# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 514/2007

of 10 May 2007

granting no export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products [^1] , and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 31(3) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain types of butter [^2] provides for a permanent tender.

**(2)** Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk products [^3] and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate not to grant any refund for the tendering period ending on 8 May 2007.

**(3)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

For the permanent tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 581/2004, for the tendering period ending on 8 May 2007 no export refund shall be granted for the products and destinations referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 May 2007.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 10 May 2007. *For the Commission* Jean-Luc DEMARTY *Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development*

[^1] [OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_160_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 ( [OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_307_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 64](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_090_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 276/2007 ( [OJ L 76, 16.3.2007, p. 16](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_076_R_TOC) ).

[^3] [OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_090_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 128/2007 ( [OJ L 41, 13.2.2007, p. 6](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_041_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 276/2007 ().
[^3]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 128/2007 ().