8. 7. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 177/37 - COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2020/88 of 7 July 1988 permitting suppliers of Community foo from the intervention agencies and d d aid to purchase skimmed-milk powder erogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1109/88 (3, and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof, - Whereas, in view of the situation on the market for skimmed-milk powder, prices are such that it appears’ difficult to meet food-aid supply requirements; whereas giving suppliers of such food aid the possibility of purchasing intervention powder at the prices fixed in ‘Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 of 10 September 1976 on the sale of skimmed-milk powder from public storage (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1384/88 (*), must result in less pressure on prices accompanying tenders lodged for Community food aid ; whereas a derogation should be provided for along such lines from Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 ; whereas the Commission is always able to turn down tenders which are too high in terms of the said derogation ; whereas it should be specified that the food-aid suppliers concerned are those defined in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 (9); 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 By way of derogation from Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76, each supplier of Community food aid may purchase from intervention agencies in a Member State skimmed-milk powder held by the latter which entered storage before 1 September 1987. ' The sale shall be subject to the presentation of proof in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 () that the party concerned is a supplier of the same quantity of skimmed-milk powder. Article 2. Aticle 2, 3 and 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 shall apply. Article 3 " This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply to supplies allocated after that date. f This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Bfussels, 7 July 1988. () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () O] No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 27. () O No L 249, 1. 9. 1976, p. 6. () O] No L 128, 21. 6. 1988, p. 18. () OF No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President (9 OJ No L 210, 1. 8. 1987, p. 56.