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29.7.70 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 166/ 7

REGULATION (EEC) No 1494/70 OF THE COUNCIL

of 27 July 1970

laying down general rules for the supply of butteroil to Turkey

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , territory processing takes place should make the payment of the aid and that such payment should be made only after the quality and packaging of the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the product have been inspected ; European Economic Community ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 804/68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products, as last Article 1 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1253 /70,2 and in particular Article 6 (6) thereof; 1000 metric tons of butteroil derived from butter Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; bought in in accordance with Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be made available to Turkey. Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 6 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 provides that special measures may be taken with regard to butter held in In this Regulation 'butteroil' means a product public storage which cannot be marketed under obtained exclusively from butter and meeting quality criteria to be determined . normal conditions during a milk year;

Whereas intervention on the market in butter of first Article 2 quality pursuant to that Regulation has led to substantial stocks being built up in the Community; In so far as the agreement with Turkey relating to this supply provides therefor, there shall be granted : Whereas it is not possible to market all these stocks of butter under normal conditions during the current ( a) an allowance covering the cost of processing the milk year; butter held by an intervention agency, and the cost of transport from the storage depot to the Whereas, following the earthquake in Turkey, processing plant ; butteroil should be supplied free to that country ; ( b) an allowance covering the cost of delivery of the Whereas the amount of aid to be granted for butteroil to the f.o.b. or a corresponding stage ; processing the butter and transporting the butteroil (c) an allowance covering, in whole or in part, produced should be determined by competition shipping costs from the f.o.b . or a corresponding between interested undertakings established in the stage . Community; whereas a tendering procedure will serve this end ; Article 3 Whereas, in order to ensure the good management of this operation, it should be provided that the The amount of the allowances provided for in Article competent agency of the Member State on whose 2 shall be determined by invitation to tender.

The competent agencies of the Member States shall 1 OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968 , p . 13 . invite tenders in accordance with provisions to be 2 OJ No L 143, 1.7.1970, p . 1 . determined.

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Article 4 down in Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 , account being taken of stocks held by the intervention agencies and the situation on the market The allowances shall be paid only if : in butter. ( a) the successful tenderer has fulfilled the conditions laid down in the invitation to tender; and Article 6 ( b) it has been confirmed, after inspection, that the quality and packaging of the butteroil delivered Each Member State shall appoint an agency comply with Community regulations . authorised to implement the measures laid down in this- Regulation .

Article 5 The payment of allowances and the inspection mentioned , in Article 4 shall be undertaken by the The quantity of butter to be made available shall be competent agency in the Member State in whose determined in accordance with the procedure laid territory processing takes place.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 27 July 1970.

For the Council

The President

W. ARENDT