CELEX: 32000R1422
Language: en
Date: 2000-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/2000 of 30 June 2000 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 56th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97

1.7.2000                EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                      L 161/37
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1422/2000
                                                              of 30 June 2000
               fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concen-
               trated butter for the 56th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender
                                             provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                             the processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
Community,                                                                 (2)    No bids will be accepted, taking into account the level of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17                       the bids, following the tender for the sale of untraced
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk                         intervention butter.
and milk products (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                           (3)    The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
1040/2000 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
                                                                                  accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas:                                                                          Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
(1)     The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission
        Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on
        the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in
        the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other                                        Article 1
        foodstuffs (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
        635/2000 (4), to sell by invitation to tender certain              The minimum selling prices and the maximum aid and
        quantities of butter that they hold and to grant aid for           processing securities applying for the 56th individual invitation
        cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that          to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for
        Regulation stipulates that in the light of the tenders             in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in
        received in response to each individual invitation to              the Annex hereto.
        tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter           No award shall be made as regards the sale of untraced butter
        and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and               from intervention stocks.
        concentrated butter. It is further stipulated that the price
        or aid may vary according to the intended use of the                                           Article 2
        butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure,
        and that a decision may also be taken to make no award             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2000.
                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                       Done at Brussels, 30 June 2000.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                    Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L  118, 19.5.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L  350, 20.12.1997, p. 3.
(4) OJ L  76, 25.3.2000, p. 9.
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                                                                   ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 2000 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum
         aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 56th 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                 201         —           —             —
            Minimum             Butter
           selling price       ≥ 82 %
                                              Concentrated              200         —           —             —
                                              Unaltered                 143         —           —             —
                 Processing security
                                              Concentrated              143         —           —             —
                            Butter ≥ 82 %                                 95         91         —              91
                            Butter < 82 %                                 92         88         —              88
            Maximum
                 aid
                            Concentrated butter                         117        113         117           113
                            Cream                                        —          —            40            38
                            Butter                                      105         —           —             —
            Processing
                            Concentrated butter                         129         —          129            —
             security
                            Cream                                        —          —            44           —