CELEX: 31973R0476
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 476/73 of the Commission of 8 February 1973 amending Regulation (EEC) No 71/73 on the sale of butter from public stocks

No L 53 /66                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               26. 2 . 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 476/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 8 February 1973
                 amending Regulation (EEC) No 71/73 on the sale of butter from public stocks
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES ,
                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community ;                                                         Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 71 /73 is replaced
                                                                    by the following :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            ' 1 . The butter shall be sold ex-cold-storage-depot
804/68 (x) of 27 June 1968 on the common organi­                        at a price equal to the intervention price less
zation of the market in milk and milk products, as                     3 units of account per 100 kilogrammes .'
last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3)
concerning the Accession of new Member States to
the European Economic Community and the European
                                                                                            Article 2
Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on
22 January 1972, and in particular Article 6 (7)
thereof ;                                                           Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 71/73 is supplemented
                                                                    by the following paragraph :
Whereas, according to the provisions of Commission                      '5. The intervention agency shall sell the butter
Regulation (EEC) No 71/73 (4) of 4 January 1973 on                      only if a security is given, at the latest when the
the sale of butter from public stocks, butter sold                      contract of sale is concluded, equal to 3 units
pursuant to^this Regulation may be marketed within                      of account per 100 kilogrammes.
the Community and in third countries ; whereas
experience has shown that such butter should be
reserved for export in order to avoid disturbances on                   The security shall be given in the form either of a
the Community market ;                                                  cheque made out to the intervention agency or
                                                                        of a guarantee satisfying the criteria determined
                                                                        by the Member States concerned, the choice lying
Whereas, in order to ensure that the butter is actually                 with the Member State.
exported, it is necessary to fix a time limit for export
and to guarantee that this condition is observed by
the giving of a security ; whereas the amount of the                    Except in cases of force majeure , the security shall
security must be so calculated as to prevent the sale                    only be released for the quantities in respect of
of the butter on the Community market ; whereas                         which the purchaser furnishes the competent
it is indicated that such security is not to be released                 agency with proof that the butter has been exported
until the competent authorities have verified the                        without further processing with the specified
exportation ;                                                            Article 2 (a).'
Whereas the measures provided in this Regulation                                             Article 3
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;                              The following article is inserted in Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 71 /73 :
                                                                         ' Article 2a
 C)  OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
 (2) OJ No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
 (3) OJ No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.                                   The butter shall be exported within 30 days of
 (4) OJ No  L 12, 13 . 1 . 1973 , p. 14 .                                the date on which it is taken over.'
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                       Article 4                                                    Article 5
Butter sold by the intervention agencies in accordance        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
with Regulation (EEC) No 71/73 before the entry into          following its publication in the Official Journal of
force of this Regulation shall not be affected by the         the European Communities.
provisions of this Regulation.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 8 February 1973 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                             Francois-Xavier ORTOLI