
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 697/2006 of 5 May 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 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, 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 Belgium and Luxembourg, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, the Commission has observed that butter market prices have been below 92 % of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be opened in those Member States. Belgium and Luxembourg 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:
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Article 1 
Buying-in of butter as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby open in the following Member States:

— Belgium
— Czech Republic
— Germany
— Estonia
— Spain
— France
— Italy
— Ireland
— Latvia
— Luxembourg
— Netherlands
— Poland
— Portugal
— Finland
— Sweden
— United Kingdom.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 May 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 5 May 2006.
For the Commission
J. L. DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development