EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.10.2000 L260/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2278/2000
of 13 October 2000
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concen-
trated butter for the 62nd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender
provided for inRegulation(EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No1255/1999of17
May1999onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinmilkand milk products(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission
Regulation(EC)No2571/97of15December1997onthesaleofbutteratreducedpricesandthegrantingofaidforcream,butterandconcentratedbutterforuseinthemanufactureofpastryproducts,ice-creamandotherfoodstuffs(
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
635/2000(4), to sell by invitation to tender certain
quantities of butter that they hold and to grant aid forcream,butterandconcentratedbutter.Article18ofthatRegulation stipulates that in the light of the tendersreceived in response to each individual invitation totenderaminimumsellingpriceshallbefixedforbutterand maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter andconcentratedbutter.Itisfurtherstipulatedthatthepriceor aid may vary according to the intended use of thebutter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure,andthatadecisionmayalsobetakentomakenoawardinresponsetothetenderssubmitted.Theamount(s)of
the processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
(2)Nobidswillbeaccepted,takingintoaccountthelevelofthe bids, following the tender for the sale of tracedintervention butter.
(3)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The minimum selling prices and the maximum aid and
processing securities applying for the 62nd individual invita-tiontotender,underthestandinginvitationtotenderprovidedforinRegulation(EC)No2571/97,shallbefixedasindicatedin the Annex hereto.
No award shall be made as regards the sale of traced butter
from intervention stocks.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 October 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 13 October 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 76, 25.3.2000, p. 9.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.10.2000 L260/4
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 13 Oktober 2000 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the
maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 62nd individual invitation to tender under the
standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
(EUR/100 kg)
Formula A B
IncorporationprocedureWith
tracersWithout
tracersWith
tracersWithout
tracers
Minimum ButterUnaltered 218 225 — 225
sellingprice ≥82%Concentrated 211 — — —
Unaltered 144 144 — 144
Processingsecurity
Concentrated 144 — — —
Butter ≥82% 95 91 — 91
MaximumButter <82% 92 88 — 88
aidConcentratedbutter 117 113 117 113
Cream — — 40 38
Butter 105 — — —
Processing
securityConcentratedbutter 129 — 129 —
Cream — — 44 —