EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.12.1999 L326/28
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2686/1999
of 17 December 1999
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concen-
trated butter for the 44th 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 (EEC) No 804/68 of 27
June1968onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinmilkand milk products(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1587/96(2), and in particular Article 6(3) and (6) and Article
12(3) 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
494/1999(4), to sell by invitation to tender certain
quantities of butter that they hold and to grant aid forcream, butter and concentrated butter; whereas Article18 of that Regulation stipulates that in the light of thetendersreceivedinresponsetoeachindividualinvitationto tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed forbutterandmaximumaidshallbefixedforcream,butterandconcentratedbutter;whereasitisfurtherstipulated
thatthepriceoraidmayvaryaccordingtotheintendeduse of the butter, its fat content and the incorporationprocedure, and that a decision may also be taken tomakenoawardinresponsetothetenderssubmitted;theamount(s) of the processing securities must be fixedaccordingly;
(2)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 maximum aid and processing securities applying for the
44thindividualinvitationtotender,underthestandinginvita-tion to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97,shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 December 1999.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 59, 6.3.1999, p. 17.
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ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 17 December 1999 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the
maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 44th 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 — — — —
sellingprice ≥82%Concentrated — — — —
Unaltered — — — —
Processingsecurity
Concentrated — — — —
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 —