Commission Regulation (EC) No 1039/2002 of 14 June 2002 suspending the buying-in of skimmed-milk powder at the intervention price

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1039/2002
of 14 June 2002
suspending the buying-in of skimmed-milk powder at the intervention price
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the Commission may suspend the buying-in of skimmed-milk powder as soon as the quantities offered for intervention in the period from 1 March to 31 August each year exceed 109000 tonnes and that in that case buying-in by the intervention agencies may be carried out under an open standing invitation to tender on the basis of specifications to be determined.
(2) Since the condition for suspending buying-in is met, it should be suspended and the Member States authorised to buy in under a standing invitation to tender for the remaining intervention period so as to continue to support the skimmed-milk powder market by fixing a maximum buying-in price on the basis of the applicable intervention price and taking account of tenders received for each invitation to tender.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 214/2001 of 12 January 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in skimmed-milk powder(3) lays down provisions to apply where the Commission decides that buying-in is to take place under a standing invitation to tender.
(4) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,