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REGULATION (EEC)No349/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31January1973
onthesaleatreducedpricesofintervention butterfordirectconsumption as
concentrated butter
longedbecauseofthehighcostsinvolved ;whereas
measuresshouldtherefore beadoptedtofacilitate
disposalofthebutter;
Whereasnutritional habitsincertainMemberStates
makeitpossibletosellbutteratreducedpricesfor
directconsumption asconcentrated butter;whereas
experience hasshownhoweverthatadisadvantage
ofsuchanoperation isthatbuttermaynotbeput
totheintended useandresultindisturbances onthe
marketinbutter;whereasprovision shouldthere­
forebemadeforthismeasuretobetakenatthe
requestofaMemberStatewhichconsidersitselfin
apositiontoleadittoasuccessful conclusion ;
whereasthismeasureshouldbelimitedtoquantities
whichcannormally bedisposedoffordirectcon­
sumptionduringtheperiodinquestion ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuro­
peanEconomic Community ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No804/
68(*)of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts ,aslast
amendedbytheAct(2)annexedtoTreaty(3)onthe
Accession ofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
Economic Community andtheEuropean Atomic
EnergyCommunity ,signedatBrusselson22Janu­
ary1972,andinparticular Article6(7)andArticle
28thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No985/
68(4)of15July1968layingdowngeneralrulesfor
intervention onthemarketinbutterandcream,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2714/72(5),
andinparticular Article7(a)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No233/
73of31January1973layingdowngeneralrulesfor
thesystemofcompensatory amountsformilkand
milkproducts (6);
Whereas afeatureofthemarketinbutterinthe
Community istheexistenceofstocksbuiltupasa
resultofintervention onthemarketinbuttermade
pursuanttoArticle6(1)and(2)ofRegulation
-(EEC)No804/68;
Whereasitwillnotbepossibletodisposeofthese
stocksofbutteronnormaltermsduringthepresent
marketing year;whereasstorageshouldnotbepro­Whereasifthisoperation isextendedonlytobutter
inpublicstorage,theremovalofbutterfromprivate
storagemightbecompromised ;whereasforthis
reason,butterwhichhasbeenthesubjectofastorage
contractinaccordance withArticle9(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No985/68shouldalsobemarketed as
partoftheoperation inquestion ;
Whereas theamountofthereduction inthesale
priceofbutterortheamountofaidmustbesuchas
topermitanincreaseintheconsumption ofbutter;
whereasprovision shouldbemadefortheprice
reductiontobereflecteddowntotheretailstage;
Whereasitisnecessary toensureatallmarketing
stagesthepossibility ofdifferentiating betweenbut­
tersoldundertheconditions providedforinthis
Regulation andotherbutter;whereastothatend,
provisions shouldbemadeconcerning thecompo­
sition,thepossibility ofdifferentiating betweenthe(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
<*)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(8)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(4)OJNoL169,18.7.1968,p.1.
(5)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.15.
(6)OJNoL28,1.2.1973,p.37.

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concentrated butterandotherbutterandthepack­
ingofconcentrated butterinsmallpackets;whereas
toensurethesmoothfunctioning oftheoperation ,
atimelimitshouldbesetforpacking ;
Whereasacontrolsystemshouldbesetuptoensure
thatthebutterisnotusedforanypurposeother
thanthatforwhichitwasintended ;whereasthe
provisions laiddowntothateffectbyCommission
Regulation (EEC)No1259/72(l)of16June1972
onthedisposalofbutteratreducedpricestocertain
Community processing undertakings ,aslast
amended byRegulation (EEC)No2815/72(2)
shouldberesortedto.
Whereasthevalueoftheconcentrated buttershould
betakenintoaccountasregardsthecompensatory
amountsfixedunderRegulation (EEC)No974/71;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC)No
2561/72(3)of6December 1972onthemarketing of
intervention butteratreducedpricesfordirectcon­
sumption asconcentrated butterprovided the
possibility ofmakingsuchsales;whereas,inviewof
thetraditions ofcertainMemberStates,another
possibility shouldbeaddedtothetwomethodslaid
downforthecomposition ofconcentrated butter;
whereasmoreover ,asaresultoftheenlargement of
theCommunity ,Regulation (EEC)No2561/72
shouldberepublished ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordance withtheOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommittee forMilkandMilkProducts ;(b)Tograntaidforbutterwhichduringthe
1972/73milkyearwasthesubjectofastorage
contractunderArticle8(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No985/68,
forthepurposeofthedirectconsumption inthe
Community asconcentrated butterofaquantityto
bespecifiedofthebutterinquestion .
Article2
1.ButtercoveredbyArticle1(a)shallbesoldex­
coldstoragedepotat76unitsofaccountper100
kg.
2.Itshallbesoldinquantities ofnotlessthan5
metrictons.
3.Deliveryshallbetakennotmorethan12days
afterthedayonwhichthecontractofsalewascon­
cluded.
Beforetakingdeliverythebuyershall;
—paythepurchasepriceofthebutter;
—lodgeaprocessing securityof110unitsof
accountper100kg.
Exceptincasesofforcemajeure,ifthebuyerhas
nottakendeliveryofthebutterwithinthepre­
scribedtimelimit,thesaleshallbecancelled in
respectoftheremainingquantities .
Article3
1.ButterremovedfromstoragereferredtoinArt­
icle1(b)shallbenefitfromanaidof110unitsof
accountper100kg.
2.Thesignatory tothestoragecontractshall
informtheintervention agencywithwhichhecon­
cludedthecontract,ofthequantities ofbutter
whichheintendstoremovefromstorage,specify­
ingitscharacteristics inthemannerdetermined by
theintervention agency.
Theintervention agencyshallwithoutdelayissuean
acknowledgement erfreceipt.
Article4
1.Thebuttermustbeconcentrated andputup,
inaccordance withArticle5,intheMemberState
whereitwasremovedfromstorage,hereinafter
calledthe'destocking MemberState'.
2.Theseoperations mustbecarriedoutinan
establishment approved forthatpurposebythe
MemberState.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
MemberStatesmay,attheirrequest,beauthorized :
(a)Tosellatreducedpricesbutterwhichhasbeen
boughtinunderArticle6(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No804/68andtakenintoStorageata
datetobespecified ;thebuttermaybesoldin
thenaturalstateoraftertransformation intocon­
centrated buttermentioned ,inArticle5:
(*)OJNoL139,17.6.1972,p.18:
(2)OJNoL297,30.12.1972,p.3.
(a)OJNoL274,7.12.1972,p.12.3.Packingmusttakeplacewithinamaximum
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—onwhichdeliverywastakeninaccordance with
Article2(3),asregardsthebuttercoveredby
Article1(a);
—onwhichthepersoninquestionreceivestheac­
knowledgement ofreceiptprovidedforinArticle
3(2)asregardsbuttercoveredbyArticle1(b).
Article5Article .6
1.Anypersonwhoholdsthebutterortheconcen­
tratedbuttermustkeeprecordsshowingforeach
deliverythenameandaddressofbuyersofthebut­
terortheconcentrated butterandthequantitiespur­
chased.
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2.Wherethebutterisresold,theobligations con­
cerningprocessing ,puttingupandthefinal
intended useofthebuttershallbementioned inthe
contractofsale.
Suchcontractmustbemadeinwritingandspecify
thatthebuyerisawareofthepenaltiesimposedby
theMemberStateinquestion,forbreachesofthe
aforesaidobligations .
3.Asregardsretailtrade,onlythequantities
boughtneedberecorded .1.Concentrated buttermust:
—containatleast95%butyricfats;
—havebeenthesubjectoftheincorporation pro­
videdforinparagraph 2;
—bemarketed inslabsofnotmorethan250g,
wrappedinpaperbearing,ontheuppersurface
andinlettersatleastfivemmhigh,oneormore
ofthefollowingstatements :
'Beurreconcentrépourlacuisine',
'Butterreinfett ',
'Burroconcentrato dacucina',
'Braadboter 'or'Boterconcentraat voorkeukenge­
bruik',
'Concentrated butterforcooking',
'Koncentreret smørtilhusholdningsbrug '.
2.Duringthemeltingofthebutterthereshallbe
incorporated per100kgofbutterused:either
—2kgofC16and/orC18fattyacidmonoglycerides
90%atleastpurecalculated inmonoglycerides
ontheproductreadytobeincorporated ,or
—1kgofpelargonic acidtriglycerides (triglycerides
ofn—nonanoic acid)atleast95%purecal­
culatedintriglycerides ontheproductreadyto
beincorporated ,or
—iftheconcentrated buttercontainsatleast99%
butyricfats,15grofstigmasterol (C29H480=
A-5-22-stigmastene-3-beta-ol )atleast95%>pure
calculated ontheproductreadytobeincorpora­
ted.Article7
1.ThebuttercoveredbyArticle1shallremainin
itsoriginalwrappings untilitisprocessedintocon­
centrated butter.
Itshallbeaccompanied byalistofthepackets,en­
ablingthebuttertobeidentifiedandspecifying the
dateonwhichitwasremovedfromstorage.
2.Thewrappings ofbutterremovedfromstorage
shallbearoneormoreofthefollowing statements
inlettersatleast2centimeters high:
'Beurredestineaêtretransformé enbeurrecon­
centré(règlement (CEE)n°349/73)',
'ButterzurVerarbeitung zuButterreinfett (Verord­
nung(EWG)Nr.349/73)',
'Burrodestinatoadesseretransformato inburrocon­
centrato (regolamento (CEE)n.349/73)',
'Boterbestemdvoorverwerking totbraadboter
(Verordening (EEG)nr.349/73)',
or
'Boterbestemdvoorverwerking totboterconcentraat
voorkeukengebruik (Verordening (EEG)nr349/73)',
'Butterforprocessing intoconcentrated butter(Reg­
ulation (EEC)No349/73)',
'Smørbestemttilforarbejdning tilkoncentreret
smør(forordning (E0F)nr.349/73)'.
3.Theconcentrated butterputupinslabsshall
bedelivered andremainuntiltheretailstagein
wrappingbearingoneormoreofthefollowingstate­
ments :Thecompetent agencyshallensurethatthequality
andcharacteristics ,inparticular thedegreeof
purity,oftheproductstobeincorporated intothe
meltedbutterhavebeenobserved .

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'Boterconcentraat aanverlaagde prijsvoorrech­
tstreeksverbruik (Verordening (EEC)nr.349/73)',
'Concentrated butteratreducedpricefordirectcon­
sumption (Regulation (EEC)No349/73)',
'Koncentereret smørtilnedsatpristilumiddelbart for­
brug(forordning (EOF)nr349/73)',
Article10
1.Theprocessing securityprovidedforinthe
secondindentofArticle2(3),shallbelodged,atthe
choiceoftheMemberState,eitherintheformofa
chequemadeouttotheintervention agency,orin
theformofaguarantee fulfillingthecriterialaid
downbytheMemberStateconcerned .
2.Exceptinthecaseofforcemajeure,thesecu­
rityshallbereleasedonlyinrespectofquantities
forwhichthebuyerhassuppliedtheintervention
agencywiththecertificate providedforinArticle
8(3)or,inthecaseenvisaged inArticle9,thiscertifi­
cateandthecontrolcopy.
3.Thesecurityshallbereleasedforthwith .
Article11
TheaidreferredtoinArticle3(1)shallbepaidto
thesignatorytothestoragecontractonlyonpresen­
tationofthedocuments referredtoinArticle10(2).
Article12
TheMemberStatesshalladoptallnecessary pro­
visionsfortheamountofthepricereductionorthe
amountofaidtobereflectedattheretailstage.To
thisend,theyshallfixamaximum retailpricefor
concentrated butter,theamountofwhichshallbe
shownonthewrappings oftheslabstogetherwith
thestatement referredtoinArticle5(1).However ,
theMemberStatesmayinplaceofthisobligation
adoptotheradministrative provisions havingequiva­
lenteffect.'Beurreconcentré pourlacuisine (règlement (CEE)
no349/73)',
'Butterreinfett (Verordnung (EWG)Nr.349/73)',
'Burroconcentrato (regolamento (CEE)n.349/73)',
73)',
'Braadboter (Verordening )(EEG)nr.349/73)',
or
'Boterconcentraat voorkeukengebruik (Verordening
(EEG)nr.349/73)',
'Concentrated butterforcooking (Regulation (EEC)
No349/73)',
'Koncentereret smørtilhusholdningsbrug (Forord­
ning(EOF)nr.349/73)'.
Article8
1.Fromthemomentitleavesstorageanduntilit
isprocessed intoconcentrated butter,thebutter
shallbesubjecttocustomsorequivalent administra­
tivecontrol .
2.Duringtheprocessing andpackingspecifiedin
Article5,theMemberStateconcerned shallcarry
outanonthespotinspection throughout thewhole
operation .
3.Attheendoftheinspection ,theagencyin
questionshallissueacertificate ifitestablishes
that:
—theconditions ofprocessing andputtingup,and
—theconditions laiddowninArticle6,wherethe
concentrated butteristobeconsumed inthe
destocking MemberState,
havebeenmet.
Article9
Wheretheconcentrated butterisexported toa
MemberStateotherthanthedestocking Member
State,spaces101,103and104ofthecontrolcopy
providedforinArticle1ofRegulation (EEC)No
2315/69shallbefilledin.Space104shallbecom­
pletedbydeletingwhatdoesnotapplyandby
makinginthesecondindent,oneofthefollowing
statements :
'Beurreconcentré aprixréduitpourlaconsomma­
tiondirecte(règlement (CEE)n°349/73)',
'Butterreinfett zuherabgesetzten Preisenfurden
unmittelbaren Verbrauch (Verordnung (EWG)'Nr.
349/73)',
'Burroconcentrato aprezzoridottoperilconsumo
diretto(regolamento (CEE)n.349/73)',Article13
TheMember Statesshallcommunicate totheCom­
missiononTuesdayofeachweek:
—thequantities ofthebuttercoveredbyArticle
1(a)whichhavebeenthesubjectofsalecon­
tracts :
—thequantities ofthebuttercoveredbyArticle
1(b)forwhichtheMemberStatehasissuedac­
knowledgements ofreceipt.

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Article14
1.Thecompensatory amountsapplicable tocon­
centratedbuttershallbeequaltothosefixedpur­
suanttoRegulation (EEC)No974/71,weighted by
thecoefficient 0-4.
Wherenecessary ,theCommission mayalterthis
coefficient .
2.Thecompensatory amountsprovidedforin
theActannexedtotheAccession Treatyshallnot
beappliedtobuttersoldundertheheadofthis
Regulation .
ArticleIS
1.Regulation (EEC)No2561/72isrepealed .
2.Itshallremainapplicable toauthorizations
grantedandtocontractssignedbeforethisRegula­
tionentersintoforce.However ,onapplication fromthepartiesconcerned ,acontractofsalesigned
beforethedateonwhichthisRegulation entersinto
forceshallbeadjustedinlinewiththethirdinsetof
Article5(2).
Article16
1.ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceonthe
dayofitspublication intheOfficialJournalofthe
European Communities .
ThisRegulation shallapplyfrom1February1973.
2.Ifshallapplyuntil31March1973.
Fromthatdate:
—nodeliveryofbuttercoveredbyArticle1(a)
maybeaccepted ;
—noacknowledgement ofreceiptforthebutter
coveredinArticle1(b)maybeissuedbytheinter­
ventionagencies .
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI