COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 269/98 of 30 January 1998 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the second individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
31. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 25/77 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 269/98 of 30 January 1998 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the second individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 the intervention agencies are, pursuant THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Articles 6(3) and 12(3) thereof, to Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concen- trated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry prod- ucts, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (3) to sell by invita- tion to tender certain quantities of butter that they hold and to grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter; whereas Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter; whereas it is further stipulated that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make no award in response to the tenders the processing securities must be fixed accordingly; submitted; whereas amount(s) of the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The maximum aid and processing securities applying for the second individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 January 1998. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 January 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. (2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21. (3) OJ L 350, 20. 12. 1997, p. 3. L 25/78 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 1. 98 ANNEX to the Commission Regulation of 30 January 1998 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the second individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 Formula A/C-D B Incorporation procedure With tracers Without tracers With tracers Without tracers (ECU/100 kg) Minimum Butter selling price A 82 % Processing security Unaltered Concentrated Unaltered Concentrated Butter A 82 % Butter : 82 % Concentrated butter Maximum aid Cream Butter Processing security Concentrated butter Cream ü ü ü ü 117 ü 144 ü 129 158 ü ü ü 113 108 140 ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü 117 ü 144 50 129 158 55 ü ü 113 ü 140 48 ü ü ü