31973R3267
5. 12. 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 334/ 1
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REGULATION ( EEC) No 3267/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 3 December 1973 extending the period of validity of Regulation (EEC) No 2716/72 laying down general rules for measures to increase the use of butter by certain classes of consumers
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN butter market ; whereas it is not possible during the COMMUNITIES, present milk year to dispose of all these stocks in the normal way ; whereas, to prevent stocks increasing in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the near future, it is therefore necessary to extend the Economic Community ; period of validity of the measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2716/72 facilitating the disposal Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza of surpluses of butyric oils and fats, tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by the Act of Accession (2), and in particular HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 2 (2) thereof ; Article 1 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2716/72 (3) of In Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2716/72, the date 19 December 1972 laying down general rules for '31 December 1973' shall be replaced by '31 December 1974'. measures to increase the use of butter by certain classes of consumers is applicable only up to 31 December 1973 ; Article 2 Whereas the situation on the butter market in the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Community is characterized by the presence of large following its publication in the Official Journal of stocks formed as a result of interventions on the the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 3 December 1973 . For the Council The President I. N0RGAARD
(!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 . (2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14. (3) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 18 .