CELEX: 31975D0668
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-31 00:00:00
Title: 75/668/EEC: Commission Decision of 31 October 1975 amending the Commission Decisions of 8 December 1972 and 22 December 1972 authorizing certain Member States to sell butter at a reduced price in the form of concentrated butter

11 . 11 . 75                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 291 /21
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 31 October 1975
               amending the Commission Decisions of 8 December 1972 and 22 December
                1972 authorizing certain Member States to sell butter at a reduced price in the
                                                   form of concentrated butter
                                    (Only the German , French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                            (75/668/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       in order to qualify for supply under the aforesaid Deci­
COMMUNITIES,                                                         sion of 22 December 1972 and under the Commis­
                                                                     sion Decision of 8 December 1972 ( 10) authorizing the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxem­
Economic Community ;                                                 bourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to sell
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         butter at a reduced price in the form of concentrated
804/68 ( ! ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                 butter, as last amended by the Decision of 4 August
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                 1975 ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;                                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
985/68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules
for intervention on the market in butter and cream , as              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and
in particular Article 7a thereof ;                                                             Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                      1.    In Article 1 of the Decision of 22 December
No 349/73 (5) of 31 January 1973 on the sale at                       1972, the quantity ' 12 500 metric tons' is replaced by
reduced prices of intervention butter for direct                     ' 14 500 metric tons'.
consumption as concentrated butter, as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 2586/75 (6), which replaced                   2.     In Article 2 of the Decisions of 8 December
Regulation (EEC) No 2561 /72 (7), the Commission                      1972 and 22 December 1972, the date '1 April 1975'
Decision of 22 December 1972 (8) authorizing the                     is in each case replaced by '1 June 1975'.
Federal Republic of Germany to sell butter at a
reduced price in the form of concentrated butter, as                                           Article 2
last amended by the Decision of 4 August 1975 (9),
                                                                     This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
fixed the quantity of butter to be processed by that
                                                                     Germany, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy
Member State, having regard to available outlets as
                                                                     of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands .
determined on the basis of previous action, at 12 500
metric tons ; whereas this quantity has proved to be
insufficient to cover present requirements ; whereas it              Done at Brussels, 31 October 1975 .
is accordingly appropriate to increase it to 14 500
metric tons ;                                                                                     For the Commission
Whereas having regard to the storage position in the                                                P. J. LARDINOIS
Community, provision should be made to amend the
date by which butter must have been placed in store                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975 ,. p. 1 .
h) OJ No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1 .
(4 ) OJ No   L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 15 .
(5)  OJ No   L 40 , 13 . 2. 1973 , p. 1 .
(6)  OJ No   L 263 , 11 . 10 . 1975, p . 18 .
( 7) OJ No   L 274 , 7 . 12. 1972, p . 12.
( s) OJ No   L 303 , 31 . 12. 1972, p . 41 .
o    OJ No   L 228 , 29 . 8 . 1975, p. 33 .                          ( I0) OJ No L 303 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 4.