
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. Article 4(1)(b) shall be replaced by the following:
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((b)) skimmed milk powder: 169,80.'.
2.. Article 6 shall be amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:
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1. Intervention agencies shall buy in butter as indicated in paragraph 2 at 90 % of the intervention price during the period 1 March to 31 August of any year, on the basis of specification to be determined.Where the quantities offered for intervention during the abovementioned period exceed 30 000 tonnes in 2008 and onwards, the Commission may suspend intervention buying.In such cases, buying-in by intervention agencies may be carried out using a standing tendering procedure on the basis of specifications to be determined.';
((b)) the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 shall be deleted;
((c)) paragraph 3 shall be amended as follows:

((i)) the first subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:
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3. Aid for private storage shall be granted for:
— unsalted butter produced from cream or milk in an approved undertaking of the Community of a minimum butterfat content, by weight, of 82 %, a maximum milk solids non-fat content, by weight, of 2 % and a maximum water content, by weight, of 16 %,
— salted butter produced from cream or milk in an approved undertaking of the Community of a minimum butterfat content, by weight, of 80 %, a maximum milk solids non-fat content, by weight, of 2 %, a maximum water content, by weight, of 16 % and a maximum salt content, by weight, of 2 %.';
((ii)) the second subparagraph shall be deleted;
((iii)) in the fourth and fifth subparagraphs the words ‘cream or’ shall be deleted.
3.. Article 7 shall be amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:
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1. The intervention agency designated by each of the Member States shall, under conditions to be determined, buy in at the intervention price top quality skimmed milk powder made in an approved undertaking in the Community by the spray process and obtained from cow’s milk produced in the Community, which is offered to it during the period from 1 March to 31 August and which:
— meets a minimum protein content of 34,0 % by weight of the fat free dry matter,
— meets preservation requirements to be laid down,
— meets conditions to be determined as regards the minimum quantity and packaging.The intervention price shall be that in force on the day of manufacture of the skimmed milk powder and shall apply to skimmed milk powder delivered to the store designated by the intervention agency. Flat-rate transport costs shall be borne, under conditions to be fixed, by the intervention agency if the skimmed milk powder is delivered to a store situated at a distance greater than a distance to be determined from the place where the skimmed milk powder was in store.The skimmed milk powder may only be stored in stores meeting conditions to be fixed.';
((b)) paragraphs 3 and 5 shall be deleted.
4.. Article 10(a) shall be replaced by the following:
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((a)) the detailed rules for the application of this chapter;'.
5.. Article 13(1)(b) shall be deleted.
6.. Article 14(3) shall be replaced by the following:
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3. The Community aid shall be:
— EUR 18,15/100 kg of all milk.The amounts of aid for other eligible milk products shall be determined taking into account the milk components of the product concerned.'.
7.. Article 26 shall be amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:
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1. Imports into the Community and exports from the Community of one or more products listed in Article 1 may be subject to the presentation of an import or export licence.';
((b)) paragraph 3(a) shall be replaced by the following:
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((a)) the list of products in respect of which export licences are required and the import procedures where no import licences are required;'.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2008. However, points 1 and 3 of Article 1 shall apply from 1 September 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 26 September 2007.
For the Council
The President
J. SILVA