NoL88/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.4.73
REGULATION (EEC)No898/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of30March1973
extendingRegulation (EEC)Nos2474/72and349/73onthesaleatreduced
pricesofinterventionbutterfordirectconsumption
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;lation(EEC)No685/69(«)0f14April1969on
detailedrulesofapplicationforinterventiononthe
marketinbutterandcream,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2267/72(9);whereas,toenablesigna­
toriestostoragecontractsexpiringon31March1973
tocontinuetobenefituntil30April1973fromthe
aidprovidedforinArticle3(1)ofRegulations (EEC)
Nos2474/72and349/73,theirrightsandobligations
derivingfromthecontractsmustbeextendedaccord­
ingly;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbytheAct(2)annexedtotheTreaty(3)
concerningtheAccessionofnewMemberStatesto
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheEuro­
peanAtomicEnergyCommunity ,signedatBrussels
on22January1972,andinparticularArticle6(7)
thereof;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2474/72(4)of27November1972onthesaleat
reducedpricesofbutterfordirectconsumptioninthe
Community ,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
453/73(5),andCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
349/73(6)of31January1973onthesaleatreduced
pricesofinterventionbutterfordirectconsumption as
concentratedbutterapplyonlyuntil31March1973,
onwhichdate,underArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)
No804/68,the1972/73milkyearwastoend,save
wherederogationwasdecidedbytheCouncil;Article1
Thewords'until31March1973'inArticle13(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No2474/72andinArticle16(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No349/73arereplacedbythe
words'until30April1973'.
Article2
1.ThestorageperiodforbuttercoveredbyArticle
1(b)ofRegulation(EEC)No2474/72andArticle1
(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No349/73whichisthe
subjectofastoragecontractduetoexpireon31
March1973maybeextendeduntil30April1973.
2.Inviewofthis,rightsandobligationsderiving
fromstoragecontractsshall,attherequestoftheparty
concerned,beextendeduntilthedayofremovalfrom
storagetopermitdisposalunderthesaidRegulations .
However,theperiodcorresponding tothisextension
shallnotbetakenintoaccountforcalculatingtheaid
providedforinArticle24ofRegulation (EEC)No
685/69.
3.Wherethebutterisremovedfromstorageafter
31March1973,thegrantingoftheaidprovidedforinWhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No883/73(7)of
27March1973extendedthe1972/73milkyearto30
April1973;whereasRegulations (EEC)Nos2474/72
and349/73shouldbeextendedaccordingly ;
WhereasbutterconvenedbyArticle1(b)ofthose
Regulationscannotbethesubjectofastoragecontract
undertheprovisionsbeyond31March1973,on
whichdatetheperiodforremovalfromstorageends,
inaccordancewithArticle28(1)ofCommissionRegu­
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
P)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(4)OJNoL267,28.11.1972,p.13.
(*)OJNoL53,26.2.1973,p.4.
(*)OJNoL40,13.2.1973,p.1.
(7)OJNoL86,31.3.1973,p.33.(8)OJNoL90,15.4.1969,p.12.
(9)OJNoL244,27.10.1972,p.22.

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Article3 Article3(1)oftheRegulationsreferredtoinpara­
graph1shallbeconditionalonthestoragebeing
continueduntiltheissueoftheacknowledgement of
receiptprovidedforinArticle3(2)ofthesaidRegula­
tions,underconditionslaiddowninthestorage
contract .ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30March1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI