31993R3067

No L 274/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 11 . 93

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3067/93 of 5 November 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2444/93 opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of Grana padano cheese held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, whereas, given the urgency of the said sales in view of the age of the cheese in question, this amendment should Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European apply immediately ; Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of in accordance with the opinion of the Management 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market Committee for Milk and Milk Products, in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2071 /92 (2), and in particular Article 8 (5) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 2 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2444/93 (3) lays down that a tender is not valid unless Article 1 it involves an amount of at least ECU 548/ 100 kg ; whereas experience with the first few invitations to tender Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2444/93 is hereby has shown that this provision is a considerable disincen­ deleted. tive to operators to tender for this sale ; whereas the aim of that provision can equally be achieved by means of the Article 2 minimum selling price fixed for each partial invitation to tender, taking account, in particular, of the requirement This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day foreseen in Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 ; following its publication in the Official Journal of the whereas, therefore, the said paragraph should be deleted ; European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 November 1993 .

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

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