CELEX: 32000R1546
Language: en
Date: 2000-07-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1546/2000 of 14 July 2000 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 57th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97

L 176/20                EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                     15.7.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1546/2000
                                                              of 14 July 2000
               fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concen-
               trated butter for the 57th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender
                                             provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       and that a decision may also be taken to make no award
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                             in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of
Community,                                                                        the processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17                (2)    No bids will be accepted, taking into account the level of
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk                         the bids, following the tender for the sale of untraced
and milk products (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No                           intervention butter.
1040/2000 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
                                                                           (3)    The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
Whereas:                                                                          accordance with the opinion of the Management
(1)     The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission                     Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
        Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on
        the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of
        aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other
        foodstuffs (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                                          Article 1
        635/2000 (4), to sell by invitation to tender certain
        quantities of butter that they hold and to grant aid for           The minimum selling prices and the maximum aid and
        cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that          processing securities applying for the 57th individual invitation
        Regulation stipulates that in the light of the tenders             to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for
        received in response to each individual invitation to              in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in
        tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter           the Annex hereto.
        and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and
        concentrated butter. It is further stipulated that the price                                   Article 2
        or aid may vary according to the intended use of the
        butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure,           This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 July 2000.
                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                       Done at Brussels, 14 July 2000.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                    Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L  118, 19.5.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L  350, 20.12.1997, p. 3.
(4) OJ L  76, 25.3.2000, p. 9.
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                                                                    ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 14 July 2000 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum
          aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 57th individual invitation to tender under the standing
                                   invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
                                                                                                            (EUR/100 kg)
                                    Formula                                     A                       B
                                                                         With      Without      With         Without
                            Incorporation procedure
                                                                        tracers    tracers     tracers       tracers
                                               Unaltered                 205        206          —             —
             Minimum             Butter
            selling price       ≥ 82 %
                                               Concentrated              205         —           —             —
                                               Unaltered                 138        138          —             —
                  Processing security
                                               Concentrated              138         —           —             —
                             Butter ≥ 82 %                                 95         91          95            91
                             Butter < 82 %                                 92         88         —              88
             Maximum
                  aid
                             Concentrated butter                         117        113         117           113
                             Cream                                        —          —            40            38
                             Butter                                      105         —          105            —
             Processing
                             Concentrated butter                         129         —          129            —
              security
                             Cream                                        —          —            44           —