CELEX: 31977R0569
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/77 of 18 March 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 232/75 on the sale of butter at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry products and ice-cream

19 . 3 . 77                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 72/ 11
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 569/77
                                                         of 18 March 1977
              amending Regulation ( EEC) No 232/75 on the sale of butter at reduced prices for
                              use in the manufacture of pastry products and ice-cream
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                         are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                     ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last                                           Article 1
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                     In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 232/75 the date
                                                                     '1 May 1976' is hereby replaced by '1 July 1976'.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
985/ 68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                                          Article 2
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as
last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and                 In Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 232/75 items I
in particular Article 7a thereof,                                    (bb), II (bb) and III (bb), there is hereby added the
Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 232/75 of                    following phrase :
30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at reduced                          ' Either 150 g of stigmasterol            or 170 g
prices for use in the manufacture of pastry products                      of stigmasterol (C29H48O = A-5-22-stigmastene-3­
and ice-cream (5), as last amended by Regulation                          beta-ol) at least 85 % pure, calculated on the
( EEC) No 2805/76 (6), lays down that butter put up for                   product ready for incorporation, with a maximum
sale must have entered into storage before 1 May                          of 7-5% of brassicasterol (C2sH460 = A-5-22­
 1976 ; whereas, as a result of the development of                        ergostene-3-beta-ol) and with a maximum of 4 %
stocks in the Community, this date should be                              sitosterol (C29H50O = A-5-stigmastene-3-beta-ol)'.
changed to 1 July 1976 ;
Whereas, moreover, Regulation (EEC) No 232175                                                  Article 3
provides that certain products listed with certain parti­
culars in the Annexes, shall be incorporated in the                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
butter sold, for the purpose of controlling its use ;                 following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                                      the European Communities.
Whereas processors should be assisted, as far as
possible, to purchase the said products ; whereas,                   On application from interested parties, the undertak­
having regard to technical developments, an addition                  ings entered into under Article 6 of Regulation (EEC)
must therefore be made to Annex I as regards the use                  No 232/75 before this date, shall be adapted to take
of stigmasterol ;                                                    Article 2 hereof into account.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 18 March 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 169, 18 . 7. 1968 , p . 1 .
(4 ) OJ  No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 15 .
(5 ) OJ  No L 24, 31 . 1 . 1975 , p. 45 .
(6)  OJ  No L 320, 20 . 11 . 1976, p. 25.