# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1449/2004

of 13 August 2004

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 as regards the latest date by which butter must have been taken into storage in order to be sold pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 3143/85 and (EC) No 2571/97

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products [^1] , and in particular Article 10,

Whereas:

**(1)** Pursuant to Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the grant of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs [^2] , the butter put up for sale must have been taken into storage before a date to be determined.

**(2)** In view of the trends on the butter market and the quantities of stocks available, the date in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 [^3] , relating to the butter referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, should be amended.

**(3)** 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 1609/88, the second subparagraph is hereby replaced by the following:

‘The butter referred to in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 must have been taken into storage before 1 June 2002.’.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 August 2004. *For the Commission* Franz FISCHLER *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_160_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 ( [OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p. 6](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_029_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1997_350_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 921/2004 ( [OJ L 163, 30.4.2004, p. 94](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_163_R_TOC) ).

[^3] [OJ L 143, 10.6.1988, p. 23](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1988_143_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1714/2003 ( [OJ L 243, 27.9.2003, p. 103](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_243_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 921/2004 ().
[^3]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1714/2003 ().