CELEX: 31999R0798
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-16
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/1999 of 16 April 1999 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

17. 4. 1999          EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 102/7
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 798/1999
                                                      of 16 April 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 Germany, Italy, Ireland,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   Spain, the Netherlands 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             adjusted accordingly;
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regula-
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular the first
                                                                   Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
subparagraph of Article 7a(1) and Article 7a(3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 (3), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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 suspen-
                                                                   Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for
sion takes place, the alternative measures that may be
                                                                   in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 is hereby
taken;
                                                                   suspended in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, France, Luxem-
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1547/87 (4),                bourg, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Great Britain and
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (5), lays            Northern Ireland.
down the criteria for opening and suspending the
buying-in of butter by invitation to tender in the Member                                  Article 2
States or, in the case of the United Kingdom and
Germany, in a region thereof;                                      Regulation (EC) No 549/1999 is hereby repealed.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 549/1999 (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 17 April 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 16 April 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 66, 13.3.1999, p. 11.