# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1008/2005

of 30 June 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream

## 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)** Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 [^2] provides for an intervention system for the buying-in of butter at fixed prices.

**(2)** Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides for reductions of the intervention prices of butter. It is therefore necessary to specify the intervention price to be used for the calculation of the buying-in price when the intervention price changes.

**(3)** Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 should therefore be amended accordingly.

**(4)** 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**

In Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 the following subparagraph is added:

‘The intervention price to be used for the calculation of the buying-in price shall be that in force on the day of manufacture of the butter.’

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

It shall apply as of 1 July 2005.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 June 2005. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *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 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 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_333_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2250/2004 ( [OJ L 381, 28.12.2004, p. 25](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_381_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 ().
[^2]: . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2250/2004 ().