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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1447/83

of 3 June 1983

amending Regulation (EEC) No 649/78 on the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter for direct consumption as concentrated butter

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 Regulation (EEC) No 1183/82 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 649/78 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1728/82 (4), provides for the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter for direct consumption as concentrated butter;

Whereas, in order to take account of changes in the buying-in price applied by the intervention agencies, the level of the aid and the selling price of this butter should be adjusted;

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

In Articles 2 (1) and 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 649/78, '182 ECU' is hereby replaced by '190 ECU'.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 June 1983.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 June 1983.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.

(2) OJ No L 140, 20. 5. 1982, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 86, 1. 4. 1978, p. 33.

(4) OJ No L 189, 1. 7. 1982, p. 67.