CELEX: 31973D0097
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-30 00:00:00
Title: 73/97/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 March 1973 amending the Commission Decision of 8 December 1972 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to sell butter at reduced prices in the form of concentrated butter

7 . 5 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 120/ 25
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 30 March 1973
                amending the Commission Decision of 8 December 1972 authorizing the Kingdom of
                Belgium , the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands
                           to sell butter at reduced prices in the form of concentrated butter
                                          (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                          ( 73 / 97 / EEC )
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas the period of application of Commission
 COMMUNITIES,                                                           Regulation ( EEC) No 349 /73 of 31 January 1973
                                                                        on the sale of intervention butter at reduced prices
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                           for direct consumption as concentrated butter has
 European Economic Community ;                                          been extended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 898 /73 (")
                                                                        until 30 April 1973 ; whereas the period of application
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC)                             having been extended, it is expedient to increase by
 No 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common                            virtue of this measure the quantity of butter which
 organization of the marker in milk and milk products,                  may be marketed in Belgium and Luxembourg;
 as last amended by the Act (2 ) annexed to the
 Treaty (3 ) concerning the Accession of new Member                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                        are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 States to the European Economic Community and                          ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;
 the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at
 Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular
 Article 6 (7) thereof;                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC)                                                     Article 1
 No 985/68 (4) of 15 July 1968 laying down general
 rules for intervention on the market in butter and                      1 . In Article 1 of the Decision of 8 December 1972,
 cream, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)                            the quantity 3 000 metric tons' in relation to
 No 2714/72 (5 ), and in particular Article 7a thereof;                 Belgium and Luxembourg is replaced by 3 600
                                                                        metric tons '.
 Whereas in accordance with Commission Regulation                       2.   In Articles 1 and 2 of the Decision referred to
  ( EEC) No 2561 /72 (6) of 6 December 1972 on the
                                                                        in paragraph ( 1 ) ' Regulation ( EEC) No 2561 /72 '
 sale of intervention butter at reduced prices for                      is replaced by 'Regulation (EEC) No 349/73 '.
 direct consumption as concentrated butter, replaced
 by Regulation (EEC) No 349/73 (7), in particular
 the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand-Duchy of                                                   Article 2
 Luxembourg were authorized by the Commission
 Decision of 8 December 1972 (8) to apply Regulation                     This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
 No 2561 /72 (6) to a quantity of butter not exceeding                  Belgium, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and the
 3 000 metric tons ;                                                     Kingdom of the Netherlands.
                 Done at Brussels, 30 March 1973 .
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                            The President
                                                                                       François-Xavier ORTOLI
  (!)  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.
  (4)  OJ  No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1 .
  (5)  OJ  No L 291, 28. 12. 1972, p. 15 .
 (6)   OJ  No L 274, 7. 12. 1972, p. 12.
  (7)  OJ  No L 40, 13. 2. 1973, p. 1 .
  (8)  OJ  No L 303, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 4.                                (9) OJ No L 88, 4. 4. 1973, p. 10.