Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3724/87 of 11 December 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in butter and cream

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 3724/87
of 11 December 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in butter and cream
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to 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 2998/87 (2) and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas Article 5 (4) (e) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2687/87 (4), specifies certain forms of wording to be used on the packaging of butter offered for intervention; whereas these forms of wording, the purpose of which is to indicate the type of butter being offered, must be made more explicit; whereas the said Article 5 (4) (e) should therefore be amended;
Whereas Title III of Regulation (EEC) No 685/69, provides for the detailed rules of application for the system of private storage aid for butter or cream; whereas Article 23 (4) (f) of that Regulation provides for certain information to be marked on butter packaging; whereas the references to that information must be adopted following the amendment to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 (5) by Regulation (EEC) No 3466/87 (6);
Whereas, in view of the trend of the Community market and of export possibilities, provision should be made for the possibility of reducing the storage period where butter released from storage is intended to be exported as such or after processing into butteroil; whereas evidence that the butter has been exported must be provided as in the case of refunds, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1180/87 (8);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,