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| 8.10.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 265/13 |
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8.10.2010

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 265/13

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 888/2010

of 7 October 2010

not fixing a minimum selling price in response to the eighth individual invitation to tender for the sale of butter within the tendering procedure opened by Regulation (EU) No 446/2010

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 43(j), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Commission Regulation (EU) No 446/2010 (2) has opened the sales of butter by a tendering procedure, in accordance with the conditions provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 of 11 December 2009 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards buying-in and selling of agricultural products under public intervention (3). |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 446/2010 (2) has opened the sales of butter by a tendering procedure, in accordance with the conditions provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 of 11 December 2009 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards buying-in and selling of agricultural products under public intervention (3).

| (2) | In the light of the tenders received in response to individual invitations to tender, the Commission should fix a minimum selling price or should decide not to fix a minimum selling price, in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009. |
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(2)

In the light of the tenders received in response to individual invitations to tender, the Commission should fix a minimum selling price or should decide not to fix a minimum selling price, in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009.

| (3) | In the light of the tenders received for the eighth individual invitation to tender, no minimum selling price should be fixed. |
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(3)

In the light of the tenders received for the eighth individual invitation to tender, no minimum selling price should be fixed.

| (4) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets, |
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(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the eighth individual invitation to tender for selling of butter within the tendering procedure opened by Regulation (EU) No 446/2010, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 5 October 2010, no minimum selling price for butter shall be fixed.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 October 2010.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 October 2010.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

Jean-Luc DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)  
  OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

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(2)  
  OJ L 126, 22.5.2010, p. 17.

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(3)  
  OJ L 349, 29.12.2009, p. 1.

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