{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-195/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/195",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 195/2007 of 26 February 2007 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period 1 March to 31 August 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-195",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 195/2007\nof 26 February 2007\nopening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period 1 March to 31 August 2007\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)\nArticle 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that if market prices for butter in one or more Member States, over a representative period, are less than 92 % of the intervention price, intervention agencies have to buy in butter.\n(2)\nOn the basis of the market prices communicated by the Members States, the Commission has observed, in accordance with Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, that the prices in Spain, Ireland and Portugal have been below 92 % of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be opened in those Member States,\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 1919/2006 (OJ L 380, 28.12.2006, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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