CELEX: 31999R1053
Language: en
Date: 1999-05-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1053/1999 of 21 May 1999 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

22. 5. 1999          EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 129/7
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1053/1999
                                                      of 21 May 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, Finland,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   France, Great Britain, Italy, Ireland, Northern Ireland,
Community,
                                                                   Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal; whereas the list of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of             Member States in which that suspension applies must be
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market              adjusted 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 the first
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
subparagraph of Article 7a(1) and Article 7a(3) thereof,
                                                                   Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
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 suspen-                                      Article 1
sion takes place, the alternative measures that may be
                                                                   Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for
taken;
                                                                   in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 is hereby
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1547/87 (4),                suspended in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Luxembourg,
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (5), lays            Austria and Sweden.
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 981/1999 is hereby repealed.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 981/1999 (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 22 May 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 21 May 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 120, 8.5.1999, p. 21.