CELEX: 31999R1354
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1354/1999 of 25 June 1999 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

L 162/14             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               26. 6. 1999
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1354/1999
                                                      of 25 June 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 Belgium, Germany,
Community,                                                         Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Ireland, Northern
                                                                   Ireland, Luxembourg, Spain, the Netherlands and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of             Portugal; whereas the list of Member States in which that
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market              suspension applies must be adjusted accordingly;
in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular the first              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
subparagraph of Article 7a(1) and Article 7a(3) thereof,           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                   Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
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 suspen-
                                                                                            Article 1
sion takes place, the alternative measures that may be
taken;                                                             Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1547/87 ( ),        4       in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 is hereby
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (5), lays            suspended in Denmark, Greece, Austria and Sweden.
down the criteria for opening and suspending the
buying-in of butter by invitation to tender in the Member                                   Article 2
States or, in the case of the United Kingdom and
Germany, in a region thereof;                                      Regulation (EC) No 1053/1999 is hereby repealed.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1053/1999 (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 26 June 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 25 June 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 129, 22.5.1999, p. 7.