31975R1526

17 . 6 . 75 No L 155/5 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 1526/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 16 June 1975 by way of derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 349/73 as regards the products to be incorporated into concentrated butter

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN for a quantity of the indicator smaller than that pres­ COMMUNITIES, cribed to be used, it being understood that in that case appropriate control measures, including analysis of a Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European higher degee of sensitivity and necessitating special­ Economic Community ; ized laboratories will be taken by the Member States concerned ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 ( !) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 particular Article 7a thereof ; By way of derogation from Article 5 (2) of Regulation Whereas Article 5 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 349/73, the Member States are authorized to (EEC) No 349/73 (5) of 31 January 1973 on the sale at allow until 31 July 1975 the incorporation of only 8 g reduced prices of intervention butter for direct (instead of 15 g) of stigmasterol as specified in the consumption as concentrated butter, as last amended abovementioned provision per 100 kg of butter used by Regulation (EEC) No 529/75 (6), provides for the for the manufacture of concentrated butter containing incorporation of 15 g of stigmasterol per 100 kg at least 99 % fats . concentrated butter if the concentrated butter contains at least 99 % butyric fats ; whereas those concerned Article 2 are at present encountering difficulties in finding suffi­ cient supplies of this product to be used as an indi­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day cator ; whereas it is therefore appropriate to provide, following its publication in the Official Journal of temporarily until these difficulties can be overcome, the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 June 1975 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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