31997R1824

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1824/97 of 22 September 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2315/76 on the sale of butter from public storage

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 1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,

Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2315/76 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2080/96 (4), lays down that the product put up for sale must have been put into storage by the intervention agency before 1 November 1993;

Whereas, in view of the development of stocks and of the request for butter coming from the market, these sales should be extended to butter taken into storage before 1 July 1996;

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 2315/76, '1 November 1993` is hereby replaced by '1 July 1996`.

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, 22 September 1997.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.

(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21.

(3) OJ L 261, 25. 9. 1976, p. 12.

(4) OJ L 279, 31. 10. 1996, p. 15.