Commission Regulation (EC) No 19/98 of 7 January 1998 suspending the sale of butter from public stocks pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 on the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter intended for direct consumption in the form of concentrated butter and the granting of aid pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 on the granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption in the Community
Date: 1998-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, intervention agency, production aid, public stock, sale

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 4/39

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 19/98

of 7 January 1998

suspending the sale of butter from public stocks pursuant to Regulation (EEC)
No 3143/85 on the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter intended for
direct consumption in the form of concentrated butter and the granting of aid
pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 on the granting by invitation to tender
of an aid for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption in the
Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Articles 6 (6)
and 7a (3) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 (3),
as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (4),
provides for the sale at reduced prices of intervention
butter intended for direct consumption in the form of
concentrated butter in the Community; whereas those
arrangements are to continue to apply as long as the
quantities of butter in public storage so allow; whereas,
given the current level of butter in intervention stocks
and the need to maintain sales of such butter for other
purposes, sales pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85
should be suspended; whereas
the notice of expiry
referred to in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation was issued
on 1 July 1989;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 (5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95, provides
for the granting by invitation to tender of aid for concen-
trated butter made from butter or cream from the market
and intended for direct consumption in the Community;
whereas those arrangements were introduced to supple-
ment and continue the measure provided for in Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3143/85; whereas, in view of the situation

on the market for butter, where butter production and
stocks are currently lower, the aid scheme provided for in
Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 should be suspended;

Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk
Products has not delivered an opinion within the time
limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The sale of butter from public stocks pursuant to

1.
Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 is hereby suspended.

The granting of aid pursuant to Regulation (EEC)

2.
No 429/90 is hereby suspended.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 1998.

However,
it shall not apply to quantities of butter or
concentrated butter covered by bids already submitted
under an invitation to tender at its date of entry into
force.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 7 January 1998.

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 298, 12. 11. 1985, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 174, 26. 7. 1995, p. 27.
(5) OJ L 45, 21. 2. 1990, p. 8.