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 concentrated butter for the 44th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
Date: 1999-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, cream, discount sale, farm price support, food processing

L 326/28

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Official Journal of the European Communities

18. 12. 1999

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 European
Community,

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 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) 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 (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 for
cream, butter and concentrated butter; whereas Article
18 of that Regulation stipulates that in the light of the
tenders received in response to each individual invitation
to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for
butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter

and concentrated butter; whereas it is further stipulated
that the price or aid may vary according to the intended
use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation
procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to
make no award in response to the tenders submitted; the
amount(s) of the processing securities must be fixed
accordingly;

(2)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The maximum aid and processing securities applying for the
44th individual invitation to tender, under the standing invita-
tion to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97,
shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 December 1999.

Article 2

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

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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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 326/29

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

Formula

A

B

Incorporation procedure

With
tracers

Without
tracers

With
tracers

Without
tracers

(EUR/100 kg)

Minimum
selling price

Butter
≥ 82 %

Processing security

Unaltered

Concentrated

Unaltered

Concentrated

Butter ≥ 82 %

Butter < 82 %

Concentrated butter

Maximum
aid

Cream

Butter

Processing
security

Concentrated butter

Cream

—

—

—

—

95

92

117

—

105

129

—

—

—

—

—

91

88

113

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

117

40

—

129

44

—

—

—

—

91

88

113

38

—

—

—