Commission Regulation (EU) No 489/2010

of 3 June 2010

fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the first individual invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Regulation (EU) No 446/2010

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (‘Single CMO Regulation’)1, and in particular Article 43(j), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)
Commission Regulation (EU) No 446/20102 has opened the sales of butter by a tendering procedure, in accordance with the common conditions provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 of 11 December 2009 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards buying-in and selling of agricultural products under public intervention3.
(2)

In the light of the tenders received in response to individual invitations to tender, the Commission should fix a minimum selling price or should decide not to fix a minimum selling price, in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009.

(3)

In the light of the tenders received for the first individual invitation to tender, a minimum selling price should be fixed.

(4)

The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the first individual invitation to tender for selling of butter within the tendering procedure opened by Regulation (EU) No 446/2010, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 1 June 2010, the minimum selling price for butter shall be EUR 345/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 June 2010.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 June 2010.

For the Commission, on behalf of the President,

Jean-Luc Demarty

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development