CELEX: 31999R1992
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1992/1999 of 17 September 1999 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

18. 9. 1999            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      L 247/3
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1992/1999
                                                         of 17 September 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 Belgium, Finland,
Community,                                                                      France, Great Britain, Italy, Ireland, Northern Ireland,
                                                                                Luxembourg, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27                       whereas the list of Member States in which that suspen-
June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk                      sion applies must be adjusted accordingly;
and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1587/96 (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article         (4)    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
7a(1) and Article 7a(3) thereof,                                                are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                                Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
(1)     Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 (3), as last
        amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland
        and Sweden, sets out the circumstances under which the           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        buying-in of butter and skimmed-milk powder may be
        suspended and subsequently resumed and, where
                                                                                                     Article 1
        suspension takes place, the alternative measures that
        may be taken;                                                    Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for in
(2)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1547/87 (4),              Article 1(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 is hereby
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (5), lays          suspended in Germany, Denmark, Greece, Austria and 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 1354/1999 is hereby repealed.
(3)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1354/1999 (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 18 September 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 17 September 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  162, 26.6.1999, p. 14.