3. 10. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 280/11 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2973/87 of 2 October 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 727/87 on a special sale of skimmed-milk powder from public stocks for export THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Tree;ty 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 773/87 (%), and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof, Whereas Article 2 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 727/87 (), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2746/87 (%), stipulates that the skimmed-milk powder is to be sold in quantities of not less than 100 tonnes ; whereas experience has shown that for certain transactions this is too large a quantity ; whereas a minimum quantity of 25 tonnes should therefore be specified ; 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 In Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/87 ‘100 tonnes’ is replaced by ‘25 tonnes’. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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,, 2 October 1987. () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 78, 20. 3. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 71, 14. 3. 1987, p. 11. () OJ No L 264, 15. 9. 1987, p. 10. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President