CELEX: 32002R0593
Language: en
Date: 2002-04-05
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 593/2002 of 5 April 2002 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

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32002R0593

Commission Regulation (EC) No 593/2002 of 5 April 2002 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States  

Official Journal L 091 , 06/04/2002 P. 0003 - 0003

Commission Regulation (EC) No 593/2002of 5 April 2002suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member StatesTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2),Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1614/2001(4), and in particular Article 2 thereof,Whereas:(1) Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 lays down that buying-in by invitation to tender is to be opened or suspended by the Commission in a Member State, as appropriate, once it is observed that, for two weeks in succession, the market price in that Member State is below or equal to or above 92 % of the intervention price.(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 432/2002 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States(5) establishes the most recent list of Member States in which intervention is suspended. This list must be adjusted as a result of the market prices communicated by Belgium and Luxembourg under Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999. In the interests of clarity, the list in question should be replaced and Regulation (EC) No 432/2002 should be repealed,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby suspended in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden.Article 2Regulation (EC) No 432/2002 is hereby repealed.Article 3This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 April 2002.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 5 April 2002.For the CommissionFranz FischlerMember of the Commission(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.(2) OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15.(3) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11.(4) OJ L 214, 8.8.2001, p. 20.(5) OJ L 67, 9.3.2002, p. 3.