CELEX: 31999R2215
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2215/1999 of 19 October 1999 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

20. 10. 1999           EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      L 270/7
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2215/1999
                                                          of 19 October 1999
                                  suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     condition laid down in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                                No 1547/87 is no longer met in Belgium, Finland, Great
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                Britain, Italy, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Luxembourg,
Community,
                                                                                Spain and Portugal; whereas the list of Member States in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27                       which that suspension applies must be adjusted accord-
June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk                      ingly;
and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                         (4)    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
1587/96 (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article
                                                                                are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
7a(1) and Article 7a(3) thereof,
                                                                                Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
(1)     Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 (3), as last
        amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland
        and Sweden, sets out the circumstances under which the           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        buying-in of butter and skimmed-milk powder may be
        suspended and subsequently resumed and, where                                                 Article 1
        suspension takes place, the alternative measures that
                                                                         Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for in
        may be taken;
                                                                         Article 1(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 is hereby
(2)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1547/87 (4),              suspended in Germany, Denmark, France, Greece, Austria, the
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (5), lays          Netherlands and Sweden.
        down the criteria for opening and suspending the
        buying-in of butter by invitation to tender in the                                            Article 2
        Member States or, in the case of the United Kingdom
        and Germany, in a region thereof;                                Regulation (EC) No 1992/1999 is hereby repealed.
(3)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1992/1999 (6)                                           Article 3
        suspends buying-in of butter in certain Member States;
        whereas information on market prices shows that the              This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 October 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 19 October 1999.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  148, 28.6.1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ L  206, 16.8.1996, p. 21.
(3) OJ L  78, 20.3.1987, p. 10.
(4) OJ L  144, 4.6.1987, p. 12.
(5) OJ L  174, 26.7.1995, p. 27.
(6) OJ L  247, 18.9.1999, p. 3.