Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1547/87 of 3 June 1987 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 as regards the buying in of intervention butter

COMMISSION  REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1547/87
OF 3 JUNE 1987
LAYING DOWN DETAILED RULES FOR APPLYING REGULATION ( EEC)NO 777/87 AS REGARDS THE BUYING IN OF INTERVENTION BUTTER
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
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 ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 773/87 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 7A ( 1 ) AND ARTICLE 7A ( 3 ),
WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 777/87 OF 16 MARCH 1987 MODIFYING THE INTERVENTION ARRANGEMENTS FOR BUTTER AND SKIMMED-MILK POWDER ( 3 ) LAYS DOWN THE CRITERIA ON WHICH BASIS, UNTIL THE END OF THE FIRST 12 MONTH PERIOD OF THE APPLICATION OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY LEVY ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 5C OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 804/68, THE BUYING IN OF BUTTER BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES MAY BE SUSPENDED OR MUST BE RE-ESTABLISHED;
WHEREAS, ONCE THE CONDITION LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 777/87 IS FULFILLED, ON THE ONE HAND THE CASES IN WHICH IT MAY BE DECIDED TO SPEND THE BUYING IN OF BUTTER AND THE DAY FROM WHEN SUCH A DECISION IS TO APPLY AND ON THE OTHER HAND THE DATA ON WHICH BASIS BUYING IN IS TO BE RE-ESTABLISHED MUST BE SPECIFIED; WHEREAS THE POSSIBILITY OF SUSPENDING OR NOT SUSPENDING BUYING IN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY OR ONLY IN PART THEREOF MUST BE DECIDED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE MARKET SITUATION AND IN IRELAND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT IN ADDITION THE SPECIAL IMPORTANCE OF THE BUYING IN OF BUTTER BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCY FOR THE STABILITY OF THE MARKET AND THE INCOMES OF MILK PRODUCERS IN THAT MEMBER STATE;
WHEREAS IN ADDITION DETAILED RULES OF APPLICATION MUST BE LAID DOWN FOR THESE NEW ARRANGEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR AS REGARDS THE CONCEPT OF THE MARKET PRICE OF BUTTER AND THE RECORDING OF SUCH PRICES AT NATIONAL OR, AS REGARDS THE UNITED KINGDOM, REGIONAL LEVEL;
WHEREAS, IN ORDER TO MONITOR THE MARKET SITUATION, PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE MEMBER STATES TO NOTIFY THE COMMISSION EACH WEEK OF PRICES RECORDED AND OF QUANTITIES OF BUTTER OFFERED TO INTERVENTION AGENCIES;
WHEREAS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS HAS NOT DELIVERED AN OPINION WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT SET SET BY ITS CHAIRMAN,