EN Official Journal of the European Communities 12.4.2001 L 102/22
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 726/2001
of 11 April 2001
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concen-
trated butter for the 73rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milkand 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) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 onthe sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting ofaid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use inthe manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and otherfoodstuffs (
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, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of thatRegulation stipulates that in the light of the tendersreceived in response to each individual invitation totender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butterand maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter andconcentrated butter. It is further stipulated that the priceor aid may vary according to the intended use of the
butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure,and that a decision may also be taken to make no awardin response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) ofthe processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
(2)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Milk and Milk Products,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION:
Article 1
The minimum selling prices and the maximum aid and
processing securities applying for the 73rd individual invitationto tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided forin Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated inthe Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 April 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 April 2001.
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 Official Journal of the European Communities 12.4.2001 L 102/23
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 11 April 2001 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum
aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 73rd individual invitation to tender under the standing
invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
(EUR/100 kg)
Formula A B
Incorporation procedureWith
tracersWithout
tracersWith
tracersWithout
tracers
Minimum ButterUnaltered — — — —
selling price ≥82 %Concentrated 199 — — —
Unaltered — — — —
Processing security
Concentrated 144 — — —
Butter ≥82 % 95 91 — 91
MaximumButter <82 % 92 88 — 88
aidConcentrated butter 117 113 117 113
Cream — — 40 38
Butter 105 — — —
Processing
securityConcentrated butter 129 — 129 —
Cream — — 44 —