CELEX: 31974R0077
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-10 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 77/74 of the Commission of 10 January 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1108/68 as regards the age of skimmed-milk powder bought in by intervention agencies

No L 9 / 38                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            11 . 1 . 74
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 77 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 10 January 1974
              amending Regulation ( EEC) No 1108 /68 as regards the age of skimmed-milk
                                      milk powder bought in by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       the maximum permitted age of the product when
COMMUNITIES ,                                                        bought in should be reduced to one month ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Economic Community ;                                                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                     ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
amended by the Act (2 ) on the Conditions of Acces­
sion and the Adaptations to the Treaties, and in parti­                                       Article 1
cular Article 7 (5) thereof ;
                                                                     In Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1 108 / 68 the
Whereas, under Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regula­                 words 'three months' are replaced by the words 'one
tion ( EEC) No 1 108 / 68 (3 ) of 27 July 1968 on detailed           month '.
rules of application for public storage of skimmed­
milk powder, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                              Article 2
No 2 1 96/ 73 (4 ), skimmed-milk powder bought in by
intervention agencies may not at the time of purchase                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
be more than three months old ;                                      following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                                     the European Communities.
Whereas, in the light of experience and in order to
improve the keeping qualities of intervention stocks,                It shall apply from 1 April 1974.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 10 January 1974.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                              Francois-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  184, 29 . 7 . 1968 , p . 34 .
(4 ) OJ No L  223 , 11.8 . 1973 , p . 20 .