Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2005 of 4 March 2005 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

of 4 March 2005

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 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 337/2005 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 and the United Kingdom 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 In the interests of clarity, the list in question should be replaced and Regulation (EC) No 337/2005 should be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Buying-in of butter as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby suspended in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Cyprus, Hungary, Malta, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 337/2005 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 March 2005.

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 March 2005. For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL 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 2250/2004 ( OJ L 381, 28.12.2004, p. 25 ).

³ OJ L 53, 26.2.2005, p. 24 .

Footnotes

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

2. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2250/2004 (). ↩ ↩²

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