CELEX: 32001R0728
Language: en
Date: 2001-04-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 728/2001 of 11 April 2001 fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 245th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90

12.4.2001              EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                     L 102/25
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 728/2001
                                                            of 11 April 2001
               fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 245th special invitation to tender opened
                     under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              (2)     In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid
                                                                                 should be fixed at the level specified below and the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            end-use security determined accordingly.
Community,
                                                                         (3)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
                                                                                 accordance with the opinion of the Management
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
                                                                                 Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1670/2000 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     In accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No
        429/90 of 20 February 1990 on the granting by invita-                                         Article 1
        tion to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended        For the 245th special invitation to tender under the standing
        for direct consumption in the Community (3), as last             invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No 429/90,
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 124/1999 (4), the inter-           the maximum aid and the amount of the end-use security shall
        vention agencies are opening a standing invitation to            be as follows:
        tender for the granting of aid for concentrated butter;
        Article 6 of that Regulation provides that in the light of       — maximum aid:                                 EUR 117/100 kg
        the tenders received in response to each special invita-         — end-use security:                           EUR 129/100 kg.
        tion to tender, a maximum amount of aid is to be fixed
        for concentrated butter with a minimum fat content of                                         Article 2
        96 % or a decision is to be taken to make no award;
        whereas the end-use security must be fixed accordingly.          This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 April 2001.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 11 April 2001.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L  193, 29.7.2000, p. 10.
(3) OJ L  45, 21.2.1990, p. 8.
(4) OJ L  16, 21.1.1999, p. 19.