CELEX: 31997D0785
Language: en
Date: 1997-11-18 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 18 November 1997 suspending the buying-in of butter in all Member States

22. 11 . 97          [ EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                              L 321 /43
                                                    COMMISSION
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 18 November 1997
                                   suspending the buying-in of butter in all Member States
                                                            (97/785/EC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        States in which that suspension applies must be adjusted
                                                                    accordingly,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,                                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
                                                                    accordance with the opinion of the Management
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of            Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
  27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
  in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­
  tion (EC) No 1 587/96 (2), and in particular the first sub­       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
  paragraph of Article 7a ( 1 ) and Article 7a (3) thereof,
                                                                                             Article 1
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 (3), as last
 amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and            The buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as
 Sweden , sets out the circumstances under which the                provided for in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
 buying-in of butter and skimmed-milk powder may be                 777/87 is hereby suspended in Belgium, Denmark,
 suspended and subsequently resumed and, where suspen­              Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxem­
 sion takes place, the alternative measures that may be             bourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland,
 taken ;                                                            Sweden , Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/87 (4),                                        Article 2
 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 802/95 (5), lays
 down the criteria for opening and suspending the                   Decision 97/760/EC is hereby repealed.
 buying-in of butter by invitation to tender in the Member
 States or, in the case of the United Kingdom and                                            Article 3
 Germany, in a region thereof;
                                                                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
 Whereas Commission Decision 97/760/EC (^ suspends
 the buying-in of butter in certain Member States; whereas
 information on market prices shows that the condition              Done at Brussels, 18 November 1997 .
 laid down in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1547/87 is currently met in Belgium, Denmark, Germany,                                        For the Commission
 Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the                                           Franz FISCHLER
 Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, Great
 Britain and Northern Ireland; whereas the list of Member                                  Member of the Commission
(') OJ L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21 .
(■') 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.
(*) OJ L 310, 13. 11 . 1997, p. 26.