Introductory text

United Kingdom

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2080

of 25 November 2016

opening the sale of skimmed milk powder by a tendering procedure

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007^f1,

Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 of 18 May 2016 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to public intervention and aid for private storage^f2, and in particular Article 28 and Article 31(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Given the current situation on the skimmed milk powder market in terms of price recovery and the high level of intervention stocks it is appropriate to open the sale of skimmed milk powder from public intervention by a tendering procedure in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240.

(2)

In order to manage sales from intervention in an adequate way, it is necessary to specify the date before which the skimmed milk powder that is available for sale must have entered into public intervention.

(3)

Pursuant to Article 28(4)(b), (c) and (d) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240, it is necessary to fix the periods for the submission of tenders, the minimum quantity for which a tender may be submitted and the amount of the security that has to be lodged when submitting a tender.

(4)

For the purposes of Article 31(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240, it is necessary to lay down the time limits by which Member States are to notify the Commission of all admissible tenders.

(5)

In the interests of an efficient administration, Member States should make their notifications to the Commission in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009^f3.

(6)

The Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit laid down by its chair,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
f2: OJ L 206, 30.7.2016, p. 71.
f3: Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 of 31 August 2009 laying down detailed rules for the Member States' notification to the Commission of information and documents in implementation of the common organisation of the markets, the direct payments' regime, the promotion of agricultural products and the regimes applicable to the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean islands (OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3).