CELEX: 31977R2379
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2379/77 of 28 October 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 232/75 as regards the sale of butter at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of ice-cream and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 777/76

29 . 10 . 77                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 277/37
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2379/77
                                                            of 28 October 1977
                 amending Regulation (EEC) No 232/75 as regards the sale of butter at reduced
                 prices for use in the manufacture of ice-cream and repealing Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 777/ 76
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                                 Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                         1 . Article 20 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 232/75 is
                                                                        hereby amended to read as follows :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                           '(a) The compensatory amounts fixed pursuant to
 of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last                             Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 shall be multi­
                                                                                  plied by :
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in
 particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                                — the coefficient 0-34 in the case of use for
                                                                                      'formula A' products,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                     — the coefficient 0-54 in the case for use for
 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                                 'formula B' products ;
 intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and                             however, in the case of the United Kingdom,
 in particular Article 7a thereof,                                                until 31 December 1977, the coefficients shall
                                                                                  respectively be 0-38 and 0-61 .'
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 777/76 of                       2.      In Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 232/75,
 5 April 1976 (5) limited the scope of Commission                       point I (bb), the second indent of II and the second
 Regulation (EEC) No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on                       indent of III are in each case hereby replaced by the
 the sale of butter at reduced prices for use in the                    following :
 manufacture of pastry products and ice-cream (6), as
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 890/77 (7), by                        '600 g of a compound containing at least 90 % of
 abolishing sales to the ice-cream sector ; whereas in                       sitosterol, in particular 80 % of beta-sitosterol
 the present market the ice-cream industry is capable                        (C29H50O = A 5-stigmastene-3beta-ol)     and     no
 of using larger quantities of intervention butter, a                        more         than     9%        of     campesterol
 substantial proportion of which constitutes an addi­                        (C28H480 = A 5-ergostene-3beta-ol) and 1% of
 tional outlet ; whereas sales to this sector should there­                  other sterols present in traces including stigmas­
 fore be reintroduced by repealing Regulation (EEC)                          terol (C29H48O — A 5-22-stigmastadiene-3beta-ol).'
 No 777/76 ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas the opportunity should be taken to adjust
 the technical procedures for using butter for the
 purposes described in Regulation (EEC) No 232/75 in                     1.     Regulation (EEC) No 777/76 is hereby repealed.
 order to take into account technological changes in
 this field ;                                                           2. Tenders submitted under the standing invitation
                                                                        to tender referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 232/75
                                                                        may give 'formula B' products as the intended use of
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                    the butter under the 63rd individual invitation to
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                      tender for which the time limit for the submission of
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                             tenders expires on 8 November 1977, and thereafter.
C)   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 .                                                    Article 3
(■») OJ  No   L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 15 .
(5 ) OJ  No   L 91 , 6 . 4 . 1976, p. 13 .
(6)  OJ No    L 24, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 45 .                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 October
(7)  OJ No    L 212, 20 . 8 . 1977 , p. 9 .                              1977 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 28 October 1977 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President