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Date: 1993-12-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 December 1993 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

31 . 12. 93                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 333/73
                                                    COMMISSION
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 21 December 1993
                             suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
                          (Only the Danish, German, English, French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                              (93/719/EC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
                                                                       accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
 Community,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
 in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­                                    Article 1
 tion (EEC) No 2071 /92 (2), and in particular the first
 subparagraph of Article 7a ( 1 ) and Article 7a (3) thereof,         The buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as
                                                                       provided for in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 (3), as last                No 777/87 is hereby suspended in Belgium, Denmark,
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1634/91 (4), sets out the             Germany, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands Great
                                                                       Britain and Northern Ireland.
 circumstances under which the buying-in of butter and
 skimmed-milk powder may be suspended and subse­
quently resumed and, where suspension takes place, the                                        Article 2
alternative measures that may be taken ;
                                                                       Decision 93/661 /EC is hereby repealed.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1547/87 (*),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2011 /91 (6), lays                                     Article 3
down the criteria on the basis of which the buying-in of
butter by invitation to tender is to be opened and                    This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium,
suspended in a Member State or, as regards the United                 the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of
Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany, in a                     Germany, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of
region ;                                                               Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the
                                                                      United Kingdom.
Whereas Commission Decision 93/66 1 /EC Q suspends
buying-in in certain Member States ; whereas information
                                                                      Done at Brussels, 21 December 1993.
on market prices shows that the condition laid down in
Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1547/87 is currently
met in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Luxem­                                                For the Commission
bourg, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Northern                                                Rene STEICHEN
Ireland ; whereas the list of Member States where that
suspension applies must be adapted accordingly ;                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13 .
(J) OJ  No  L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 64.
(3) OJ  No  L 78, 20. 3. 1987, p. 10.
(4) OJ  No  L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 26.
O   OJ  No  L 144, 4. 6. 1987, p. 12.
O   OJ  No  L 185, 11 . 7. 1991 , p. 5.
f)  OJ  No  L 302, 9. 12. 1993, p. 31 .