31974R1568

22 . 6 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 167/27

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1568 /74 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 June 1974 altering the minimum selling price fixed in Regulation (EEC) No 1717/72 on the sale of butter at a reduced price to non-profit-making institutions and organiza­ tions

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN adjusted accordingly ; whereas taking account of the COMMUNITIES , existing stocks of intervention butter references in that Regulation to the age of the butter are now super­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European fluous and should be deleted ; 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 Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

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 Regulation (EEC) No 1717/ 72 is amended as follows : last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and in particular Article 7a thereof ; 1 . In Article 1 ( 1 ), the phrase 'and taken into storage from 1 May 1972' is deleted . Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2. In Article 3(1 ), the expression '40 units of account' 1717/72 (5) of 8 August 1972 on the sale of butter at a reduced price to non-profit-making institutions and is replaced by ' 55 units of account'. organizations, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 3 . In Article 6(1 ), the expression ' 140 units of No 101 /74 (6), set a minimum price at which interven­ account' is replaced by ' 125 units of account'. tion agencies are to sell the butter ; whereas the general market situation in oils and fats for food Article 2 purposes enables the minimum selling price in ques­ tion to be altered ; whereas the amount of the deposit This Regulation shall enter into force on the 1 fixed in the aforesaid Regulation must therefore be September 1974.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 June 1974.

For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . {2 ) OJ No L 85 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 . (3 ) OJ No L 169 , 18 . 8 . 1968 , p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 15. (5 ) OJ No L 181 , 9 . 8 . 1972, p. 11 . (6) OJ No L 13 , 16 . 1 . 1974, p. 17.