# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 354/2007

of 29 March 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 195/2007 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period 1 March to 31 August 2007

## 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 195/2007 [^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 Spain, the Commission has observed that butter market prices have been equal or superior to 92 % of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be suspended in that Member State. Spain should therefore be withdrawn from the list established in Regulation (EC) No 195/2007.

**(3)** Regulation (EC) No 195/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 195/2007 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: — Portugal.’

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 March 2007.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 March 2007. *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 59, 27.2.2007, p. 62](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_059_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]: .