29. 12. 79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 336/29 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2969/79 of 18 December 1979 amending Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 on communications between Member States and the Commission with regard to milk and milk products 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 of the market in milk and milk products (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761/78 (2), and in particular Article 28 thereof, Whereas the Community, under multilateral trade negotiations, has concluded several international or bilateral agreements involving in particular the obliga- tion to observe certain price levels in international trade or on specific markets outside the Community ; whereas the Community can comply with these obliga- tions only by means of export refunds; whereas, for the purpose of fixing such refunds, it is necessary, therefore, that the Commission should possess the fullest possible information with regard to the prices of milk products prevailing in the Community and the prices prevailing in international trade ; Whereas it is therefore necessary to improve the system of information provided for in Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2188/79 (%); Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage- ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article § is replaced by the following : Article 5 1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission not later than the Thursday of every (') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. (2) O] No L 204, 28. 7. 1978, p. 6. () OJ No L 28, 5. 2. 1969, p. 1. (*) OJ No L 252, 6. 10. 1979, p. 16. week, the following prices recorded by them during the preceding week : (@) in the case of the pilot products referred to in Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 (1), stating the origin and quantity concerned : — the free-at-frontier offer prices for imports into the Community, — the free-at-frontier prices prevailing on import into the Community, — the prices prevailing on import into non- member countries in the case of products originating in other non-member coun- tries ; (b) in the case of the products referred to in the Annex to this Regulation, the prices (net of tax) prevailing in their territory at the ex-factory stage ; (c) in the case of casein and caseinates, the prices prevailing on the world market and in the Community, stating the marketing stage. 2. With regard to communications relating to the prices prevailing in the Community, Member States shall take all measures necessary to obtain the fullest, most accurate and representative infor- mation possible in this area. (") OJ No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1. 2. The Annex to this Regulation is added to Regula- tion (EEC) No 210/69. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1980.