CELEX: 31974R2973
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2973/74 of the Commission of 26 November 1974 providing for a temporary derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 1636/74 as regards the new conditions as to packaging for the public storage of skimmed-milk powder

27 . 11 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 317/9
                                REGULATION ( EEC) No 2973/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 26 November 1974
                providing for a temporary derogation from Regulation ( EEC) No 1636/74 as
                regards the new conditions as to packaging for the public storage of skimmed­
                                                             milk powder
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas certain undertakings have been unable to
COMMUNITIES,                                                         obtain sufficient quantities of the new packaging ;
                                                                     whereas, so as not to deprive those undertakings of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 the possibility of offering their products to the inter­
Economic Community ;                                                 vention agencies, the abovementioned transitional
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          period should be extended until 31 December 1974 ;
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in                    ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
particular Article 7 (5) thereof ;
Whereas the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
No 1 1 08 / 68 (3) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of
application for public storage of skimmed-milk
powder, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                                Article 1
 1 636/74 (4), sets out the requirements which the pack­
aging of skimmed-milk powder must satisfy if it is to                 In Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1636/74, the date
be bought in by the intervention agencies ;                          '31 October 1974' is replaced by '31 December 1974'.
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1636/74                                              Article 2
laying down new requirements as to packaging sets a
transitional period during which the Member States                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
may permit the use of packaging authorized before                     following its publication in the Official Journal of
the entry into force of that Regulation ;                             the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 26 November 1974 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                              Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(>)  OJ No  L   148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(2)  OJ No  L  85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .
(3 ) OJ No  L   184, 29 . 7 . 1968 , p. 34 .
(4 ) OJ No  L   173 , 28 . 6 . 1974, p. 60 .