6.4.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L91/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 593/2002 of 5 April 2002 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States 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), as last amended by Commission Regula- tion (EC) No 509/2002 (3, 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 (?), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1614/2001 (%), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 27711999 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 432/2002 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States (°) 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 Belgium and Luxembourg under Article 8 of Regula- tion (EC) No 2771/1999. In the interests of clarity, the list in question should be replaced and Regulation (EC) No 432/2002 should be repealed, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby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, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden. Atrticle 2 Regulation (EC) No 432/2002 is hereby repealed. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 April 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 5 April 2002. () O] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. () O] L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15. () O] L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. () O] L 214, 8.8.2001, p. 20. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission () O] L 67, 9.3.2002, p. 3.