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| 6.5.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 121/29 |
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6.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 121/29

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 697/2006

of 5 May 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period 1 March to 31 August 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 (3) establishes the list of Member States in which buying-in for butter is open, as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 (3) establishes the list of Member States in which buying-in for butter is open, as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.

| (2) | On the basis of most recent communications by Belgium and Luxembourg, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, the Commission has observed that butter market prices have been below 92 % of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be opened in those Member States. Belgium and Luxembourg should therefore be added to the list established in Regulation (EC) No 343/2006. |
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On the basis of most recent communications by Belgium and Luxembourg, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, the Commission has observed that butter market prices have been below 92 % of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be opened in those Member States. Belgium and Luxembourg should therefore be added to the list established in Regulation (EC) No 343/2006.

| (3) | Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 is replaced by the following text:

‘Article 1

Buying-in of butter as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby open in the following Member States:

| — | Belgium |
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Belgium

| — | Czech Republic |
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Czech Republic

| — | Germany |
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Germany

| — | Estonia |
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Estonia

| — | Spain |
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Spain

| — | France |
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France

| — | Italy |
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Italy

| — | Ireland |
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Ireland

| — | Latvia |
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Latvia

| — | Luxembourg |
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Luxembourg

| — | Netherlands |
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Netherlands

| — | Poland |
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Poland

| — | Portugal |
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Portugal

| — | Finland |
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Finland

| — | Sweden |
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Sweden

| — | United Kingdom.’ |
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United Kingdom.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 May 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 5 May 2006.

For the Commission

J. L. DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)  
  OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

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(2)  
  OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2107/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20).

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(3)  
  OJ L 55, 25.2.2006, p. 17. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 663/2006 (OJ L 116, 29.4.2006, p. 39).

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