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( 1 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 13 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , P . 4 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 161 , 29 . 6 . 1979 , P . 14 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 855/81

OF 1 APRIL 1981

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 986/68 LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR GRANTING AID FOR SKIMMED MILK AND SKIMMED-MILK POWDER FOR USE AS FEED

THE COUNCIL 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 THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 10 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2A ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 986/68 ( 2 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1273/79 ( 3 ), LAYS DOWN A MARGIN WITHIN WHICH THE AID FOR SKIMMED-MILK POWDER MAY BE FIXED ; WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE CRITERIA SET OUT IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THAT ARTICLE , THE LIMITS OF THIS MARGIN SHOULD BE ADJUSTED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 2A ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 986/68 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' 3 . AID FOR SKIMMED-MILK POWDER SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 50 AND A MAXIMUM OF 64 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS . '

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 6 APRIL 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 1 APRIL 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . BRAKS