Commission Regulation (EC) No 1039/2007 of 10 September 2007 suspending the standing invitations to tender provided for in Chapters II and III of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
Date: 2007-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, concentrated product, cream

L 238/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.9.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1039/2007

of 10 September 2007

suspending the standing invitations to tender provided for in Chapters II and III of Regulation (EC)
No 1898/2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 Articles 10 and 15
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

for

In accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No
1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed
implementing Council Regulation (EC) No
rules
the disposal of
1255/1999 as regards measures for
concentrated
cream,
the
on
butter
and
butter
Community market (2),
the intervention agencies may
sell at a reduced price by standing invitation to tender
certain quantities of intervention butter intended for use
in pastry products, ice-creams and other foodstuffs. The
intervention agencies may also grant aid for the use of
butter, concentrated butter and cream in pastry products,
ice-creams and other foodstuffs, and for concentrated
the
direct
butter
Community.

consumption

intended

for

in

to come. In order to simplify the management of these
measures, the sale referred to in Article 1(a) of Regulation
in
(EC) No 1898/2005 and the aid provided for
Article 1(b)(i) and (ii) should be suspended.

(3)

(4)

So as not to interfere with the functioning of the invi-
tations to tender, this Regulation should apply from the
start of the period for submitting tenders for a specific
invitation.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The invitations to tender provided for in Section 5 of Chapter II
and in Section 2 of Chapter
III of Regulation (EC) No
1898/2005 are hereby suspended.

A notice announcing the suspension of these standing invi-
tations to tender shall be published in the Official
Journal of
the European Union.

Article 2

(2)

Given the current situation on the Community market,
and in particular the lack of surplus public stocks of
butter, no award should be made under these tendering
procedures. This situation is likely to last for some time

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

It shall apply from 12 September 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 September 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(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 308, 25.11.2005, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 96/2007 (OJ L 25, 1.2.2007, p. 6).