# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1558/2006

of 18 October 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder

## 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 15 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 [^2] fixes the amount of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed taking into account the factors set out in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999. In view of the increase in the market price of skimmed-milk powder in the internal market and the increase in the market prices for competing proteins, of the reduction of the supply of skimmed-milk powder and the positive situation of calf prices the amount of aid should be fixed at zero for as long as the current situation persists.

**(2)** Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 should therefore be amended accordingly.

**(3)** The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

In Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. Aid is fixed at: (a) EUR 0,00 per 100 kg of skimmed milk with a protein content of not less than 35,6 % of the non-fatty dry extract; (b) EUR 0,00 per 100 kg of skimmed milk with a protein content of not less than 31,4 % but less than 35,6 % of the non-fatty dry extract; (c) EUR 0,00 per 100 kg of skimmed-milk powder with a protein content of not less than 35,6 % of the non-fatty dry extract; (d) EUR 0,00 per 100 kg of skimmed-milk powder with a protein content of not less than 31,4 % but less than 35,6 % of the non-fatty dry extract.’

## **Article 2**

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, 18 October 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 340, 31.12.1999, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_340_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1018/2006 ( [OJ L 183, 5.7.2006, p. 12](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_183_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1018/2006 ().