CELEX: 31999R0913
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 913/1999 of 30 April 1999 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

1. 5. 1999           EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 114/37
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 913/1999
                                                      of 30 April 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 Germany, Finland, Italy,
Community,                                                         Ireland, Northern Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and
                                                                   Portugal; whereas the list of Member States in which that
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of             suspension applies must be adjusted accordingly;
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market
in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regula-          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular the first              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
subparagraph of Article 7a(1) and Article 7a(3) thereof,           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            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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 suspen-
sion takes place, the alternative measures that may be             Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for
taken;                                                             in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 is hereby
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1547/87 (4),                suspended in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, France, Luxem-
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (5), lays            bourg, Austria, Sweden and Great Britain.
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 798/1999 is hereby repealed.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/1999 (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 1 May 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 30 April 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 102, 17.4.1999, p. 7.