CELEX: 31973R3267
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-03 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3267/73 of the Council of 3 December 1973 extending the period of validity of Regulation (EEC) No 2716/72 laying down general rules for measures to increase the use of butter by certain classes of consumers

5. 12. 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 334/ 1
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                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3267/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 3 December 1973
              extending the period of validity of Regulation (EEC) No 2716/72 laying down
              general rules for measures to increase the use of butter by certain classes of
                                                          consumers
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        butter market ; whereas it is not possible during the
COMMUNITIES,                                                       present milk year to dispose of all these stocks in the
                                                                   normal way ; whereas, to prevent stocks increasing in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              the near future, it is therefore necessary to extend the
Economic Community ;                                               period of validity of the measures provided for in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Regulation (EEC) No 2716/72 facilitating the disposal
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                 of surpluses of butyric oils and fats,
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by the Act of Accession (2), and in particular             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1 2 (2) thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                                         Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2716/72 (3) of                 In Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2716/72, the date
 19 December 1972 laying down general rules for                    '31   December 1973' shall be replaced by '31
measures to increase the use of butter by certain                  December 1974'.
classes of consumers is applicable only up to 31
December 1973 ;                                                                             Article 2
Whereas the situation on the butter market in the                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Community is characterized by the presence of large                following its publication in the Official Journal of
stocks formed as a result of interventions on the                   the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 3 December 1973 .
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                I. N0RGAARD
(!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
(2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.
(3) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 18 .