CELEX: 31977R0954
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 954/77 of 4 May 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 349/73 on the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter for direct consumption as concentrated butter

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                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 954/77
                                                          of 4 May 1977
                amending Regulation (EEC) No 349/73 on the sale at reduced prices of interven­
                                tion butter for direct consumption as concentrated butter
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           2. During the melting of the butter there shall
 COMMUNITIES,                                                            be incorporated per 100 kg of butter used :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   — 2 kg of Ci6 and/or Cis fatty acid monoglyce­
 Economic Community,                                                         rides of a degree of purity of at least 90 %
                                                                            calculated in monoglycerides on the product
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                ready for incorporation , or
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
 of the market in milk and milk products (J ), as last                   — 1 kg of pelargonic acid (triglycerides of n —
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                          nonanoic acid) of a degree of purity of at least
 particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                          95 % calculated in triglycerides on the product
                                                                            ready for incorporation, or
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            — if the concentrated butter contains at least
 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for
 intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                     99 % butyric fats :
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and
 in particular Article 7a therepf,                                          (aa) 15 g of stigmasterol (C29H48O = A-5-22­
                                                                                  stigmastene-3-beta-ol) of a degree of
"Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 349 /73 of                                purity of at least 95 % calculated on the
 31 January 1973 on the sale at reduced prices of inter­                          product ready for incorporation , or
vention butter for direct consumption as concentrated
butter (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                          (bb) 17 g of stigmasterol (C29H48O = A-5-22­
 2575/76 (6), lays down that indicators shall be incorpor­                        stigmastene-3-beta-ol) of a degree of
 ated in the butter sold, in order that a check may be                            purity of at least 85 % calculated on the
 kept on its use ;                                                                product ready for incorporation, with a
                                                                                  maximum      of   7-5 % of   brassicasterol
Whereas it should be made as easy as possible for                                 (C28H46O = A-5\22-ergostene-3-beta-ol)
                                                                                  and with a maximum of 4 % sitosterol
 processors to purchase the products as defined in
Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 349/73 ; whereas,                            (C29H50O = A-5-stigmastene-3-beta-ol).
having regard to technical developments, an addition
must therefore be made to the said provisions as
 regards the use of stigmasterol ;                                      The competent agency shall ensure that the provi­
                                                                        sions as to the quality and characteristics, in parti­
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                    cular the degree of purity, of the products to be
                                                                        incorporated into the melted butter have been
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                       complied with .'
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                               Article 2
                             Article 1                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                    following its publication in the Official Journal of
In Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 349/73, para­                   the European Communities.
graph 2 is hereby amended to read as follows :
(')  OJ  No L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .                         On application from those concerned , obligations
(2)  OJ  No L  67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .                            entered into before this date in accordance with Arti­
(3)  OJ  No L  169, 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 1 .                           cles 2 and 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 349/73 shall be
(«)  OJ  No L  291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 15 .
(5 ) OJ  No L  40 , 13 . 2. 1973, p . 1 .                           adapted to take account of Article 1 of the present
(o)  OJ  No L  293 , 23 . 10 . 1976, p. 23 .                        Regulation .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 4 May 1977.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President