CELEX: 31971R1081
Language: en
Date: 1971-05-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1081/71 of the Council of 25 May 1971 supplementing Regulation No 170/67/EEC on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin by laying down marketing standards

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25.5.71                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 116/9
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1081/71 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 25 May 1971
                supplementing Regulation No 170/67/EEC on the common system of trade for
                            ovalbumin and lactalbumin by laying down marketing standards
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        standards are also adopted for the products listed in
                                                                Article 1 of Regulation No 170/67/EEC;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular                  Whereas, therefore, provision should be made for
Article 235 thereof;                                            adopting marketing standards for ovalbumin and
                                                                lactalbumin which, as far as possible, correspond to
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;             the marketing standards laid down for egg products ;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Opinion of the European
Parliament1 ;                                                                          Sole Article
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and                The following Article shall be added to Regulation
Social Committee;                                               No 170/67/EEC :
                                                                    'Article 5a
Whereas a common system of trade for ovalbumin
and lactalbumin was established by Regulation No                    For the products listed in Article 1 marketing
170/67/EEC2 ;                                                       standards may be adopted which, subject to the
                                                                    need to take into account the characteristics of
Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation No 122/67/EEC3                  those products, shall correspond to the marketing
of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation of the                   standards provided for in Article 2 (2) of
market in eggs, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 Regulation No 122/67/EEC for the products
No 436/70,4 makes provision for the adoption of                     listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (b) of that Regulation. In
marketing standards for the products referred to in                 particular the standards may relate to grading by
Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation;                                 quality, packaging, storage, transport, presen­
                                                                    tation and marking.
Whereas, because of the close economic connection                   The standards , their scope and the general rules
between the various egg products, the application of               -for their application shall be adopted by the
those marketing standards might lead to distortions                 Council, acting in accordance with the voting
of competition which could threaten the effectiveness               procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the
of the common agricultural policy for eggs unless                   Treaty on a proposal from the Commission.'
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 25 May 1971 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                       M. COINTAT
1 OJ  No C 19, 1.3.1971 , p. 10.
2 OJ  No 130, 28.6.1967, p. 2596/67.
3 OJ No  117, 19.6.1967, p. 2293/67.
4 OJ No  L 55, 10.3.1970, p. 1 .