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REGULATION (EEC) No 1237/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 10 May 1973 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72 on the disposal of butter at a reduced price to certain Community processing undertakings

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES , are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ Article 1 tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) concerning the Accession of new Member States to In the third indent of Article 6 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation the European Economic Community and the Euro­ (EEC) No 1259/72 the words '33 % or less' are substi­ pean Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels tuted for the words ' less than 32 % '. on 22 January 1972, and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;

Article 2 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 985/68 (4 ) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules 1 . In Article 17 ( 1 ) (a) (aa) of Regulation (EEC) No for intervention on the market in butter and cream as 1259/72 the following is substituted for the text of the second and third indents ; last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 271 4/72 (5), and in particular Article 7a thereof ; 'The date on which the butter was taken over and one of the following phrases shall be entered in section whereas experience of the application of Commission 106 ; Regulation (EEC) No 1 259/72 (6) of 16 June 1972, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 11 75/73 (7), has — 'for smør, der har været genstand for den i rubrik shown that certain control documents which must 1 04 nævnte forarbejdning, skal der : accompany the product should be altered and may be specified ; whereas the conditions for the refund of — enten udstedes et eller flere nye kontroleksem­ the processing deposit must consequently be altered ; plarer nr. 5, hvis det skal sendes til en anden whereas, furthermore, the third indent of Article 6 ( 1 ) medlemsstat, (c) lays down that powder for the preparation of edible ices shall have a milk-fat content of less than 32 % ; — eller i modsat fald foretages en toldkontrol whereas it appears that this content may be as high as eller en administrativ kontrol, der giver tilsva­ 33 % : rende sikkerhed .'

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . — für die Butter, die wie in Feld 104 angegeben (2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 . verarbeitet worden ist, (') OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (■») OJ No 169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p. 1 . — sind entweder ein oder mehrere neue Kontroll­ ( 5 ) OJ No 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 15. (") OJ No L 162, 18 . 7. 1972, p. 1 . exemplare Nr. 5 zu erteilen , wenn sie in einen ( 7) OJ No L I 1 9, 5 . 5 . 1 973 , p. 1 2 . anderen Mitgliedstaat versandt wird ,

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— oder ist andernfalls eine Zollkontrolle oder the successful tenderer has furnished the proof eine Verwaltungskontrolle mit gleichwertiger that the conditions referred to in Article 6 have Sicherheit durchzuführen .' been met . — 'in the case of butter which has undergone the This proof shall be furnished, according to each processing referred to in section 1 04, either : case, in accordance with the following provisions : — one or more new No 5 control copies should be issued if the butter is to be sent to another (a) where the operations referred to in subpara­ Member State ; graphs (a) (b) and (c) Article 6 ( 1 ) or in Article 6 (2) have been carried out in the selling — if the opposite is true, the butter must be Member State, proof shall be furnished by. the subject to customs or equivalent administrative production of a document drawn up by the control ; selling Member State ; — 'le beurre ayant subi la transformation visée dans (b) where the operations referred to in subpara­ la case 104 doit faire l'objet : graphs (a) and (b) of Article 6 ( 1 ) have taken — soit de la délivrance d'un ou de plusieurs place in the selling Member State, and the nouveaux exemplaires de contrôle n0 5, s'il operations referred to in subparagraph (c) of doit être expédié vers un autre État membre, Article 6 ( 1 ) have taken place in another Member State, or the operation referred to in — soit d'un contrôle douanier ou d'un contrôle Article 6 (2) has taken place in a Member administratif présentant des garanties équiva­ State other than the selling Member State, lentes dans le cas contraire .' proof shall be furnished by the control copy — il burro che ha subito la trasformazione di cui alla or copies referred to in subparagraph (b) of casella 104 deve essere oggetto : Article 17 ( 1 ) and in Article 17 (2); (c) where the operations referred to in subpara­ — o del rilascio di uno o di più nuovi esemplari graphs (a) (b) and (c) of Article 6 ( 1 ) have taken di controllo n . 5, se deve essere spedito verso place in a Member State which is not the un altro Stato membro, selling Member State, proof shall be furnished — ovvero di un controllo doganale o di un by the production of a document drawn up by controllo amministrativo che presenti garanzie the Member State in which the processing has equivalenti nel caso contrario.' taken place ; — voor de boter die de in vak 104 bedoelde (d) where the operations referred to in subpara­ verwerking heeft ondergaan : graphs (a) and (b) of Article 6 ( 1 ) have taken — moeten of één of meer nieuwe controle-exem­ place in a Member State other than the selling Member State and the operations referred to plaren nr. 5 worden afgegeven, indien zij wordt vervoerd naar een andere Lid-Staat, in subparagraph (c) of Article 6 ( 1 ) takes place in a Member State other than the one in — of moet in het tegenovergestelde geval een which the transactions referred to in subpara­ douanecontrole of een administratieve controle graphs (a) and (b) of Article 6 ( 1 ) have taken met gelijke waarborg plaatsvinden.' place, proof shall be furnished by the control copy or copies referred to in Article 17 ( 1 ) (a) The numbers) of the new control copy or copies of (bb). the national document(s) shall be placed under the heading 'Remarks' in the 'Control as to use and/or The Member States may provide for the proof to destination section of the form .' be considered as furnished if the seller submits a statement from the final user in which the latter 2. The following indent is to be added to Article 17 ( 1 ) (a) (bb) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1259/72 : — confirms his undertaking, appearing in the contract of sale, to process the products 'When one or more national documents are used, referred to in subparagraph (b) of Article 6 ( 1 ) they must include the same phrases as those into the products referred to in the three appearing in sections 103, 104 and 106 of the indents of subparagraph (c) of Article 6 ( 1 ) control copy referred to above.' within the prescribed time limit, and Article 3 — states that he is aware of the sanctions he may incur, determined by the Member State The text of Article 18 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No concerned, if it transpires that he has not 1259/72 is replaced by the following : fulfilled the conditions to which he has agreed.

'2. Except in cases of force majeure the The Member States shall determine the maximum processing deposit referred to in Article 12 shall quantity for which they shall decide that this state­ be released only for quantities in respect of which ment may apply.'

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Article 4 However, at the request of those concerned, the undertakings made pursuant to Article 6 of Regula­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day tion (EEC) No 1259/72, with regard to tenders made following its publication in the Official Journal of after that date, shall be adapted to the provisions of the European Communities. Article 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 10 May 1973 . For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI