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( 1 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 13 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 204 , 28 . 7 . 1978 , P . 6 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 161 , 29 . 6 . 1979 , P . 8 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1768/79

OF 9 AUGUST 1979

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1269/79 ON THE MARKETING OF REDUCED-PRICE BUTTER FOR DIRECT CONSUMPTION

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 804/68 OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1761/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 12 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , ACCORDING TO SCHEME B APPEARING IN ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1269/79 OF 25 JUNE 1979 ON THE MARKETING OF REDUCED-PRICE BUTTER FOR DIRECT CONSUMPTION ( 3 ), THE MEMBER STATES OPTING FOR THIS SCHEME APPLY - TO BUTTER IN PUBLIC STOCKS - A PRICE REDUCTION , AND TO BUTTER IN PRIVATE STORAGE OR ON THE MARKET AN AID , AMOUNTING IN BOTH CASES TO 90 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS ; WHEREAS THE QUANTITIES AND SELLING PERIODS OF THE BUTTER CONCERNED REMAIN TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 30 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 804/68 ;

WHEREAS , IN THE INTERESTS OF THE GREATEST POSSIBLE EFFICIENCY CONCERNING THIS MEASURE IN EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES OPTING FOR SCHEME B , IT IS ADVISABLE NOT TO PROVIDE FOR A FIXED AMOUNT OF THE PRICE REDUCTION AND OF THE AID BUT TO FIX A MARGIN WITHIN WHICH THE EXACT AMOUNT MAY BE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE QUANTITIES TO BE MARKETED IN THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IN ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1269/79 , AS REGARDS SCHEME B , THE EXPRESSIONS ' 90 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS ' ARE REPLACED , IN THE TWO INDENTS , BY THE EXPRESSIONS ' 90 ECU MINIMUM AND 150 ECU MAXIMUM PER 100 KILOGRAMS ' .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 9 AUGUST 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

M . O ' KENNEDY