31973R2407

% No L 247/ 22 Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 9 . 73

REGULATION EEC) No 2407/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 3 September 1973 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1519/72 concerning the sale by tender of butter at reduced prices for the exportation of certain fat compounds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN account of the development of Community butter COMMUNITIES, stocks, to extend the measure to butter entered into stock before 1 April 1973 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products : 804/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 , on the common organiza­ tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by the Act (2 ), concerning the Conditions of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof ; Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No With effect from 27 August 1973 in Article 1 of Regu­ 985/68 (3) of 15 July 1968 , laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream , as lation (EEC) No 1519/72, the words 'before 1 February 1973' are replaced by the words 'before 1 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4) and April 1973'. in particular Article 7a thereof ;

Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) Article 2 No 1519/72 (5) of 14 July 1972, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 992/73 (6), provided that butter This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its made available for sale must have been put into stock publication in the Official Journal of the European before 1 February 1973 ; whereas it is advisable, taking Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 September 1973 . For the Commission

The President Francois-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 169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p . 1 . (4 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 15, (5 ) OJ No L 162, 18 . 7 . 1972 , p . 1 . (b) OJ No L 204, 25 . 7 . 1973 , p . 12 .