31994R0796

9 . 4. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 92/ 19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 796/94 of 8, April 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 on the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter intended for direct consumption in the form of concentrated butter

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, sion Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93, of butter originating from Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the market and intended for the same use as that Community, provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of Whereas, therefore, the sale price for butter provided for 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 should be adjusted so as in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­ to take account of the reduction in the intervention price tion (EC) No 230/94 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof, provided for from 1 July 1994 and the security to be lodged should be adjusted ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for intervention Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are on the market in butter and cream (3), as last amended by in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, Regulation (EEC) No 2045/91 (4), and in particular Article 7a thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 Q, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 756/93 (6), introduces a scheme for the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter intended for direct consumption in Article 1 the form of concentrated butter ; Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 is hereby Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2072/92 Q, as last amended as follows : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1723/93 (8), fixes the target price for milk and the intervention prices for — in paragraph 1 , 'ECU 183' is replaced by 'ECU 178', butter, skimmed-milk powder and Grana Padano and — in the first indent to the first subparagraph of para­ Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses for two annual periods from graph 4, 'ECU 202' is replaced by 'ECU 197'. 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1995 ; whereas that Regulation provides for a reduction in the intervention price for Article 2 butter from 1 July 1994 ;

Whereas that reduction has already been taken into This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day account for fixing the maximum account of aid estab­ following its publication in the Official Journal of the lished for the sale by invitation to tender under Commis­ European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 April 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

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