CELEX: 31999R0326
Language: en
Date: 1999-02-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 326/1999 of 12 February 1999 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 25th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97

L 40/18              EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               13. 2. 1999
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 326/1999
                                                    of 12 February 1999
                 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream,
                 butter and concentrated butter for the 25th individual invitation to tender under
                 the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be
Community,                                                         taken to make no award in response to the tenders
                                                                   submitted; whereas the amount(s) of the processing secur-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
                                                                   ities must be fixed accordingly;
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market
in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regula-          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 6(3) and       in accordance with the opinion of the Management
(6) and Article 12(3) thereof,                                     Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Whereas the intervention agencies are, pursuant to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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,                                      Article 1
ice-cream and other foodstuffs (3), as last amended by             The maximum aid and processing securities applying for
Regulation (EC) No 124/1999 (4), to sell by invitation to          the 25th individual invitation to tender, under the
tender certain quantities of butter that they hold and to          standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation
grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter;               (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
whereas Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates that in           hereto.
the light of the tenders received in response to each
individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price                                    Article 2
shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed
for cream, butter and concentrated butter; whereas it is           This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 February
further stipulated that the price or aid may vary according        1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 12 February 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 350, 20. 12. 1997, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 16, 21. 1. 1999, p. 19.
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                                                              ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 12 February 1999 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter
            and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 25th individual invitation
            to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
                                                                                                 (EUR/100 kg)
                                   Formula                                 A                   B
                                                                    With     Without    With       Without
                           Incorporation procedure
                                                                   tracers    tracers  tracers     tracers
                                             Unaltered               —          —        —           —
              Minimum           Butter
             selling price     ≥ 82 %
                                             Concentrated            —          —        —           —
                                             Unaltered               —          —        —           —
                  Processing security
                                             Concentrated            —          —        —           —
                             Butter ≥ 82 %                           95         91       95          91
                             Butter : 82 %                           92         88       —           88
              Maximum
                  aid
                             Concentrated butter                    117        113      117         113
                             Cream                                   —          —         40          38
                             Butter                                 105         —       105          —
              Processing
                             Concentrated butter                    129         —       129          —
               security
                             Cream                                   —          —         44         —