COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 102/94 of 20 January 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 as regards the latest date by which butter must have been taken into storage in order to be 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 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, pursuant to 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 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93 (6), the butter put up for sale must have been taken into storage before a date to be determined; whereas the same applies to butter sold under the arrangements laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 of 16 February 1988 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other food stuffs (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3049/93 (8);

Whereas, in view of butter stocks and quantities available, the dates in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 of 9 June 1988 setting the latest time of entry into storage for butter sold under Regulations (EEC) No 3143/85 and (EEC) No 570/88 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3658/93 (10), 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

In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88, the first and second subparagraphs are 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 April 1991.

The butter referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 must have been taken into storage before 1 April 1991'.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 20 January 1994.

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 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 48.

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

(8) OJ No L 273, 5. 11. 1993, p. 7.

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

(10) OJ No L 333, 31. 12. 1993, p. 57.