31994R0345

No L 44/ 14 17. 2. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 345/94 of 16 February 1994 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 (EC) No 230/94 (2), and in particular Article 8 (5) thereof, Article 1 Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2444/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 4 1 April 1992' in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 101 /94 (4), provides for the sale by intervention to tender 2444/93 is hereby replaced by '1 May 1992'. of Grana padano cheese delivered into storage before 1 April 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 May 1992 ; whereas, given the urgent nature of the said sale as This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day a result of the age of the cheese in question, this amend­ following its publication in the Official Journal of the ment 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, 16 February 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

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