COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2045/91 of 26 June 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream

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 Regulation (EEC) No 3641/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (6) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3644/90 (4), provides that butter bought in by intervention agencies must meet certain requirements; whereas one of those requirements is that the butter be subject to controls by the public authorities and be graded first quality in the Member State where it is produced; whereas the quality of butter graded 'lurmaeket' in Denmark, unlike butter graded 'smoer af foerste kvalitet', is no longer subject to controls by the Danish public authorities; whereas the designation in Article 1 of that Regulation regarding Denmark should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The second ident of Article 1 (3) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 is hereby replaced by the following:

'- graded 'smoer af foerste kvalitet' as regards Danish butter,'.

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 Luxembourg, 26 June 1991. For the Council

The President

R. STEICHEN

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. (2) OJ No L 362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 5. (3) OJ No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 10.