EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.7.2000 L176/20
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1546/2000
of 14 July 2000
fixingthe minimum sellingprices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concen-
trated butter for the 57th individual invitation to tender under the standinginvitation to tender
provided for in Regulation (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 amended by Regulation (EC) No
1040/2000(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,andthatadecisionmayalsobetakentomakenoaward
inresponsetothetenderssubmitted.Theamount(s)ofthe processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
(2)Nobidswillbeaccepted,takingintoaccountthelevelofthe bids, following the tender for the sale of untracedintervention 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
processingsecuritiesapplyingforthe57thindividualinvitationtotender,underthestandinginvitationtotenderprovidedforin Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated inthe Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 July 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 14 July 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 118, 19.5.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 76, 25.3.2000, p. 9.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.7.2000 L176/21
ANNEX
to the Commission Reg ulation of 14 July 2000 fixingthe minimum sellingprices for butter and the maximum
aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 57th 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 205 206 — —
sellingprice ≥82%Concentrated 205 — — —
Unaltered 138 138 — —
Processingsecurity
Concentrated 138 — — —
Butter ≥82% 95 91 95 91
MaximumButter <82% 92 88 — 88
aidConcentratedbutter 117 113 117 113
Cream — — 40 38
Butter 105 — 105 —
Processing
securityConcentratedbutter 129 — 129 —
Cream — — 44 —