Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2006 of  29 May 2006  suspending the buying-in of butter at 90 % of the intervention price and opening the buying-in by tendering for the period expiring on  31 August 2006
Date: 2006-05-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, butter, intervention buying, intervention price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 796/2006

of 29 May 2006

suspending the buying-in of butter at 90 % of the intervention price and opening the buying-in by
tendering for the period expiring on 31 August 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(6)

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

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The buying-in of butter at 90 % of
the intervention price,
opened by Regulation (EC) No 343/2006, is suspended in the
Community in accordance with the second subparagraph of
Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 (2) has
opened the buying-in of butter at 90 % of the inter-
vention price in certain Member States for the period
1 March to 31 August 2006.

Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 is repealed.

Article 2

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The second subparagraph of Article 6(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the Commission may
suspend the buying-in of butter at 90 % of the inter-
vention price where the quantities offered for inter-
vention in the period from 1 March to 31 August
2006 exceed 50 000 tonnes.

Since the threshold of 50 000 tonnes is met, the buying-
in of butter at fixed price should be suspended. Regu-
lation (EC) No 343/2006 should therefore be repealed.

In order to continue to support the butter market, the
buying-in of butter
should be authorised under a
standing invitation to tender in accordance with the
third subparagraph of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1255/1999 in those Member States where the
market price of butter is less than 92 % of the inter-
vention price.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16
December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as
and
the market
intervention of
regards
cream (3)
lays down rules to be followed when the
Commission decides that the buying-in is to take place
under a standing invitation to tender.

in butter

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 55, 25.2.2006, p 17. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 697/2006 (OJ L 121, 6.5.2006, p. 29).

(3) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2107/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20).

Buying-in of butter by tendering, as provided for in the
1.
third subparagraph of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1255/1999, is hereby open from 30 May to 31 August 2006
in the following Member States, under the conditions provided
for in Section 3a of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999:

— Belgium

— Czech Republic

— Germany

— Estonia

— Spain

— France

— Ireland

— Italy

— Latvia

— Luxembourg

— Netherlands

— Poland

— Portugal

— Finland

— Sweden

— United Kingdom.

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The list set out in paragraph 1 may be amended by the Commission on the basis of the market prices
2.
over two consecutive weeks for the purposes of application of the third and fourth subparagraphs of Arti-
cle 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 May 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission