CELEX: 31998R1356
Language: en
Date: 1998-06-26
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1356/98 of 26 June 1998 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 12th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97

L 184/36              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                27. 6. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1356/98
                                                      of 26 June 1998
                  fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream,
                  butter and concentrated butter for the 12th individual invitation to tender under
                  the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make
Community,                                                         no award in response to the tenders submitted; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of             the amount(s) of the processing securities must be fixed
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market              accordingly;
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 Articles 6(3)          in accordance with the opinion of the Management
and 12(3) thereof,                                                 Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Whereas the intervention agencies are, pursuant to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15
December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated
butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products,                                       Article 1
ice-cream and other foodstuffs (3), as amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1061/98 (4), to sell by invitation to tender          The maximum aid and processing securities and the
certain quantities of butter that they hold and to grant aid       minimum selling prices, applying for the 12th individual
for cream, butter and concentrated butter; whereas Article         invitation to tender under the standing invitation to
18 of that Regulation stipulates that in the light of the          tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall
tenders received in response to each individual invitation         be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for
butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter                                     Article 2
and concentrated butter; whereas it is further stipulated
that the price or aid may vary according to the intended           This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 June 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 26 June 1998.
                                                                             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 350, 20.  12. 1997, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 152, 26.  5. 1998, p. 3.
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                                                            ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 26 June 1998 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and
          the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 12th individual invitation to
            tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
                                                                                               (ECU/100 kg)
                                Formula                                  A                   B
                                                                  With     Without    With       Without
                         Incorporation procedure
                                                                 tracers    tracers  tracers     tracers
                                           Unaltered              223        227                  
             Minimum          Butter
           selling price    A 82 %
                                           Concentrated                                         
                                           Unaltered              124        120             
                Processing security
                                           Concentrated                                     
                           Butter A 82 %                          109        105                 105
                           Butter : 82 %                                    100                  
             Maximum
                aid
                           Concentrated butter                    134        130      134         130
                           Cream                                                      46          44
                           Butter                                 120                            
            Processing
                           Concentrated butter                    148                148          
              security
                           Cream                                                      51         