5.3.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 57/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 479/1999 of 4 March 1999 repealing certain regulations in the milk and milk products sector 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 organisation of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 1587/96 (3, and in particular Articles 6(6), 7(5), 10(3) and 12(3) thereof, Whereas a number of legislative instruments in the milk and milk products sector have come to serve no purpose, as a result in particular of amendments to the basic legis- lation, the fact that the purpose of those acts has been achieved and the major changes that have taken place on the market; whereas, for reasons of clarity and legal certainty and for the sake of simplification, the legislative instruments in question should be formally repealed; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The regulations listed in the Annex are hereby repealed. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 4 March 1999. () OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. O] L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission