Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1589/87 of 5 June 1987 on the sale by tender of butter to intervention agencies

COMMISSION  REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1589/87
OF 5 JUNE 1987
ON THE SALE BY TENDER OF BUTTER TO INTERVENTION AGENCIES
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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 773/87 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 7A ( 1 ) AND ARTICLE 7A ( 3 ) THEREOF,
WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 777/87 OF 16 MARCH 1987 MODIFYING THE INTERVENTION ARRANGEMENTS FOR BUTTER AND SKIMMED-MILK POWDER ( 3 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATON ( EEC ) NO 1547/87 ( 4 ), LAYS DOWN THE CRITERIA ON WHICH BASIS, UNTIL THE END OF THE FIFTH TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF THE ADDITIONAL LEVY PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 5C OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 804/68, BUYING IN OF BUTTER BY INTERVENTION AGENCIES MAY BE SUSPENDED; WHEREAS ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ) ( A ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT WHERE BUYING IN IS SUSPENDED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY OR IN PART THEREOF, BUYING IN MAY BE CARRIED OUT UNDER A STANDING INVITATION TO TENDER; WHEREAS THE RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE TENDERING PROCEDURE SHOULD CONSEQUENTLY BE LAID DOWN;
WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 985/68 ( 5 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3790/85 ( 6 ), AND COMMISSION REGULATION NO 685/69 ( 7 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3669/86 ( 8 ), LAY DOWN THE GENERAL RULES AND THE DETAILED RULES FOR THE BUYING-IN OF BUTTER BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES; WHEREAS MOST OF THOSE PROVISIONS MAY BE APPLIED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS REGULATION AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE CONCERNING THE QUALITY OF THE BUTTER WHICH MAY BE OFFERED FOR INTERVENTION, PACKING AND PACKAGING;
WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS,