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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2206/88

of 22 July 1988

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 as regards the latest time of entry into storage for butter sold under Regulations (EEC) No 3143/85 and (EEC) No 570/88

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 1109/88 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,

Whereas, as provided for in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 of 11 November 1985 on the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter intended for direct consumption in the form of concentrated butter (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2097/88 (4), butter put up for sale must have entered storage before a date to be determined; whereas the same procedure is to be followed for the sale of butter under the arrangements laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 949/88 (6); whereas, in view of the level of butter stocks, the dates in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 (7), which fixes the latest time of entry into storage of butter sold under Regulations (EEC) No 3143/85 and (EEC) No 570/88, should be amended;

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

Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 is hereby replaced by the following:

'Article 1

The butter referred to in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 must have been taken into storage before 1 January 1987 or between 1 June and 31 July 1987 where it has a fat content equal to or greater than 82 % and before 1 March 1987 where it has a fat content of less than 82 %.

The butter referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 must have been taken into storage before 1 January 1987 or between 1 June and 31 July 1987 where it has a fat content equal to or greater than 82 % and before 1 March 1987 where it has a fat content of less than 82 %.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 22 July 1988.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

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

(2) OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 27.

(3) OJ No L 298, 12. 11. 1985, p. 9.

(4) OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1988, p. 19.

(5) OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1988, p. 31.

(6) OJ No L 92, 9. 4. 1988, p. 43.

(7) OJ No L 143, 10. 6. 1988, p. 23.