31976R1724

17 . 7. 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 193/ 17

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1724/76 of 16 July 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 232/75 as regards the date of entry into storage of butter put up for sale

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN appropriate to relax the rules for the release of butter, COMMUNITIES, in order to enable intervention agencies to release in priority the small quantities of butter actually held in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European storage depots, as these are urgently required for the Economic Community, storage of meat ; whereas this can be done by tempor­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No arily withdrawing the provision of Regulation (EEC) 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization No 232/75 laying down a minimum storage period of the market in milk and milk products ( ] ), as last for butter, thus enabling optimum use to be made of amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in storage facilities ; particular Article 6 (7) thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : in particular Article 7a thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 232/75 of Article 1 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry products In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 232/75, the and ice cream (5), as last amended by Regulation words 'and taken into storage before 1 February 1976' are deleted . (EEC) No 1067/76 (6), provides that butter put up for sale must have been taken into storage before 1 February 1976 ; Article 2

Whereas, on account of the difficulties encountered This Regulation shall enter into force on the day by certain Member States affected by the drought in following its publication in the Official Journal of securing the storage of intervention products, it seems the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Menu>er States .

Done at Brussels, 16 July 1976. For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p . 13 . (2 ) OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 9 . (3) OJ No L 169, 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 1 . («) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 15. (5) OJ No L 24, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 45. (6) OJ No L 121 , 8 . 5. 1976, p . 37.