EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.9.2000 L246/54
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2077/2000
of 29 September 2000
fixingthe minimum sellingprices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concen-
trated butter for the 61st 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 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,andthatadecisionmayalsobetakentomakenoawardin response to the tenders submitted. The amount(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
processingsecuritiesapplyingforthe61stindividualinvitationto tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided forin Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated inthe 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 30 September 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 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 30.9.2000 L246/55
ANNEX
to the Commission Reg ulation of 29 September 2000 fixingthe minimum sellingprices for butter and the
maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 61th individual invitation to tender under the
standinginvitation to tender provided for in Reg ulation (EC) No 2571/97
(EUR/100 kg)
Formula A B
IncorporationprocedureWith
tracersWithout
tracersWith
tracersWithout
tracers
Minimum ButterUnaltered — 222 — —
sellingprice ≥82%Concentrated 211 — — —
Unaltered — 144 — —
Processingsecurity
Concentrated 144 — — —
Butter ≥82% 95 91 95 91
MaximumButter <82% 92 88 — —
aidConcentratedbutter 117 113 117 113
Cream — — 40 38
Butter 105 — 105 —
Processing
securityConcentratedbutter 129 — 129 —
Cream — — 44 —