Commission Regulation (EC) No 1230/2004 of 2 July 2004 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

of 2 July 2004

suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

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) Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 lays down that buying-in by invitation to tender is to be opened or suspended by the Commission in a Member State, as appropriate, once it is observed that, for two weeks in succession, the market price in that Member State is below or equal to or above 92 % of the intervention price.

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 578/2004 ³ establishes the most recent list of Member States in which intervention is suspended. This list must be adjusted as a result of the market prices communicated by France pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999. In the interests of clarity, the list in question should be replaced and Regulation (EC) No 578/2004 should be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby suspended in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria and Finland.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 578/2004 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 July 2004.

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 July 2004. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission

¹ OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48 . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 ( OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p. 6 ).

² OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2003 ( OJ L 53, 28.2.2003, p. 17 ).

³ OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 53 .

. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (). ↩ ↩²
. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2003 (). ↩ ↩²
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