79/70/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 December 1978 amending for the second time Decision 78/360/EEC authorizing certain Member States to sell butter at a reduced price in the form of concentrated butter (Only the English text is authentic)

( 1 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 13 .
( 2 ) OJ NO L 204 , 28 . 7 . 1978 , P . 6 .
( 3 ) OJ NO L 169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , P . 1 .
( 4 ) OJ NO L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972 , P . 17 .
( 5 ) OJ NO L 86 , 1 . 4 . 1978 , P . 33 .
( 6 ) OJ NO L 166 , 22 . 6 . 1978 , P . 30 .
( 7 ) OJ NO L 103 , 15 . 4 . 1978 , P . 35 .
( 8 ) OJ NO L 238 , 30 . 8 . 1978 , P . 22 .
COMMISSION DECISION
OF 20 DECEMBER 1978
AMENDING FOR THE SECOND TIME DECISION 78/360/EEC AUTHORIZING CERTAIN MEMBER STATES TO SELL BUTTER AT A REDUCED PRICE IN THE FORM OF CONCENTRATED BUTTER
( ONLY THE ENGLISH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )
( 79/70/EEC )
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,
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 ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1761/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 6 ( 7 ) THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 985/68 OF 15 JULY 1968 LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR INTERVENTION ON THE MARKET IN BUTTER AND CREAM ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2714/72 ( 4 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 7A THEREOF ,
WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 649/78 ( 5 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1369/78 ( 6 ), PROVIDES THAT THE MEMBER STATES MAY BE AUTHORIZED TO SELL BUTTER FROM PUBLIC STORAGE OR TO GRANT AID FOR BUTTER FROM PRIVATE STORAGE RELEASED FOR DIRECT CONSUMPTION AS CONCENTRATED BUTTER ;
WHEREAS SEVERAL MEMBER STATES HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY COMMISSION DECISION 78/360/EEC ( 7 ), AS AMENDED BY DECISION 78/707/EEC ( 8 ), TO SELL BUTTER AT A REDUCED PRICE IN THE FORM OF CONCENTRATED BUTTER ; WHEREAS IRELAND HAS ALSO REQUESTED AUTHORIZATION TO SELL 150 TONNES OF BUTTER AND IS IN A POSITION TO GUARANTEE THAT THE BUTTER IN QUESTION REACHES ITS PRESCRIBED DESTINATION ; WHEREAS THE SAID DECISION SHOULD BE AMENDED TO ALLOW THIS REQUEST ;
WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS DECISION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ,