CELEX: 31977R2534
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2534/77 of 17 November 1977 temporarily derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 on the sale of skimmed-milk powder from public storage

No L 294/ 16                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            18 . 11 . 77
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2534/77
                                                   of 17 November 1977
             temporarily derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 on the sale of
                                       skimmed-milk powder from public storage
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                   Article 1
 Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     As regards contracts of sale concluded pursuant to
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 during the period 15
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last             November to 10 December 1977, the following
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                special provisions shall apply :
particular Article 7 (5) thereof,                                1 . by way of derogation from Article 1 of Regulation
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76                       (EEC) No 2213/76,^ the skimmed-milk powder
of 10 September 1976 on the sale of skimmed-milk                     shall have been held in storage for not less than 12
                                                                     months ;
powder from public storage (3), as amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 920/77 (4) fixed the selling price of the
                                                                 2. by way of derogation from Article 2 ( 1 ) (a) of the
skimmed-milk powder concerned at a price equal to
                                                                     said Regulation, the selling price ex storage depot
the purchasing price applied by the intervention agen­
                                                                     shall be equal to the purchasing price applied by
cies plus an amount of two units of account per 100
                                                                     the intervention agencies at the time of the conclu­
kilograms, in order to promote the disposal of that
                                                                     sion of the contract of sale, plus one unit of
product ;
                                                                     account per 1 00 kilograms ;
Whereas at present on the skimmed-milk powder
market demand is relatively high, mainly for animal              3 . by way of derogation from Article 3 ( 1 ) of the said
feed ; whereas, in view of the fact that the powder is to            Regulation, the purchaser shall take delivery, not
be used for this purpose, provision should be made,                  later than 20 December 1977, of the skimmed­
during the period in which production of fresh                       milk powder purchased by him .
powder is more limited, for a reduction in price, in so
far as is compatible with the costs of private storage,                                  Article 2
for an increase in the age of the product ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                publication in the Official Journal of the European
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                       Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 17 November 1977.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
(!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .
(3) OJ No L 249, 11 . 9 . 1976, p. 6 .
h OJ No L 108, 30. 4. 1977, p. 75.