COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 387/2006
of 3 March 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period 1 March to 31 August 2006
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 343/2006 (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 Latvia and Finland, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, the Commission has observed that butter market prices have been below 92 % of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be opened in those Member States. Those Member States should therefore be added to the list established in Regulation (EC) No 343/2006.
(3)
Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 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:
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Germany
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Estonia
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Spain
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France
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Ireland
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Latvia
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Netherlands
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Poland
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Portugal
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Finland
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Sweden
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United Kingdom.’
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 March 2006.