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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3221/81

OF 11 NOVEMBER 1981

AMENDING FOR THE THIRD TIME REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3314/80 AS REGARDS THE SELLING PRICE OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER FOR FEED FOR CALVES

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 OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF GREECE , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 7 ( 5 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3314/80 ( 2 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2871/81 ( 3 ) , MADE PROVISION FOR THE SALE OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER FROM PUBLIC STOCKS FOR FEED FOR CALVES ;

WHEREAS CERTAIN INTERVENTION AGENCIES HAVE SKIMMED-MILK POWDER WHICH , ON ACCOUNT OF ITS AGE , NO LONGER COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FIRST QUALITY SET OUT IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 625/78 OF 30 MARCH 1978 ON DETAILED RULES OF APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC STORAGE OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER ( 4 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2188/81 ( 5 ) ;

WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO AVOID THE EXPENSE INVOLVED IN PROLONGED STORAGE OF THE QUANTITIES IN QUESTION , IT APPEARS SUITABLE TO SELL SUCH SKIMMED-MILK POWDER UNDER REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3314/80 AT A PRICE WHICH IS REDUCED ACCORDINGLY ; WHEREAS , IN SUCH CASES , THE PROCESSING SECURITY SHOULD BE INCREASED ;

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

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3314/80 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPH IS ADDED TO ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) ( B ) :

" HOWEVER , IN THE CASE OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER TAKEN INTO STOCK BEFORE 1 NOVEMBER 1979 , THE PRICE SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE BUYING-IN PRICE APPLIED BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCY , LESS 3 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS . "

2 . THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPH IS ADDED TO ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) ( B ) :

" HOWEVER , WHERE THE SELLING PRICE REFERRED TO IN THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) ( B ) IS APPLIED , THE SECURITY SHALL BE 6 ECU 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 , 11 NOVEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

( 1 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1978 , P . 13 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 345 , 21 . 12 . 1980 , P . 12 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 284 , 6 . 10 . 1981 , P . 29 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 84 , 31 . 3 . 1978 , P . 19 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 213 , 1 . 8 . 1981 , P . 1 .