Commission Regulation (EC) No 2007/2003 of 14 November 2003 fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 130th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
Date: 2003-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, cream, production aid

15.11.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2007/2003

of 14 November 2003

fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 130th individual invita-
tion 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,

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 of 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 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. 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-
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 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
130th 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.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 November 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 November 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 14 November 2003 fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concen-
trated butter for the 130th 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)

Butter ≥ 82 %

Butter < 82 %

Maximum aid

Concentrated butter

Cream

Butter

Processing
security

Concentrated butter

Cream

79

77

98

—

87

108

—

75

72

91

—

—

—

—

—

—

97

34

—

107

37

71

72

89

31

—

—

—