L 81/8 Official Journal of the European Union 18.3.2006 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 455/2006 of 17 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 (), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 27711999 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 Latvia, the Commission has observed that butter market prices have been equal or superior to 92 % of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be suspended in that Member State. Latvia should therefore be withdrawn from the list estab- lished in Regulation (EC) No 343/2006.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: — Germany — Estonia — Spain — France — Italy — Ireland — Netherlands — Poland — Portugal — Finland — Sweden — United Kingdom.’ Atrticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 March 2006. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 March 2006. For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission () 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 (EC) No 387/2006 (O] L 63, 4.3.2006, p. 10).