CELEX: 31999R2505
Language: en
Date: 1999-11-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2505/1999 of 26 November 1999 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

27. 11. 1999           EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                    L 304/17
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2505/1999
                                                         of 26 November 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)
                                                                                No 1547/87 is no longer met in Finland, Great Britain,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                Italy, Ireland, Spain and Portugal; whereas the list of
Community,
                                                                                Member States in which that suspension applies must be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27                       adjusted accordingly;
June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk
                                                                         (4)    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                                are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
1587/96 (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article
                                                                                Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
7a(1) and Article 7a(3) thereof,
(1)     Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 (3), as last
        amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        and 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
                                                                         Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for in
        suspension takes place, the alternative measures that
                                                                         Article 1(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 is hereby
        may be taken;
                                                                         suspended in Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece,
(2)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1547/87 (4),              Northern Ireland, Luxembourg, Austria, the Netherlands and
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (5), lays          Sweden.
        down the criteria for opening and suspending the
        buying-in of butter by invitation to tender in the                                            Article 2
        Member States or, in the case of the United Kingdom
        and Germany, in a region thereof;                                Regulation (EC) No 2306/1999 is hereby repealed.
(3)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2306/1999 (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 27 November 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 26 November 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  280, 30.10.1999, p. 26.