CELEX: 31974R0561
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 561/74 of the Commission of 8 March 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72 on the disposal of butter at a reduced price to certain Community processing undertakings

9 . 3 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 67/ 17
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 561 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 8 March 1974
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72 on the disposal of butter at a reduced
                                price to certain Community processing undertakings
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                        are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                    ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                                         Article 1
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 419/74 (2), and in
particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ;                          Article 6(1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72 is
                                                                    replaced by the following :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
985/68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules                    '(a) to have all the butter awarded processed into
for intervention on the market in butter and cream , as                       concentrated    butter  with  a minimum    fat
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and                          content    of  99-8 % ,   in an establishment
in particular Article 7a thereof ;                                            approved by the Member State in whose terri­
                                                                              tory the processing is carried out, and to
Whereas Article 6(1 ) of Commission Regulation                                produce a minimum of 100 kg of concen­
(EEC) No 1 259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal                         trated butter per :
of butter at a reduced price to certain Community
processing undertakings, as last amended by Regula­                           — 122-5 kg of butter processed, where the fat
                                                                                  content of the butter sold is 82 % or
tion (EEC) No 324/74 (6), provides that the tenderer is
                                                                                  more ;
to undertake to have all the butter awarded processed
into concentrated butter ;                                                    — 125-5 kg of butter processed, where the fat
                                                                                  content of the butter sold is less than
Whereas experience has shown that it is necessary to                              82 %
fix a rate of minimum yield for the processing into
concentrated butter ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas, in fixing this yield, account should be taken
of the characteristics of the butter accepted for inter­            This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 March
vention :                                                           1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 8 March 1974 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                              Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(0 OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
 2) OJ No L 49 , 21 . 2. 1974, p . 2.
(3) OJ No L 169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p. 1 .
K) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 15,
(5) OJ No L 139 , 17 . 6 . 1972, p. 18 .
(6) OJ No L 35, 8 . 2. 1974, p . 28 .