31973R2734

9 . 10 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 282/ 9

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2734/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 8 October 1973 on the sale of butter held by intervention agencies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tion (EEC) No 804/68 and taken into store before 1 COMMUNITIES, August 1973 .

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Article 2

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968, on the common organisa­ 1 . The butter shall be sold : tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last (a) ex cold store, at a price equal to the intervention amended by the Act (2) concerning the Conditions of agency's buying-in price in force at the time of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, and in signing of the contract of sale plus 3 units of particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ; account per 100 kg ; Whereas the Community currently has at its disposal considerable quantities of butter held in public stores ; (b) in lots of not less than 10 metric tons. whereas it is desirable to provide this butter should be sold where marketing outlets exist ; 2. The purchaser shall pay the price to the interven­ tion agency before the removal from store as referred Whereas a temporary deficit actually exists in certain to in paragraph 3 below. regions of the Community for fresh butter ; whereas therefore it is desirable to permit commercial under­ 3 . The purchaser shall remove the butter purchased takings to obtain supplies from the intervention agen -. from the store within twelve days following the day of cies ; whereas this measure would also contribute the signing of the contract of sale . Except in cases of towards avoiding an increase in the price of butter in force majeure, if the purchaser has not removed the these regions, which would have an adverse effect on butter from store within the prescribed time-limit, the the development of consumption ; whereas the sale sale shall be considered null and void for all price has to be determined by taking into account the remaining quantities . situation of the market prices of butter ;

Whereas the conditions of sale are to be specified, in Article 3 particular as regards the time-limits for payment and for removal of the butter from the store ; whereas , in The Member States shall inform the Commission on order to follow the results of this measure, the Commission must regularly be informed of the quanti­ Tuesday of each week of the quantities of butter sold ties sold ; pursuant to this Regulation during the preceding week . Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an Opinion within the time limit set by its chairman , Article 4

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of Article 1 the European Communities. Intervention agencies shall sell to any interested party butter purchased pursuant to Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regula­ It is applicable until 15 November 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels , 8 October 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(') O ) No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 1 (2 ) OÌ No L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.