COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1665/93 of 29 June 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 on the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter intended for direct consumption in the form of 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 2071/92 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2045/91 (4), and in particular Article 7a thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3774/92 (6), introduced a scheme for the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter intended for direct consumption in the form of concentrated butter;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2072/92 of 30 June 1992 fixes the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter, skimmed-milk powder and Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses for two annual periods from 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1995 (7); whereas that Regulation provides for a reduction in the intervention price for butter from 1 July 1993;

Whereas, therefore, the sale price for butter provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 should be adjusted as a result of the reduction in the intervention price applicable from 1 July 1993 and the security to be lodged 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

Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 is hereby amended as follows:

- in paragraph 1, 'ECU 196' is replaced by 'ECU 183',

- in the first indent to the first subparagraph of paragraph 4, 'ECU 215' is replaced by 'ECU 202'.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 1993.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1993.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 64.

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

(4) OJ No L 187, 13. 7. 1991, p. 1.

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

(6) OJ No L 383, 29. 12. 1992, p. 48.

(7) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 65.