31973R0374

No L 39/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 12 . 2 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 374/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 January 1973 laying down the temporary measures to be taken because of Accession relating to the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1619/68 on marketing standards for eggs in Denmark

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN February 1973 in accordance with the provisions of COMMUNITIES , Regulation ,(EEC) No 1619/68 ;

Having regard to the Treaty (*) concerning the Ac­ cession of new Member States to the European Econ­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ omic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs ; and in particular Article 63 ( 1 ) of the Act (2) annexed thereto ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the arrangements provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1619/68 ( 3) of 15 October 1968 Article 1 concerning marketing standards for eggs, as last amen­ ded by Regulation (EEC) 1348/72 (4) are applicable from 1 February 1973 in the new Member States ; Until 31 March 1973 inclusive eggs may be marketed whereas in order to implement those arrangements in Denmark in accordance with the legal conditions these Member States and the undertakings concerned in force before its Accession to the European Econ­ need to take preparatory measures ; for that reason omic Community. implementation of those arrangements from the above date gives rise to some temporary technical difficul­ Article 2 ties in Denmark ;

Whereas, therefore, provision should be made to Den­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its mark, during a short transitional period, for the possi­ publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities . bility of marketing eggs in accordance with the legal conditions existing before Accession, without this possibility preventing, the marketing of eggs from 1 This Regulation shall apply from 1 February 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .

For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(*) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. ( 3) OJ No L 258 , 21 . 10. 1968 , p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 148 , 30. 6. 1972 , p. 5 .