No L 272/34 Official Journal of the European Communities COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2731/81 of 14 September 1981 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 (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 28 thereof, Whereas Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2826/80 (3), concerns the information which the Member States must communicate to the Commission in respect of exports for which an export licence is requested; whereas, following the consolidation by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2729/81 (4) of the detailed rules implementing the system of import and export licences and the system of advance fixing of refunds in the milk and milk product sector, the aforesaid system of communications should be adapted in the light of experience gained; whereas, as regards invitations to tender issued in importing non-member countries, it IS proving necessary to require more information than that which is required under Article 43 (5) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 (5); Whereas it is appropriate at this juncture also to revise the provisions of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 in order to improve the system of information, particularly as regards prices obtaining in the Community and on goods imported into the Community; whereas greater flexibility could be applied as regards the information on import licences provided for in Article Sa of the Regulation; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, () O] No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. (?) OJNo L 28,5.2.1969, p. 1. (® O) No L292,1.11. 1980, p. 60. (%} Sec page 19 of this Official Journal. ¢ O] No L 338, 13. 12. 1980, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Articles S, Sa and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 are hereby replaced by the following: ‘Article 5 1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission by telex: (a) not later than every Thursday, the prices (exclusive of tax) obtaining in their territory for the products listed in the Annex, stating the marketing stage to which the price applies; = not later than the 10th and 25th day of each month the most recent prices known to them for the pilot products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79, stating the origin and quantity 1n question: ! — free-at-frontier offer prices for imports into the Community; — frec-at-frontier prices obtaining for imports into the Community; — prices for products imported into non-member countries from other non- member countries; (c) not later than the 25th day of each month, the most recent prices for casein and caseinate obtaining on the world market and in the Community, stating the marketing stage in question. L 2. For the purpose of communicating information on prices ruling in the Community, Member States shall take the necessary steps to obtain information which is as recent, representative, genuine and complete as possible. Article 5a Where one or more import licences have been . applied for in respect of quantities of one of the products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 which, in comparison with normal trade flows, may be regarded as abnormally high, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission by telex as promptly as possible, stating the quantities and provenance of the products in question.