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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 578/89

of 6 March 1989

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 231/89 (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 472/89 (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 before 1 August 1986 or between 1 August and 31 December 1987.'

Article 2

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