31973R0476

No L 53 / 66 Official Journal of the European Communities 26 . 2 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 476/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 8 February 1973 amending Regulation (EEC) No 71/73 on the sale of butter from public stocks

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES ,

Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community ; Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 71 /73 is replaced by the following :

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ' 1 . The butter shall be sold ex-cold-storage-depot 804/68 (x) of 27 June 1968 on the common organi­ at a price equal to the intervention price less zation of the market in milk and milk products, as 3 units of account per 100 kilogrammes .' last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) concerning the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Community and the European Article 2 Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof ; Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 71/73 is supplemented by the following paragraph :

Whereas , according to the provisions of Commission '5 . The intervention agency shall sell the butter Regulation (EEC) No 71/73 (4) of 4 January 1973 on only if a security is given , at the latest when the the sale of butter from public stocks, butter sold contract of sale is concluded, equal to 3 units pursuant to^this Regulation may be marketed within of account per 100 kilogrammes. the Community and in third countries ; whereas experience has shown that such butter should be reserved for export in order to avoid disturbances on The security shall be given in the form either of a the Community market ; cheque made out to the intervention agency or of a guarantee satisfying the criteria determined by the Member States concerned, the choice lying Whereas , in order to ensure that the butter is actually with the Member State. exported, it is necessary to fix a time limit for export and to guarantee that this condition is observed by the giving of a security ; whereas the amount of the Except in cases of force majeure, the security shall security must be so calculated as to prevent the sale only be released for the quantities in respect of of the butter on the Community market ; whereas which the purchaser furnishes the competent it is indicated that such security is not to be released agency with proof that the butter has been exported until the competent authorities have verified the without further processing with the specified exportation ; Article 2 ( a).'

Article 3 Whereas the measures provided in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products ; The following article is inserted in Regulation (EEC) No 71 /73 :

' Article 2a C ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. The butter shall be exported within 30 days of (3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (4) OJ No L 12, 13 . 1 . 1973 , p. 14 . the date on which it is taken over.'

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Article 4 Article 5 Butter sold by the intervention agencies in accordance This Regulation shall enter into force on the day with Regulation (EEC) No 71/73 before the entry into following its publication in the Official Journal of force of this Regulation shall not be affected by the the European Communities . provisions of this Regulation.

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

Done at Brussels , 8 February 1973 . For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI