31993R3656

31 . 12. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 333/51

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3656/93 of 29 December 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 the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion, of the Management Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Committee for Milk and Milk Products, Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2071 /92 (2), and in particular Article 8 (5) thereof, Article 1 Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2444/93 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No '1 February 1992' in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3067/93 (4), provides for the sale by intervention to tender 2444/93 is hereby replaced by '1 March 1992'. of Grana padano cheese delivered into storage before 1 February 1992 ; whereas, given the development of stocks of this cheese and the quantities available, this sale should Article 2 be extended to cheese delivered into storage before 1 March 1992 ; whereas, given the urgent nature of the said This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day sale as a result of the age of the cheese in question, this following its publication in the Official Journal of the amendment should be applied without delay ; European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 December 1993.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . V) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 64. (3) OJ No L 224, 3. 9 . 1993, p. 9. (4) OJ No L 274, 6. 11 . 1993, p. 14.