CELEX: 31973R0555
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 555/73 of the Commission of 22 February 1973 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72 on the disposal of butter at a reduced price to certain Community processing undertakings

27. 2 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 54/27
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 555/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 22 February 1973
              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                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Council Regulation (EEC) No                                                Article 1
804/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as                      Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) (aa) Regulation (EEC) No
last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the                            1259/72 is replaced by the following :
Treaty (3) concerning the Accession of new Member
States to the European Economic Community and                              '(aa) either :
the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at                                   — 250 g of 4 hydroxy-3 methoxybenzalde-4
Brussels on 22 January 1972, in particular Article 6                                 hyde coming either from vanilla or
(7) thereof ;                                                                         from synthetic vanillin ; or
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/                                 — 100 g of 4 hydroxy-3 methoxybenzalde­
68 (4) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                                 hyde obtained exclusively from vanilla
intervention on the market in butter and cream, as                                   beans or integral extracts thereof ;
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (5),                                     the method of analysis by which this
and in particular Article 7a thereof ;                                               provision may be supervised shall be
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                                that applied by the official services of
1259/72 (6) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of                                       the Member State in which processing
butter at a reduced price to certain Community                                       into finished products takes place ; and
processing undertakings, as amended by Regulation                                 — 600 g of a compound containing at
(EEC) No 376/73 (7), provides in Article 6 ( 1 ) (b)                                  least 80 % of sitosterol (C29H50O =
(aa) for the incorporation in concentrated butter                                    A-5-stigmastene-3-beta-ol),       the re­
of 250 g of the product 4 hydroxy-3­                                                 maining part not to contain measurable
methoxybenzaldehyde coming either from vanilla or                                     quantities of stigmasterol.'
from synthetic vanillin ; whereas experience has
shown that by using natural vanilla for marking                                                 Article 2
concentrated butter the prescribed dose can be
reduced ; whereas the Member State in whose terri­
                                                                      This    Ree"'         shall   enter into    force on 28
tory the processing takes place may supervise the
operation in accordance with the methods of                           February 1973 .
analysis used officially in that Member State ;
                                                                      However, at the request of the parties concerned,
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­                     obligations assumed under Article 6 of Regulation
tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the                        (EEC) No 1259/72 and arising from individual invi­
Management Committee for Milk and Milk                                tations to tender issued before 28 February 1973
Products ;                                                            shall be revised in line with this Regulation .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 22 February 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(*) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(•) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(•) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5 .
(«) OJ   No L 169, 18 . 7 . 1968, p . 1 .
(») OJ   No L 291, 28. 12. 1972, p. 15.
(•) OJ   No L 139, 17. 6. 1972, p. 18.
(7) OJ  No  L 39 , 12 . 2 . 1973 , p. 40.