# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 541/2006

of 31 March 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period 1 March to 31 August 2006

## 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] ,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 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 [^2] , and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 [^3] establishes the list of Member States in which buying-in for butter is open, as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.

**(2)** On the basis of most recent communications by the Czech Republic, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, the Commission has observed that butter market prices have been below 92 % of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be opened in those Member States. The Czech Republic should therefore be added to the list established in Regulation (EC) No 343/2006.

**(3)** Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 is replaced by the following text:

‘Article 1 Buying-in of butter as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby open in the following Member States: — Czech Republic — Germany — Estonia — Spain — France — Italy — Ireland — Netherlands — Poland — Portugal — Finland — Sweden — United Kingdom.’

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2006.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 31 March 2006. *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 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 ( [OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_307_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_333_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2107/2005 ( [OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_337_R_TOC) ).

[^3] [OJ L 55, 25.2.2006, p. 17](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_055_R_TOC) . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 387/2006 ( [OJ L 63, 4.3.2006, p. 10](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_063_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2107/2005 ().
[^3]: . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 387/2006 ().