No L 344/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 12. 80 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3299/80 of 18 December 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76 in respéct of the conditions for releasing the security to guarantee that skimmed-milk powder is denatured or processed 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 (?), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76 of 2 July 1976 concerning special arrangements for the payment of aid for skimmed-milk powder dena- tured or processed into compound feedingstuffs in the territory of another Member State (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 725/80 (%), lays down in Article 2(5) the conditions to be fulfilled for obtaining release of the security ; whereas it is appro- priate to harmonize these conditions with those provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 of 26 July 1979 on the rules for granting aid to skimmed milk processed into compound feeding- stuffs and skimmed-milk powder intended for feed for calves (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2851/80 (¢), concerning payment of the aid; 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 Article 2 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76 is hereby amended as follows : 1. The following sentence is added to the first subpara- graph : ‘In the case of skimmed-milk powder denatured pursuant to Article 2 (3) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79, the provisions of the second subparagraph of Article 9 (2) of the said Regulation shall apply to release of the security. 2. The following sentence is added to the third sub- paragraph : ‘Compliance with the conditions referred to in para- graph 1 (a) and (b) need not, however, be certified in the said documents.’ Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 Brussels, 18 December 1980. (1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 204, 28. 7. 1978, p. 6. (%) OJ No L 180, 6. 7. 1976, p. 9. () OJ No L 83, 28. 3. 1980, p. 11. () O No L 199, 7. 8. 1979, p. 1. (6) OJ No L 296, 5. 11. 1980, p. 7. For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President