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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3405/88

OF 31 OCTOBER 1988

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1609/88 AS REGARDS THE LATEST TIME OF ENTRY INTO STORAGE FOR BUTTER SOLD UNDER REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3143/85

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 PRICE OF INTERVENTION BUTTER INTENDED FOR DIRECT CONSUMPTION IN THE FORM OF CONCENTRATED BUTTER ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3036/88 ( 4 ), BUTTER PUT UP FOR SALE MUST HAVE ENTERED STORAGE BEFORE A DATE TO BE DETERMINED; WHEREAS, IN VIEW OF THE LEVEL OF BUTTER STOCKS, THE DATE IN THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 1 OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1609/88 ( 5 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3055/88 ( 6 ), WHICH FIXES THE LATEST TIME OF ENTRY INTO STORAGE OF BUTTER SOLD UNDER REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3143/85, 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

THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1609/88 IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

"THE BUTTER REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3143/85 MUST HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO STORAGE BETWEEN 1 AUGUST AND 31 OCTOBER 1987 .'

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, 31 OCTOBER 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 271, 1 . 10 . 1988, P . 93 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 143, 10 . 6 . 1988, P . 23 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 272, 4 . 10 . 1988, P . 22 .