CELEX: 31973R2734
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2734/73 of the Commission of 8 October 1973 on the sale of butter held by intervention agencies

9 . 10 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 282/9
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 2734/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 8 October 1973
                                   on the sale of butter held by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      tion (EEC) No 804/68 and taken into store before 1
COMMUNITIES,                                                        August 1973 .
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                                           Article 2
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968, on the common organisa­                  1.     The butter shall be sold :
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by the Act (2) concerning the Conditions of                  (a) ex cold store, at a price equal to the intervention
Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, and in                     agency's buying-in price in force at the time of
particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ;                                signing of the contract of sale plus 3 units of
                                                                          account per 100 kg ;
Whereas the Community currently has at its disposal
considerable quantities of butter held in public stores ;            (b) in lots of not less than 10 metric tons.
whereas it is desirable to provide this butter should be
sold where marketing outlets exist ;                                 2. The purchaser shall pay the price to the interven­
                                                                     tion agency before the removal from store as referred
Whereas a temporary deficit actually exists in certain               to in paragraph 3 below.
regions of the Community for fresh butter ; whereas
therefore it is desirable to permit commercial under­                3 . The purchaser shall remove the butter purchased
takings to obtain supplies from the intervention agen -.             from the store within twelve days following the day of
cies ; whereas this measure would also contribute
                                                                     the signing of the contract of sale . Except in cases of
towards avoiding an increase in the price of butter in               force majeure, if the purchaser has not removed the
these regions, which would have an adverse effect on                 butter from store within the prescribed time-limit, the
the development of consumption ; whereas the sale                    sale    shall  be   considered    null and void  for  all
 price has to be determined by taking into account the                remaining quantities.
situation of the market prices of butter ;
Whereas the conditions of sale are to be specified, in
 particular as regards the time-limits for payment and                                          Article 3
 for removal of the butter from the store ; whereas , in
order to follow the results of this measure, the                     The Member States shall inform the Commission on
 Commission must regularly be informed of the quanti­                Tuesday of each week of the quantities of butter sold
 ties sold ;                                                          pursuant to this Regulation during the preceding
                                                                      week .
Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and
 Milk Products has not delivered an Opinion within
 the time limit set by its chairman ,                                                           Article 4
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                                      following its publication in the Official Journal of
                            Article 1
                                                                      the European Communities.
 Intervention agencies shall sell to any interested party
 butter purchased pursuant to Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regula­              It is applicable until 15 November 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 8 October 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                François-Xavier ORTOLI
 (') O ) No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 1
 (2 ) OÌ No L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.