31974R1584

No L 168 / 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 6 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1584/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 June 1974 altering the minimum selling prices fixed in Regulation ( EEC) No 1282/72 on the sale of butter at a reduced price to the army and similar forces

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ingly ; whereas taking account of the existing stocks of COMMUNITIES, intervention butter references in that Regulation to the age of the butter are now superfluous and should Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 ( J ) 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 1282/72 amended as follows : last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and 1 . In Article 1 , the phrase 'and taken into storage in particular Article 7a thereof ; from 1 May 1972' is deleted . Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2. In Article 2, the expression '40 units of account' is 1 282/72 (5) of 21 June 1972 on the sale of butter at a replaced by ' 55 units of account'. reduced price to the army and similar forces, as last 3 . In Article 5 ( 1 ) (b), the expression ' 140 units of amended by Regulation (EEC) No 101 /74 (6), set a account' is replaced by ' 125 units of account.' minimum price at which intervention agencies are to sell the butter ; whereas the general market situation Article 2 in oils and fats for food purposes enables the minimum selling price in question to be altered ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day whereas the amount of the deposit fixed in the afore­ following its publication in the Official Journal of said Regulation must therefore be adjusted accord­ the European Communities.

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 142, 22 . 6 . 1972,- p. 14. 0 OJ No L 13 , 16 . 1 . 1974, p. 17 .