EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.9.2000 L234/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1963/2000
of 15 September 2000
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concen-
trated butter for the 60th 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,
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) 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 inthemanufactureofpastryproducts,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 totender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butterand 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
in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(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
processingsecuritiesapplyingforthe60thindividualinvitationto 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 16 September 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 September 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 16.9.2000 L234/14
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 15 September 2000 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the
maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 60th 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 217 220 — —
sellingprice ≥82%Concentrated 211 — — —
Unaltered 144 144 — —
Processingsecurity
Concentrated 144 — — —
Butter ≥82% 95 91 — 91
MaximumButter <82% 92 88 — —
aidConcentratedbutter 117 113 117 113
Cream — — 40 38
Butter 105 — — —
Processing
securityConcentratedbutter 129 — 129 —
Cream — — 44 —