CELEX: 31974R0750
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 750/74 of the Commission of 29 March 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3493/73 as regards the date for the introduction of a uniform fat content for whole milk

30 . 3 . 74                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 86/73
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 750/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 29 March 1974
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 3493/73 as regards the date for the introduction
                                       of a uniform fat content for whole milk
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas      Commission Regulation (EEC) No
COMMUNITIES,                                                     3493/73 (3) of 21 December 1973 amending Regula­
                                                                 tion (EEC)  No 1411 /71 as regards the introduction of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            a uniform    fat content for whole milk has already
Economic Community ;                                             extended the deadline to 31 March 1974 ; whereas the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     deadline should now be extended for a further two
1411 /71 (*) of 29 June 1971 laying down additional              months ;
rules on the common organization of the market in               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
milk and milk products for products falling within               are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
heading No 04.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, as                ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3478/73 (2), and
in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6 (2)
thereof ;                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas under the second indent of Article 3 ( 1 ) (b)
read in conjunction with Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation                                   Article 1
(EEC) No 1411 /71 only milk with a fat content of at
least 3-5 % may be sold as whole milk for direct                 In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3493/73 the date
consumption within the Community ; whereas Article               '31 March 1974' is replaced by '31 May 1974'.
6 (2) of that Regulation provides that Member States
may, as a transitional measure, maintain until 31                                        Article 2
December 1973 the provisions applicable within their
territories at the date of entry into force of that Regula­      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
tion and that the Commission may extend this dead­               following its publication in the Official Journal of
line to 31 May 1974 at the latest ;                              the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 29 March 1974.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                               The President
                                                                         Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 148 , 3 . 7. 1971 , p. 4.
{*) OJ No L 357, 28. 12. 1973, p. 7.                             (3) OJ No L 357, 28 . 12. 1973, p. 34.