CELEX: 31973R0898
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 898/73 of the Commission of 30 March 1973 extending Regulation (EEC) Nos 2474/72 and 349/73 on the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter for direct consumption

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                             REGULATION (EEC) No 898/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 30 March 1973
              extending Regulation (EEC) Nos 2474/72 and 349/73 on the sale at reduced
                                  prices of intervention butter for direct consumption
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      lation (EEC) No 685/69 («) 0f 14 April 1969 on
COMMUNITIES,                                                        detailed rules of application for intervention on the
                                                                    market in butter and cream, as last amended by Regu­
                                                                    lation (EEC) No 2267/72 (9) ; whereas, to enable signa­
                                                                    tories to storage contracts expiring on 31 March 1973
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               to continue to benefit until 30 April 1973 from the
Economic Community ;                                                aid provided for in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulations (EEC)
                                                                    Nos 2474/72 and 349/73, their rights and obligations
                                                                    deriving from the contracts must be extended accord­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        ingly ;
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
amended by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3)                    are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
concerning the Accession of new Member States to                    ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;
the European Economic Community and the Euro­
pean Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels
on 22 January 1972, and in particular Article 6 (7)
thereof ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2474/72 (4) of 27 November 1972 on the sale at                                              Article 1
reduced prices of butter for direct consumption in the
Community, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
453/73 (5), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                      The words 'until 31 March 1973' in Article 13 (2) of
349/73 (6) of 31 January 1973 on the sale at reduced                Regulation (EEC) No 2474/72 and in Article 16 (2) of
prices of intervention butter for direct consumption as             Regulation (EEC) No 349/73 are replaced by the
concentrated butter apply only until 31 March 1973,                 words 'until 30 April 1973 '.
on which date, under Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
No 804/68 , the 1972/73 milk year was to end, save                                          Article 2
where derogation was decided by the Council ;
                                                                     1 . The storage period for butter covered by Article
                                                                     1 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2474/72 and Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 883/73 (7) of                   (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 349/73 which is the
27 March 1973 extended the 1972/73 milk year to 30                  subject of a storage contract due to expire on 31
April 1973 ; whereas Regulations (EEC) Nos 2474/72                  March 1973 may be extended until 30 April 1973.
and 349/73 should be extended accordingly ;
                                                                    2. In view of this, rights and obligations deriving
                                                                    from storage contracts shall, at the request of the party
                                                                    concerned, be extended until the day of removal from
Whereas butter convened by Article 1 (b) of those
Regulations cannot be the subject of a storage contract             storage to permit disposal under the said Regulations.
under the provisions beyond 31 March 1973, on                       However, the period corresponding to this extension
which date the period for removal from storage ends,                shall not be taken into account for calculating the aid
in accordance with Article 28 ( 1 ) of Commission Regu­             provided for in Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    685/ 69 .
(') OJ No  L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .                          3 . Where the butter is removed from storage after
(2) OJ No  L  73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                             31 March 1973, the granting of the aid provided for in
P)  OJ No  L  73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.
(4) OJ No  L  267, 28 . 11 . 1972, p . 13 .
(*) OJ No  L  53, 26. 2. 1973 , p. 4.
(*) OJ No  L 40, 13 . 2. 1973 , p. 1 .                              (8) OJ No L 90, 15. 4. 1969, p. 12.
(7) OJ No  L  86, 31 . 3 . 1973, p. 33 .                            (9) OJ No L 244, 27. 10. 1972, p. 22.
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Article 3 ( 1 ) of the Regulations referred to in para­                               Article 3
graph 1 shall be conditional on the storage being
continued until the issue of the acknowledgement of
receipt provided for in Article 3 (2) of the said Regula­     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
tions, under conditions laid down in the storage              following its publication in the Official Journal of
contract .                                                    the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 30 March 1973 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                           The President
                                                                      Francois-Xavier ORTOLI