Commission Regulation (EC) No 101/1999 of 15 January 1999 amending 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 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: 1999-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, concentrated product, discount sale

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 101/1999

of 15 January 1999

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 on the sale at reduced prices of interven-
tion butter intended for direct consumption in the form of concentrated butter
and 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,

the correct use of the final product; whereas provision
should be made for
the same limits and reference
methods to apply where the content of the chemical
tracers referred to in those Regulations is not observed;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organisation 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The second subparagraph of Article 9(2) of Regula-

1.
tion (EEC) No 3143/85 is replaced by the following:

‘However, where,
for example because of uneven
the products
the content of each of
distribution,
referred to in Article 5(2) is found to be more than
5 % but less than 30 % below the minimum quant-
ities prescribed, 1,5 % of the processing security shall
be forfeited for each percentage point below the
prescribed minimum quantities.'

In Article 8(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 429/90,

2.
‘20 %' is replaced by ‘30 %'.

in

for

intended

consumption

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
the
direct
Community in the form of concentrated butter; whereas
the scheme will continue to apply for as long as stocks of
butter in intervention storage permit; whereas Commis-
sion Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 (5), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 417/98 (6), provides for the granting
by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter
obtained from butter or cream from the market and
intended for direct consumption in the Community;
whereas these Regulations and Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of
butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream,
butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture
of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (7), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1982/98 (8), provide
for tracers to be added to concentrated butter to ensure

(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.
(6) OJ L 52, 21. 2. 1998, p. 18.
(7) OJ L 350, 20. 12. 1997, p. 3.
(8) OJ L 256, 18. 9. 1998, p. 9.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 15 January 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission