Commission Regulation (EC) No 1931/2003 of 31 October 2003 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 129th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
Date: 2003-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, market intervention, minimum price, selling price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1931/2003

of 31 October 2003

fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 129th 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
1787/2003 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

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

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 quan-
tities of butter from intervention stocks 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 received in response to each indi-
vidual invitation to 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 stipu-
lated that the price or aid may vary according to the
intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incor-

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The minimum selling prices of butter from intervention stocks
and processing securities applying for the 129th 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.

No award shall be made as regards the sale of concentrated
butter from intervention stocks.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 76, 25.3.2000, p. 9.

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 2003 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 129th
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

220

—

126

—

217

—

126

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