunodei
prodottidicuiall'articolo6paragrafo1
lettera(c)deiregolamento (CEE)n.
1259.72";"ButterfettzurVerarbeitungzueinemderin
Artikel6Absatz1Buchstabe (c)der
Verordnung (EWG)Nr.1259/72genannten
Erzeugnisse",
"Burroconcentratodestinatoallatransforma­
zioneinunodeiprodottidicuiall'articolo6
paragrafo1lettera(c)delregolamento (CEE)
n.1259/72","Boterbestemd:
1.voorverwerkingtotbotercontentraat enter
bijmenging .
2.vervolgensvoorverwerkingtoteenvande
inartikel6,lid1,sub(c),vanVerordening
(EEG;nr.125972genoemdeprodukten","Boterconcentraat bestemdvoorverwerking
toteenvandeinartikel6,lid1,sub(c),van
Verordening (EEG)nr.1259/72genoemde
produkten", (Butterintended:
(Concentratedbutterforprocessingintoone
oftheproductslistedinArticle6(1)(c)of
Regulation (EEC)No1259/72).
2.Inthecaseofbuttertobeprocessedunder
theconditionslaiddowninArticle6(2)ina
MemberStateotherthanthesellingMember
State,thefollowingrulesshallbeapplied:
Sections101,103and104ofthecontrolcopy
providedforinArticle1ofRegulation (EEC)No
2315/69shallbecompleted .Section106shall
specifythedateonwhichthepartyconcerned
tookthebutterover.Section109shallbe
completedbydeletingwhatdoesnotapplyand
byaddingoneofthefollowingendorsements
underthesecondindent:1.forconcentration andincorporation ;
2.forprocessingthereafterintooneofthe
productslistedinArticle6(1)(c)of
Regulation (EEC)No1259/72).
Theprocessingreferredtoat2maybesupervised
byoneormorecustomsofficesotherthanthat
whichsupervisedthsprocessingreferredtoat1.
Inthiscasethecustomsofficewhichcontrolsthe
processingreferredtoat1shallsendthecontrol
copytotheofficeofexitspecifyingthatithas
controlledonlytheprocessingreferredtoat1and
shallissueoneor.attherequestoftheparties
concerned,severalcopiesofthecontrolcopy
providedforinArticle1ofRegulation (EEC)No
2315/69ofwhichsections101,103,104and106
havebeencompleted .Section103shallstatethe
netweightresultingfromtheprocessingreferred
toat1,forwhichthenewcontrolcopyoreachof
thenewcopiesisissued;section104shallcontain"Beurredestinealatransformation autitrede
l'article6paragraphe2durèglement (CEE)
n°1259/72",

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Article4 "ButterzurVerarbeitung gemäßArtikel6
Absatz2derVerordnung (EWG)Nr.
1259/72",
"Burrodestinatoallatrasformazione anorma
dell'articolo 6paragrafo2delregolamento
(CEE)n.1259/72",ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11October
1972.
However,attherequestofthepartiesconcerned,
obligationsassumedunderArticle6ofRegulation
(EEC)No1259/72andarisingfromindividual
invitationstotenderissuedbefore11October1972
shallberevisedinlinewithArticle1ofthis
Regulation .Inthiscase,theprovisionsofthis
Regulationshallapply."Boterbestemdvoorverwerkingovereenkom­
stigartikel6,lid2,vanVerordening (EEG)nr.
1259/72",
(ButterforprocessingunderArticle6(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No1259/72).'
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10October1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT