31974R0750

30 . 3 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 86/ 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 750/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 29 March 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3493/73 as regards the date for the introduction of a uniform fat content for whole milk

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No COMMUNITIES, 3493/73 (3) of 21 December 1973 amending Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1411 /71 as regards the introduction of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European a uniform fat content for whole milk has already Economic Community ; extended the deadline to 31 March 1974 ; whereas the deadline should now be extended for a further two Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No months ; 1411 /71 (*) of 29 June 1971 laying down additional rules on the common organization of the market in Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation milk and milk products for products falling within are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ heading No 04.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, as ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3478/73 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6 (2) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas under the second indent of Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) read in conjunction with Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation Article 1 (EEC) No 1411 /71 only milk with a fat content of at least 3-5 % may be sold as whole milk for direct In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3493/73 the date consumption within the Community ; whereas Article '31 March 1974' is replaced by '31 May 1974'. 6 (2) of that Regulation provides that Member States may, as a transitional measure, maintain until 31 Article 2 December 1973 the provisions applicable within their territories at the date of entry into force of that Regula­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day tion and that the Commission may extend this dead­ following its publication in the Official Journal of line to 31 May 1974 at the latest ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 March 1974. For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 148 , 3 . 7. 1971 , p. 4. {*) OJ No L 357, 28 . 12. 1973, p. 7. (3) OJ No L 357, 28 . 12. 1973, p. 34.