Commission Regulation (EC) No 2396/2000 of 27 October 2000 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 63rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
Date: 2000-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: butter, confectionery product, cream, discount sale, farm price support, food processing

28.10.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 276/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2396/2000

of 27 October 2000

fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concen-
trated butter for the 63rd 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 (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and 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 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
635/2000 (4),
to sell by invitation to tender certain
quantities of butter that they hold and to grant aid for
cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that
Regulation stipulates that in the light of the tenders
invitation to
received in response to each individual
tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter
and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and
concentrated butter. 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.

No bids will be accepted, taking into account the level of
the bids, following the tender for the sale of traced
intervention butter.

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

(2)

(3)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The minimum selling prices and the maximum aid and
processing securities applying for the 63rd individual invitation
to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for
in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in
the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 October 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 October 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.

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28.10.2000

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 October 2000 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the
maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 63rd 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

218

211

144

144

95

92

117

—

105

129

—

—

—

—

—

91

88

113

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

117

40

—

129

44

—

—

—

—

91

—

113

38

—

—

—