An aid shall be granted for concentrated butter produced in an establishment approved in accordance with Article 9 and made from either cream or butter manufactured in the Community, such concentrated butter meeting the specifications in the Annex hereto, provided that in the case of butter, the latter has not been the subject of buying in by intervention agencies F2. The concentrated butter shall be intended for direct consumption in the Community.F3It must meet the requirements of Council Directive 92/46/EEC7, notably as regards preparation in an approved establishment and compliance with the health marking requirements specified at A in Chapter IV of Annex C of that Directive.

For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘direct consumption’ shall mean purchases by consumers for the purposes of final utilization, including those made by hotels, restaurants, hospitals, homes, boarding schools, prisons and all similar establishments for the preparation of food for direct consumption.

The aid shall be granted by the Member State on whose territory the cream or butter has been processed into concentrated butter in accordance with the formulae set out in the Annex hereto.

The aid shall be fixed in ecus in accordance with the standing invitation to tender procedure, which shall be administered by each of the intervention agencies.