{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-455/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2006/455",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-455",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 455/2006\nof 17 March 2006\namending Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period 1 March to 31 August 2006\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products,\nHaving 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,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission 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.\n(2)\nOn 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 Latvia should therefore be withdrawn from the list established in Regulation (EC) No 343/2006.\n(3)\nRegulation (EC) No 343/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2107/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 55, 25.2.2006, p. 17. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 387/2006 (OJ L 63, 4.3.2006, p. 10)."
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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