31974R2273

3 . 9 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 240 / 5

REGULATION (EEC) No 2273 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 September 1974 amending Regulations ( EEC) No 1259/72 and ( EEC) No 71 /73 on the sale of butter from public stocks

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ( EEC) No 81 6/74 (8), fixed 1 January 1974 as the date COMMUNITIES, before which the butter being put up for sale must have been brought into public storage ; whereas this Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European date should be altered to take account of the trend in Economic Community ; butter stocks in the Community ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 804/68 (!) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 (3 ) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream , as Article 1 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and In Article 1 of Regulations (EEC) No 1259/72 and in particular Article 7a thereof ; (EEC) No 71 /73 the date '1 January 1974' is in each Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No case replaced by the date '1 March 1974'. 1 259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of butter at a reduced price to certain Community processing Article 2 undertakings, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 570/74 (6), and Commission Regulation (EEC) This Regulation shall enter into force on the day No 71 /73 ( 7) of 4 January 1973 on the sale of butter following its publication in the Official Journal of from public stocks, as last amended by Regulation the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 September 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 . 7 . 1968 , p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 15 . (5) OJ No L 139 , 7. 6 . 1972, p. 18 . (6) OJ No L 167, 22. 6 . 1974, p. 29 . (7) OJ No L 12, 13 . 1 . 1973 , p. 14. (8) OJ No L 96, 6 . 4. 1974, p. 19 .