CELEX: 31972R2716
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2716/72 of the Council of 19 December 1972 laying down general rules for measures to increase the use of butter by certain classes of consumers

18                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
No L 291/18                         Official Journal of the European Communities                       28.12.72
                        REGULATION (EEC) No 2716/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                 of 19 December 1972
            laying down general rules for measures to increase the use of butter by certain
                                                 classes of consumers
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­                           than they consumed previously; whereas, to
TIES ,                                                         this end, provision should be made to grant
                                                               aid in favour of such consumers while limiting
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  these measures , for the time being, to the
European Economic Community;                                  present milk year;
                                                              Whereas the objective of the operation referred
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                     to above implies that appropriate measures
No 804/68 ,1 of 27 June 1968 , on the common                  will be taken to ensure that the butter is in
organisation of the market in milk and milk                   fact used for the purpose for which it is
products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 intended;
No 1411 /71 ,2 and in particular Article 12 (2)
thereof;                                                      Whereas detailed rules should be laid down for
                                                              control of the use of the butter and for the
Having regard to the proposal from the Com­                   implementation of these measures in accord­
mission;                                                      ance with the requirements of the intended
Whereas under Article 12 (1) of Regulation                    operation;
(EEC) No 804/68 , measures other than those
laid down in Article 6 of that Regulation may
be taken in order to facilitate the disposal of               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
butter fats and oils when surpluses are building
up ;
                                                                                  Article 1
Whereas the situation on the butter market in
the Community is characterised by the presence                It may be decided that the Member States may
of large stocks formed as a result of interven­               grant aids to enable butter to be purchased at
tions on the butter market;                                   reduced prices by persons receiving social
                                                              assistance .
Whereas it is not possible during the present
milk year to dispose of all these stocks in the                                   Article 2
normal way; whereas the special measures
taken pursuant to Article 6 (3) of Regulation                 The appropriate measures shall be taken to
(EEC) No 804/68 will not be sufficient to                     ensure that the butter is in fact used for the
prevent stocks increasing in the near future;                 purpose for which it is intended.
Whereas it is necessary to have recourse to other
measures to facilitate the disposal of surpluses
of butyric fats and oils; whereas the sale of                                     Article 3
butter at reduced prices to certain classes of
consumers , whose purchases of butyric fats                   Detailed rules for the application of this
and oils are limited, is one of these measures                Regulation shall cover the amount of the aid,
since it enables them to consume more butter                  the control measures necessary to ensure that
                                                              the butter is in fact used for the purpose for
                                                              which it is intended and, where necessary, the
1   OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p . 13 .                        selling price, the characteristics and packaging
2   OJ No L 148 , 3.7.1971 , p . 4.                           of the butter .
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                                     Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publi­
cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be applicable up to 31 December 1972 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States .
Done i.t Brussels , 19 December 1972 .
                                                         For the Council
                                                          The President
                                                           P. LARDINOIS