CELEX: 31999R2306
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2306/1999 of 29 October 1999 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

L 280/26               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                30. 10. 1999
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2306/1999
                                                          of 29 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)
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           No 1547/87 is no longer met in Finland, Great Britain,
Community,                                                                      Italy, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Spain and Portugal;
                                                                                whereas the list of Member States in which that suspen-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27                       sion applies must be adjusted accordingly;
June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk
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              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        and Sweden, sets out the circumstances under which the
        buying-in of butter and skimmed-milk powder may be
                                                                                                     Article 1
        suspended and subsequently resumed and, where
        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, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece,
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (5), lays          Luxembourg, Austria, the 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 2215/1999 is hereby repealed.
(3)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2215/1999 (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 30 October 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 29 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  270, 20.10.1999, p. 7.