4. 4. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 90/15 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 ('), as last amended by the 1979 Act of Accession, and in parti- cular Article 10 (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Article 2a (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 (%), 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. (') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () O] No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 4. (}) O] No L 161, 29. 6. 1979, p. 14. For the Council The President G. BRAKS