CELEX: 31998R0689
Language: en
Date: 1998-03-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 689/98 of 27 March 1998 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the sixth individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97

28. 3. 98            EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 96/11
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 689/98
                                                     of 27 March 1998
                 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream,
                 butter and concentrated butter for the sixth individual invitation to tender under
                 the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be
Community,                                                         taken to make no award in response to the tenders
                                                                   submitted; whereas the amount(s) of the processing secur-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
                                                                   ities must be fixed 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 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
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices
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) to sell by invitation to        The maximum aid and processing securities applying for
tender certain quantities of butter that they hold and to          the sixth individual invitation to tender under the
grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter;               standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation
whereas Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates that in           (EC) No 2571/97 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
the light of the tenders received in response to each              hereto.
individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price
shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed                                   Article 2
for cream, butter and concentrated butter; whereas it is
further stipulated that the price or aid may vary according        This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 March 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 27 March 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.
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                                                          ANNEX
        to the Commission Regulation of 27 March 1998 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and
        the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the sixth 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                                            
           Minimum          Butter
         selling price    A 82 %
                                         Concentrated                                         
                                         Unaltered                                        
              Processing security
                                         Concentrated                                     
                         Butter A 82 %                          117        113                 113
                         Butter : 82 %                          112        108      112         108
           Maximum
              aid
                         Concentrated butter                    144        140      144         140
                         Cream                                                      50          48
                         Butter                                 129                129          
          Processing
                         Concentrated butter                    158                158          
            security
                         Cream                                                      55         