31978R0787

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 787/78 of 19 April 1978 amending Regulations (EEC) No 368/77, (EEC) No 443/77 and (EEC) No 1844/77 on special sales of skimmed-milk powder for use in animal feed

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 organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (2), and in particular Articles 7 (5) and 10 (3) thereof,

Whereas Article 4 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 368/77 of 23 February 1977 on the sale by tender of skimmed-milk powder for use in feed for pigs and poultry (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 214/78 (4), lays down that the time limit for the submission of tenders is to expire on the second Tuesday of the month ; whereas there is a similar provision in Article 3 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1844/77 of 10 August 1977 on the granting by tender of special aid for skimmed-milk powder intended as feed for animals other than young calves (5) ; whereas experience has shown that the deadline for the submission of tenders should be brought forward by one day so as to enable the minimum price referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 368/77 to be fixed as soon as possible ; whereas it is therefore necessary to harmonize with the new date the beginning of the selling period referred to in Article 2 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 443/77 of 2 March 1977 on the sale at a fixed price of skimmed-milk powder for use in feed for pigs and poultry and amending Regulations (EEC) No 1687/76 and (EEC) No 368/77 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2378/77 (7);

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 word "Tuesday" appearing: - twice in Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 368/77,

- twice in Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 443/77,

- twice in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1844/77

is hereby amended to read "Monday".

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 April 1978.

Article 1 shall apply: - in the case of Regulation (EEC) No 368/77, with effect from the 15th individual invitation to tender for which the time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 8 May 1978,

- in the case of Regulation (EEC) No 443/77, with effect from the selling period which begins on 22 May 1978,

- in the case of Regulation (EEC) No 1844/77, with effect from the ninth individual invitation to tender for which the time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 8 May 1978.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 April 1978.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President (1)OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13. (2)OJ No L 303, 28.11.1977, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 52, 24.2.1977, p. 19. (4)OJ No L 31, 1.2.1978, p. 12. (5)OJ No L 205, 11.8.1977, p. 11. (6)OJ No L 58, 3.3.1977, p. 16. (7)OJ No L 277, 29.10.1977, p. 35.