Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1093/87 of 21 April 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86 as regards the sale of intervention butter at a set price for the purpose of experimental industrial utilization

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1093/87
of 21 April 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86 as regards the sale of intervention butter at a set price for the purpose of experimental industrial utilization
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3790/85 (2), and in particular Article 7a thereof,
Whereas the trend in the level of stocks is still very worrying despite the series of measures implemented to encourage their disposal; whereas it is consequently necessary to find new outlets for the non-traditional use of butter in addition to its use in food and feedingstuffs; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1014/87 (4), which lays down arrangements for the sale of intervention butter for incorporation in compound feedingstuffs should be amended to that end;
Whereas, initially, full-scale research work must be able to be conducted; whereas the sale of the oldest intervention butter at a reduced price for the purpose of experimental industrial denaturing represents a suitable measure in the circumstances; whereas the butter must be sold at a price such that the cost of implementing the measure is not prohibitively high, particularly as compared with the selling price for competing oils and fats;
Whereas the wide range of possible processes for utilizing the butter for the abovementioned purpose calls for on-the-spot monitoring of the use of all the butter until the quantities purchased are irreversibly denatured;
Whereas Article 4 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 801/87 (6), provides that the cost to the budget of the measure referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86 is to be spread over several financial years, whereas the special rules for such financing apply from 1 December 1986; whereas a reference to that provision should be introduced into Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86;
Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,