COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1053/94 of 4 May 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91 laying down detailed rules for the sale of butter from intervention stocks for export

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 (EC) No 230/94 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 360/94 (4), provides for quantities of butter in public storage to be made available to operators and invitations to tender to be organized in order, inter alia, to determine the minimum selling prices for butter intended for export either in the unaltered state or after processing; whereas Article 1 of the said Regulation stipulates that butter placed on sale must have entered into storage before 1 May 1991;

Whereas, in view of the development of butter stocks and of the quantities available, sales should be extended to butter entering into storage before 1 June 1991;

Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91, the date '1 May 1991' is hereby replaced by '1 June 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, 4 May 1994.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 319, 21. 11. 1991, p. 40.

(4) OJ No L 46, 18. 2. 1994, p. 41.