Division II

Council Regulation (EEC) No 98/69 of 16 January 1969 (OJ No L 14, 21.1.1969, p. 2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 429/77 (OJ No L 61, 5.3.1977, p. 18).

Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

1.

Disposal of the products held by intervention agencies may be under taken only:

(a)

where the products are intended for a particular use; or

(b)

where the products are intended for export; or

(c)

in the case of disposal without a specific destination, if no risk of disturbance of the market results, having regard in particular to the level of average market prices for adult bovine animals in the Community and in the Member States, as recorded in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No1892/87; or

(d)

where removal from storage is necessary for technical reasons.

2.

In the cases referred to in paragraph 1 (a) and (b), special conditions maybe laid down to ensure that the products are not used for a purpose other than that for which they were intended and to take account of the particular requirements of such sales.

To ensure that the obligations entered into are fulfilled, such conditions may include the provision of a security which shall be forfeited in whole or in part if the said obligations are not or are only partially fulfilled.’