19. 11. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 298/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2807/94 of 14 November 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- ament (3, Whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (%) provides for an intervention system for butter; whereas this system must be implemented, in Yarticular, in such a way as to maintain the competitive position of butter on the market and provide for the most efficient possible storage ; whereas the quality requirements to be observed in respect of butter constitute a determining factor for the attainment of these objectives ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream (!), provides for control measures when butter enters into storage and after a certain storage period ; whereas technical advances, both at international level and in the Community, have resulted in methods for determining the quality of butter ; whereas it is appropriate, therefore, to recognize such methods and, for the purpose of implementing the inter- vention system more efficiently and simplifying the rules, to lay down a single definition for butter covered by the intervention system ; whereas the adoption of such a defi- nition, as referred to in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, will accordingly enable the measure in ques- tion to be repealed; Whereas it is not appropriate to deviate from the specifi- cation for butter stipulated hitherto under the interven- tion system ; whereas, in particular, in the case of the private storage aid referred to in Article 6 (2) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 804/68 a reference to national quality grades should be maintained as a condition of eligibility and the derogation in respect of salted butter provided for (") OJ No C 83, 19. 3. 1994, p. 30. () O] No C 128, 9. 5. 1994, p. 298. () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 230/94 (O] No L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 1). (9 OJ No L 169, 18.7. 1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2045/91 (OJ No L 187, 13. 7. 1991, p. 1). in the second subparagraph of Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 should continued to apply; Whereas, in the interests of simplification and clarifica- tion, the other general rules laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 should be incorporated in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 repealed accordingly, - HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 6 shall be replaced by the following : ‘Article 6 1. Throughout the milk year and under conditions to be determined, the intervention agency designated by each Member State shall buy in at the intervention price butter produced directly and exclusively from pasteurized cream in an approved undertaking in the Community, and (a) meeting the following requirements : — a minimum butterfat content, by weight, of 82% and a maximum water content, by weight, of 16 %, — an age at the time of buying in not exceeding a maximum to be fixed, — conditions to be determined as regards the minimum quantity and packaging; (b) meeting certain requirements to be determined regarding in particular : — preservation ; additional requirements may be laid down by the intervention agencies, — free fatty acid content, — peroxide content, — microbiological standard, — sensory characteristics (appearance, texture, taste and smell).