Commission Regulation (EC) No 576/2004 of 26 March 2004 fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 138th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
Date: 2004-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, award of contract, butter, cream

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 576/2004

of 26 March 2004

fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 138th 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), 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 (2), 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 Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products
has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The maximum aid and processing securities applying for
the 138th 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 under the invitation to tender in

2.
respect of the following products:

— butter with tracers, 82 %, Formula B,

— concentrated butter with tracers, Formula A,

— concentrated butter with tracers, Formula B,

— cream with tracers, Formula B,

— butter without tracers, 80 %, Formula A,

— butter without tracers, 82 %, Formula B,

— butter without tracers, 80 %, Formula B,

— concentrated butter without tracers, Formula B.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 March 2004.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 26 March 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (OJ L 29, 3.2.2004,
p. 6).

(2) OJ L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 186/2004.

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 26 March 2004 fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated
butter for the 138th 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

69

—

—

—

78

—

—

65

—

79

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—

—

—

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—

—

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27

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