# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1226/2006

of 14 August 2006

amending Regulations (EC) No 2771/1999 and (EC) No 1898/2005 as regards the entry into storage of intervention butter put on sale

## 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)** Article 21 of 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] lays down that intervention butter placed on sale must have entered into storage before 1 January 2004.

**(2)** Article 1(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community market [^3] lays down that intervention butter bought in under Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 to be sold at reduced prices must have been taken into storage before 1 January 2004.

**(3)** Given the situation on the butter market and the quantities of butter in intervention storage it is appropriate that butter in storage before 1 January 2005 should be available for sale.

**(4)** Regulations (EC) No 2771/1999 and (EC) No 1898/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.

**(5)** 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 21 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, the date ‘1 January 2004’ is replaced by the date ‘1 January 2005’.

## **Article 2**

In Article 1(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005, the date ‘1 January 2004’ is replaced by the date ‘1 January 2005’.

## **Article 3**

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

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 August 2006. *For the Commission* Jean-Luc DEMARTY *Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development*

[^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 308, 25.11.2005, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_308_R_TOC) . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2107/2005.

[^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 2107/2005.