CELEX: 32006R0697
Language: en
Date: 2006-05-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 697/2006 of  5 May 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period  1 March  to  31 August 2006

6.5.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 121/29
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 697/2006
   of 5 May 2006
   amending Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period 1 March to 31 August 2006
   THE 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),
   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 (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 (3) establishes the list of Member States in which buying-in for butter is open, as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               On the basis of most recent communications by Belgium and Luxembourg, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, the Commission has observed that butter market prices have been below 92 % of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be opened in those Member States. Belgium and Luxembourg should therefore be added to the list established in Regulation (EC) No 343/2006.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 is replaced by the following text:
   
      ‘Article 1
      Buying-in of butter as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby open in the following Member States:
      
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                  Belgium
               
            
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                  Czech Republic
               
            
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                  Germany
               
            
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                  Estonia
               
            
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                  Spain
               
            
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                  France
               
            
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                  Italy
               
            
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                  Ireland
               
            
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                  Latvia
               
            
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                  Luxembourg
               
            
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                  Netherlands
               
            
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                  Poland
               
            
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                  Portugal
               
            
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                  Finland
               
            
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                  Sweden
               
            
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                  United Kingdom.’
               
            
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 May 2006.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 5 May 2006.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         J. L. DEMARTY
         
         
            Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).
   
      (2)  OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2107/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20).
   
      (3)  OJ L 55, 25.2.2006, p. 17. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 663/2006 (OJ L 116, 29.4.2006, p. 39).