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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2687/87

of 4 September 1987

amending Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in butter and cream

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 773/87 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1897/87 (4), laid down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream;

Whereas the rules on the composition and characteristics of butter that may be bought in by the intervention agencies were amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1897/87; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2081/87 (6), should be amended accordingly with effect from the same date as Regulation (EEC) No 1897/87 as regards the characteristics of butter;

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 685/69 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The opening phrase of the first subparagraph of Article 2 is replaced by the following:

'The intervention agencies shall buy in butter offered to them only if it satisfies the conditions laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 without prejudice to Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1897/87 (1) and if:

(1) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 35.'

2. Article 3 is replaced by the following:

'Article 3

The butter shall have been made in dairies which have the appropriate technical installations:

(a) from pasteurized cream, and

(b) under conditions which ensure the manufacture of butter of good keeping quality.';

3. Article 5 (4) (e) is replaced by the following:

'(e) the words "sour cream butter" or "sweet cream butter" as the case may be, or "salted butter" where the butter in question is that referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1897/87.'

Article 2

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

Article 1 (1) and (2) shall apply with effect from 1 July 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 September 1987.

For the Commission

Willy DE CLERCQ

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 78, 20. 3. 1987, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 35.

(5) OJ No L 90, 15. 4. 1969, p. 12.

(6) OJ No L 195, 16. 7. 1987, p. 10.