CELEX: 31998R0916
Language: en
Date: 1998-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 916/98 of 29 April 1998 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the eighth individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97

L 128/44             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 30. 4. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 916/98
                                                      of 29 April 1998
                 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream,
                 butter and concentrated butter for the eighth individual invitation to tender
                 under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No
                                                            2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be
Community,                                                         taken to make no award in response to the tenders
                                                                   submitted; whereas the amount(s) of the processing secur-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
                                                                   ities must be fixed accordingly;
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market
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 Articles 6(3)          in accordance with the opinion of the Management
and 12(3) thereof,                                                 Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Whereas the intervention agencies are, pursuant to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices
and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated
butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products,                                      Article 1
ice-cream and other foodstuffs (3) to sell by invitation to        The maximum aid and processing securities applying for
tender certain quantities of butter that they hold and to          the eighth individual invitation to tender under the
grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter;               standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation
whereas Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates that in           (EC) No 2571/97 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
the light of the tenders received in response to each              hereto.
individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price
shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed                                   Article 2
for cream, butter and concentrated butter; whereas it is
further stipulated that the price or aid may vary according        This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 April 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 29 April 1998.
                                                                             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 350, 20. 12. 1997, p. 3.
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                                                            ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 29 April 1998 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and
          the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the eighth individual invitation to
            tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
                                                                                               (ECU/100 kg)
                                Formula                                  A                   B
                                                                  With     Without    With       Without
                         Incorporation procedure
                                                                 tracers    tracers  tracers     tracers
                                           Unaltered                                            
             Minimum          Butter
           selling price    A 82 %
                                           Concentrated                                         
                                           Unaltered                                        
                Processing security
                                           Concentrated                                     
                           Butter A 82 %                          109        105      109         105
                           Butter : 82 %                          104        100      104         100
             Maximum
                aid
                           Concentrated butter                    134        130      134         130
                           Cream                                                      46          44
                           Butter                                 120                120          
            Processing
                           Concentrated butter                    148                148          
              security
                           Cream                                                      51         