31973R3407

No L 349 / 20 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 12 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3407 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 17 December 1973 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72 on the disposal of butter at a reduced price to certain Community processing undertakings , as regards the individual invitation to tender for the end of 1973

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tender in respect of which the closing date for submis­ COMMUNITIES , sion of tenders is the working day following Tuesday 25 December 1973 ; whereas that individual invitation Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European to tender should therefore be cancelled ; Economic Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ 804/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by the Act (2 ) concerning the Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties , and in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 985/68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream , as 1 . By way of derogation from the second subpara­ last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and graph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No in particular Article 7 (a) thereof ; 1 259/ 72, the individual invitation to tender in respect of which the closing date for submission of tenders is Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) the first working day following Tuesday 25 December No 1 259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of 1973 shall not be issued . butter at a reduced price to certain Community processing undertakings, as last amended by Regula­ 2. The closing date for submission of tenders in tion (EEC) No 2248 /73 (6), the intervention agencies response to the following individual invitation to are to issue individual invitations to tender in respect tender shall be 12 noon on Tuesday 8 January 1973 . of which the time limit for submission of tenders expires on the second and the fourth Tuesday of each Article 2 month ; Whereas, in view of the Christmas holiday period , This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day only tenders concerning insignificant quantities are of its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­ likely to be submitted for the individual invitation to pean Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 17 Decerhber 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, IX . 7 . 1968 , p. 1 . (4 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 15 . (5 ) OJ No L 139 , 17 . 6 . 1972, p. 18 . 6) OJ No L 230, 18 . 8 . 1973 , p. 14 .