1.4.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 94/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 541/2006 of 31 March 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 3432006 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 appli- cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 (*) 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 the Czech Republic, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 27711999, the Commission has observed that butter market prices have been below 92 % of the inter- vention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be opened in those Member States. The Czech Republic 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 Regu- lation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby open in the following Member States: — Czech Republic — Germany — Estonia — Spain — France — Ttaly — Ireland — Netherlands — Poland — Portugal — Finland — Sweden — United Kingdom.’ Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2006. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 31 March 2006. () OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (O] L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2). (®» OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 2107/2005 (O] L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20). () OJ L 55, 25.2.2006, p. 17. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EQ) No 387/2006 (O] L 63, 4.3.2006, p. 10). For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission