With effect from 1 February 1973, the following shall be substituted for Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 985/68:'1. Intervention agencies shall buy in only such butter as:    (a) is produced by an approved undertaking,(b) meets the definition and classification contained in paragraph 3 (a) and (b),(c) meets standards as to keeping quality to be determined ; additional requirements may be laid down by the intervention agencies;(d) does not, at the time of buying in, exceed an age to be fixed;(e) satisfies requirements to be determined on minimum quantity, packaging and labelling.2. Until the date of implementation of the provisions adopted pursuant to Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 an undertaking shall only be approved if it manufactures butter meeting the requirements laid down in paragraph 3 (a) and (b).  1 OJ No L 73, 27.3.1972, p. 5.  2 OJ No L 73, 27.3.1972, p. 14.  3 OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13.  4 OJ No L 148, 3.7.1971, p. 4.  5 OJ No L 169, 18.7.1968, p. 1.  6 OJ No L 116, 28.5.1971, p. 1.   3. Until the date referred to in paragraph 2, the butter referred to in paragraph 1:    (a) must have the following composition and characteristics:either(aa)    -  a minimum butterfat content, by weight, of 82 %,      - a minimum water content, by weight, of 16 %,- be manufactured from sour cream;or(bb)    -   a minimum butterfat content, by weight, of 80 %,      - a minimum water content, by weight, of 16 %,- a minimum salt content, by weight, of 2 %,- be manufactured from sweet cream;(b) must be:      - graded 'beurre marque de contrĂ´le' as regards Belgian butter,- graded 'Lurmoeket' as regards Danish butter,- graded 'Markenbutter' as regards German butter,- graded 'PasteurisĂŠ A' as regards French butter,- graded 'Irish creamery butter' as regards Irish butter,- produced exclusively from cream which has been subjected to centrifugal and pasteurising treatment as regards Italian butter,- graded 'marque Rose' as regards Luxemburg butter,- graded 'Export Kwaliteit' as regards Netherlands butter,- graded 'extra selected' as regards United Kingdom butter and 'premium' as regards Northern Ireland butter.4. Holders of butter may offer it only to the intervention agency of the Member State in the territory of which the butter was produced.5. The intervention price referred to in Article 5 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 shall apply to butter with a minimum butterfat content, by weight, of 82 %.As regards butter with a butterfat content, by weight, of 80 % or more but less than 82 %, the buying-in price for the intervention agency shall equal the intervention price multiplied by 0 79756.' With effect from 1 February 1973, the following shall be substituted for Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 985/68:'4. Until the date of implementation of the provisions adopted pursuant to Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, the intervention agency of a Member State may not conclude any contracts for butter unless it is produced in the Community and meets the requirements laid down in Article 1 (3) (a) and (b).' This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1973.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Output: Regulation