AT REDUCED PRICES FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PASTRY PRODUCTS AND ICE-CREAM ( 7 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 86/79 ( 8 ), HAS BEEN AMENDED NUMEROUS TIMES ; WHEREAS FURTHER AMENDMENTS SHOULD BE MADE IN ORDER TO EXPAND THE OUTLETS AT PRESENT PROVIDED FOR ; WHEREAS IN THE INTERESTS OF CLARITY THE RELEVANT LEGISLATION SHOULD BE CONSOLIDATED ;
WHEREAS STOCKS OF COMMUNITY BUTTER HAVE BUILT UP AS A RESULT OF INTERVENTION UNDER ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 804/68 ;
WHEREAS IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO DISPOSE OF ALL THESE STOCKS ON NORMAL TERMS ; WHEREAS PROLONGED STORAGE SHOULD BE AVOIDED BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST INVOLVED ; WHEREAS MEASURES SHOULD THEREFORE BE ADOPTED TO FACILITATE THEIR DISPOSAL ;
WHEREAS THE SALE OF BUTTER AT REDUCED PRICES TO CERTAIN COMMUNITY PROCESSING UNDERTAKINGS FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PASTRY PRODUCTS , ICE-CREAM AND CERTAIN PRODUCTS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PASTRY PRODUCTS CONSTITUTES SUCH A MEASURE ;
WHEREAS , TO ENSURE THAT ALL PURCHASERS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO THE BUTTER AND TO KEEP A CHECK ON THE QUANTITIES DISPOSED OF , A STANDING TENDERING PROCEDURE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED ; WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE PATTERN OF PRICES OF COMPETING OILS AND FATS , IT SHOULD BE MADE POSSIBLE TO FIX DIFFERENT MINIMUM PRICES FOR PASTRY PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PASTRY PRODUCTS , AND FOR ICE-CREAM ;
WHEREAS THE PURCHASE OF BUTTER SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS ENSURING THAT THE BUTTER IS NOT USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN THAT FOR WHICH IT WAS INTENDED ; WHEREAS A CONTROL SYSTEM SHOULD APPLY FROM THE TIME THE BUTTER LEAVES STORAGE UNTIL IT HAS BEEN PROCESSED INTO THE PRODUCTS SPECIFIED ; WHEREAS , IN ADDITION TO THE CONTROL PROVISIONS PROVIDED FOR IN COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1687/76 OF 30 JUNE 1976 LAYING DOWN COMMON DETAILED RULES FOR VERIFYING THE USE AND/OR DESTINATION OF PRODUCTS FROM INTERVENTION ( 9 ) AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1665/78 ( 10 ), IT IS ALSO NECESSARY TO LAY DOWN ADDITIONAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS IN VIEW OF THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF THE OPERATION ;
WHEREAS THESE SPECIAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS INVOLVE INCORPORATION IN THE BUTTER OF SPECIFIED PRODUCTS ACCORDING TO ITS INTENDED USE BY WHICH IT CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM OTHER BUTTER ; WHEREAS IN CASES WHERE SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS ARE MANUFACTURED THEIR COMPOSITION AND MANUFACTURING CHARACTERISTICS SHOULD BE SPECIFIED ; WHEREAS TIME LIMITS FOR PROCESSING THE BUTTER SHOULD BE FIXED AND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT PROCESSING UNDERTAKINGS MUST FULFIL LAID DOWN AND THE MAINTENANCE OF STOCK RECORDS AT ALL STAGES OF MARKETING SHOULD BE PRESCRIBED ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , SOME OF THE CONDITIONS NEED NOT BE APPLIED TO SMALLSCALE UNDERTAKINGS WHICH USE SMALL QUANTITIES OF BUTTER AND SELL THEIR PRODUCTS DIRECTLY TO THE CONSUMER , SO AS TO ALLOW FOR THE SPECIAL POSITION OF SUCH UNDERTAKINGS ;
WHEREAS IN VIEW OF THE SIZE OF THE