# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1725/2004

of 1 October 2004

fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 321st special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90

## Preamble

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] , and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** In accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 of 20 February 1990 on the granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption in the Community [^2] , the intervention agencies are opening a standing invitation to tender for the granting of aid for concentrated butter. Article 6 of that Regulation provides that in the light of the tenders received in response to each special invitation to tender, a maximum amount of aid is to be fixed for concentrated butter with a minimum fat content of 96 % or a decision is to be taken to make no award; the end-use security must be fixed accordingly.

**(2)** In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid should be fixed at the level specified below and the end-use security determined accordingly.

**(3)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

For the 321st tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 the maximum aid and the end-use security are fixed as follows:

| —: maximum aid: | 74 EUR/100 kg, |
| --- | --- |
| —: end-use security: | 82 EUR/100 kg. |

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 October 2004.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 1 October 2004. *For the Commission* Franz FISCHLER *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_160_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 ( [OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p. 6](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_029_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 45, 21.2.1990, p. 8](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1990_045_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 921/2004 ( [OJ L 163, 30.4.2004, p. 94](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_163_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 921/2004 ().