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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-181/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/181",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 181/2009 of 6 March 2009 closing intervention buying-in of butter at fixed price until 31 August 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-181",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 181/2009\nof 6 March 2009\nclosing intervention buying-in of butter at fixed price until 31 August 2009\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving 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),\nHaving regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 105/2008 of 5 February 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter, and in particular the Article 12(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn the basis of the communications submitted by Member States on 5 March 2009 in accordance with Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 105/2008, the total quantity of butter offered for intervention at fixed price since 1 March 2009 has exceeded the limit of 30 000 tonnes fixed in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. Therefore, the intervention buying-in of butter at fixed price has to be closed until 31 August 2009, a single percentage has to be fixed for the quantities received by the competent authorities of the Member States on 4 March 2009 and the offers received by the competent authorities of the Member States on and after 5 March 2009 have to be rejected.\n(2)\nIn accordance with Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 105/2008 the butter offered for intervention has to be packaged and delivered in blocks of at least 25 kg net. Therefore, quantities of butter which have been multiplied by a single percentage should be rounded down to the closest multiple of 25 kg.\n(3)\nIntervention agencies have to notify sellers swiftly following publication of the single percentage and the closing of buying-in at fixed price. This Regulation should therefore enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 32, 6.2.2008, p. 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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