REGULATION (EEC) No 675/72 OF THE COMMISSION of 29 March 1972 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1105/68 on detailed rules for granting aid for skimmed milk for use as feed

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1410/71, 2 and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof;

Whereas in accordance with Article 2 (1) (a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 3 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed milk powder for use as feed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 673/71, 4 a maximum price may be fixed when skimmed milk, benefiting from aid is sold to farms where it is used as feed ; whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1105/68 5 of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules for granting aid for skimmed milk for use as feed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1487/69, 6 fixed that maximum price at 1 760 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of feed milk ; whereas the amounts of aid fixed for skimmed milk and skimmed powder for use as feed for the 1972/73 marketing year make it possible to revoke the maximum price together with the relevant provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1105/68;

Whereas Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1105/68 provides for the use of certain colouring matters for denaturing ; whereas, in the light of experience and in view of the other denaturing methods provided for, denaturing by means of these colouring matters is no longer necessary;

Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1105/68 no longer serves any useful purpose and can also be repealed;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1105/68 are hereby repealed: 1. Article 2 (4),

2. Article 3,

3. Article 5 (2) (g),

4. Article 11.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1972.

1 OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13. 2 OJ No L 148, 3.7.1971, p. 3. 3 OJ No L 169, 18.7.1968, p. 4. 4 OJ No L 77, 1.4.1971, p. 9. 5 OJ No L 184, 29.7.1968, p. 24. 6 OJ No L 186, 30.7.1969, p. 11.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 March 1972.

For the Commission

The President

S.L. MANSHOLT