No L 294/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 10. 86 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3157/86 of 16 October 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 on the sale at reduced prices of interven- tion butter intended for direct consumption in the form of concentrated butter 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 Regula- tion (EEC) No 1335/86 (3, and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2889/86 (¥, introduced a scheme for the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter intended for direct consumption in the form of concentrated butter; Whereas, in order to ensure the disposal of a greater quantity of such concentrated butter, the amount of the reduction in the price of the butter as fixed in Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 should be increased and the amounts of the processing security referred to in paragraph 4 adjusted accordingly ; Whereas experience has shown the need to clarify certain provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 relating to supervision in such a way as to stipulate that the entire retail trade sector, irrespective of its structure, is excluded from the field of application of checks ; whereas the terms of Article 7 (3) of the said Regulation should therefore be extended to cover the sales establishments of retail distri- bution undertakings with effect from the date of its entry into force ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1152/86 (), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2385/86 (), made provision for promotional and publicity measures for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption ; whereas experience has shown that, in order to improve the distribution of this product, the said measures need to be intensified; whereas, rather than pass on the full impact of the reduction in the selling price of the inter- vention butter to the retail sector it would be preferable to enable the operators concerned to promote their product ; whereas the requirement referred to in Article 8 of Regu- lation (EEC) No 3143/85 should therefore be abolished whilst requiring the Member States to notify the Commis- () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () O] No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 19. () OJ No L 298, 12. 11. 1985, p. 9. () OJ No L 267, 19, 9. 1986, p. 13. () OJ No L 105, 22. 4. 1986, p. 15. (9 OJ No L 206, 30. 7. 1986, p. 23. sion periodically of the retail prices for the concentrated butter actually applied ; Whereas, according to the first subparagraph of Article 9 (5) the proof required for the release of the processing security must be furnished within a period of 12 months as from the conclusion of the contract ; whereas, owing to administrative difficulties, the said period should be extended to 18 months; 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 Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 is hereby modified as follows : 1. In Article 2 (1), the terms ‘243 ECU’ are replaced by ‘263 ECU’. 2. In Article 2 (4), the terms ‘253 ECU’ are replaced by ‘273 ECU’. 3. The following is added to Article 7 (3): ‘or by the distributing establishments of retail distribu- tion undertakings. 4. Article 8 is deleted. 5. In the first subparagraph of Article 9 (5), the expression ‘twelve months’ is replaced by ‘eighteen months’. 6. Article 10 is replaced by the following: Article 10 Member States shall notify the Commission : — on the Tuesday of each week of the quantities of butter sold, giving in each case separate figures for the quantities to be processed in another Member State ; — at the beginning of every quarter, of the retail selling prices for concentrated butter recorded during the previous quarter. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. However, point 3 of Article 1 shall apply with effect from 25 November 1985.