31973R2196

No L 223 / 20 Official Journal of the European Communities 11 . 8 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2196/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 10 August 1973 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 1108 /68 as regards the detailed rules of applica­ tion for public stocks of skimmed-milk powder

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ The following insert is added to paragraph 2 (b) of tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last Annex I of Regulation ( EEC) No 1108 / 68 : amended by the Act (2 ) on the Conditions of Acces­ or sion and the Adjustments to the Treaties, and in parti­ cular Article 7 ( 5) thereof ; 1 " Kraft" paper bag of a strength representing at least 70 g/m 2 ; Whereas Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1108 / 68 ( 3) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of 1 " Kraft" paper bag with a polyethylene layer of a application for public storage of skimmed-milk strength representing at least 80 g + 15 g/ m 2 ; powder, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 3 "Kraft" paper bags of a strength representing at 1752/73 (4 ), lays down the criteria to which packaging least 70 g/ m 2 . of skimmed-milk powder offered to intervention agen­ cies must conform ; 1 polyethylene inner bag at least 0-06 mm thick, welded or double bound .' Whereas, owing to the evolution of packaging tech­ niques for skimmed-milk powder and to the systems in use in the new Member States , it is opportune to make available a supplementary type of packaging for Article 2 skimmed-milk powder offered to intervention ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation This Regulation shall enter into force on the day are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ following its publication in the Official Journal of ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 10 August 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 . ( 2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14. (3 ) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7 . 1968 , p . 34 . (4 ) OJ No L 176 , 30 . 6 , t'973 , p . 7».