Document ID: 31981R1602

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( 1 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 13 .
( 2 ) OJ NO L 90 , 15 . 4 . 1969 , P . 12 .
( 3 ) OJ NO L 91 , 4 . 4 . 1981 , P . 8 .
COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1602/81
OF 16 JUNE 1981
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 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 THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF GREECE , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 6 ( 7 ) THEREOF ,
WHEREAS ARTICLE 23 OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 685/69 ( 2 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 907/81 ( 3 ), STIPULATES THAT BUTTER OR CREAM , IN RESPECT OF WHICH A STORAGE CONTRACT APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED , MUST HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED DURING THE 21 DAYS PRECEDING THE DAY OF STORAGE ; WHEREAS EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT THIS PERIOD SHOULD BE EXTENDED ; WHEREAS IN ORDER TO PREVENT SPECULATIVE STORAGE EARLY IN A NEW MILK MARKETING YEAR IT SHOULD NONE THE LESS BE STIPULATED THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF A STORAGE PERIOD THE BUTTER OR CREAM MUST HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED ON OR AFTER 1 APRIL OF THE SAME YEAR .
WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 23 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 685/69 IS REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :
' 1 . THE BUTTER OR CREAM SHALL HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED DURING THE 28 DAYS PRECEDING ITS ENTRY INTO STORAGE UNDER THE CONTRACT , BUT NOT EARLIER THAN 1 APRIL OF THE YEAR CONCERNED . '
ARTICLE 2
THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
IT SHALL NOT AFFECT STORAGE CONTRACTS CONCLUDED BEFORE THAT DATE .
THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .
DONE AT BRUSSELS , 16 JUNE 1981 .

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