1. 3. 95 [EN ] Official Journal of the European Communities No L 46/31 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 455/95 of 28 February 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1547/87 and (EEC) No 1589/87 as regards the buying-in of butter by the intervention agencies and Regulations (EEC) No 2191/81 and (EEC) No 570/88 as regards the grant of aid for the purchase and sale of butter at a reduced price to certain categories of consumers and industries THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in par- ticular Article 6 (6), the first subparagraph of Article 7a (1), Article 7a (3), Article 12 (3) and Article 28 thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 of 15 July 1968, laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream (%), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 2045/91 (%), has been repealed with effect from 1 March 1995 by Council Regulation (EC) No 2807/94 (*); whereas some of the rules in Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 have been incorporated into Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 2807/94 ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 of 14 April 1969, detailing rules of application for intervention on the market in butter and cream (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 393/94 (%), was recast when being amended as a result of the repeal of Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 ; whereas it has also been repealed with effect from 1 March 1995, as a result ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1547/87 of 3 June 1987, laying down detailed rules for applying Regu- lation No 777/87 as regards the buying-in of intervention butter (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1634/94 (*), Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1589/87 of 5 June 1987, on the sale by tender of butter to interven- tion agencies (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3337/94 ("), Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2191/81 () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1. % O] No L 187, 13. 7. 1991, p. 1. ( P () OJ No L 298, 19. 11. 1994, p. 1. () OJ No L 90, 15. 4. 1969, p. 12. {) OJ No L 53, 24. 2. 1994, p. 11. () O] No L 144, 4. 6. 1987, p. 12. () O] No L 150, 15. 6. 1991, p. 26. () O] No L 146, 6. 6. 1987, p. 27. (l) ) OJ No L 350, 31. 12. 1994, p. 66. of 31 July 1981, on the granting of aid for the purchase of butter by non-profit making institutions and organiza- tions ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3337/94, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 of 16 February 1988, on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other food products, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3337/94, make reference to the provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 985/68 and (EEC) No 685/69; whereas the above Regulations should be amended by substituting therein references to Commission Regula- tions (EEC) No 804/68 and (EC) No 454/95 (%) applicable from 1 March 1995 ; whereas, furthermore, Regulation (EEC) No 1589/87 should be amended so that butter manufactured in a Member State other than that of the purchasing intervention agency can be bought into inter- vention and the reference to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 (') should be corrected in Regulation (EEC) No 1547/87; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2191/81 lays down that the same amount of aid shall be granted for the buying-in of butter irrespective of the butter's minimum fat content ; whereas, given the sales achieved and the situa- tion on the market in butter, the amount of aid for butter of a minimum fat content of 82 % should be reduced and a coefficient should be determined to apply to this aid in the case of butter with a minimum fat content of 80 % ; whereas the aid is granted to the butter supplier upon written application and upon presentation of a numbered voucher valid for one month ; whereas the Member States should be given the option of lengthening the validity of the voucher to three calendar months with a view to facilitating the administrative work involved ; Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, (") O] No L 213, 1. 8. 1981, p. 20. (") OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1988, p. 31. . (") See page 1 of this Official Journal.