CELEX: 31997D0113
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-22 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 22 January 1997 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States (Only the Danish, German, Greek, French, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish and English texts are authentic)

No L 40 /22            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 11 . 2. 97
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 22 January 1997
                                 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
                     (Only the Danish , German , Greek, French, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish and English texts are
                                                                authentic)
                                                              (97/ 1 13/EC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
                                                                         accordance with the opinion of the Management
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
  Community,
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
  27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
  in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­                                     Article 1
  tion (EC) No 1 587/96 (2), and in particular the first sub­
                                                                        The buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as
  paragraph of Article 7a ( 1 ) and Article 7a (3) thereof,
                                                                         provided for in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        777/87 is hereby suspended in Belgium, Denmark,
  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 (3), as last
                                                                        Germany, Greece, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
  amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and               Austria, Finland, Sweden and Northern Ireland .
  Sweden , sets out the circumstances under which the
  buying-in of butter and skimmed-milk powder may be
                                                                                                Article 2
  suspended and subsequently resumed and, where suspen­
 sion takes place, the alternative measures that may be                 Decision 96/574/EC is hereby repealed.
  taken ;
                                                                                                Article 3
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/87 (4),
 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 802/95 (5), lays               This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium,
 down the criteria for opening and suspending the                       the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of
 buying-in of butter by invitation to tender in the Member              Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the French Republic ,
 States or, in the case of the United Kingdom and                       the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the
 Germany, in a region thereof;                                          Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of
                                                                        Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United
 Whereas Commission Decision 96/574/ EC (6) suspends                    Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .
 the buying-in of butter in certain Member States; whereas
 information on market prices shows that the condition
 laid down in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No                      Done at Brussels, 22 January 1997.
 1547/87 is currently met in Belgium, Denmark, Germany,
 Greece, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria,                                           For the Commission
 Finland, Sweden and Northern Ireland; whereas the list of                                          Franz FISCHLER
 Member States in which that suspension applies must be
 adjusted accordingly;                                                                        Member of the Commission
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