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 productsOJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p. 6)., and in particular Article 31(3)(b) and (14) thereof, Whereas: (1)According to Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk productsSee page 58 of this Official Journal. the Commission decides on a standing invitation to tender within the framework of that Regulation. (2)For practical reasons it is appropriate to provide for separate invitations to tender for the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 580/2004. This Regulation should therefore open a standing invitation to tender for certain types of butter. (3)The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 1. A permanent tender is opened in order to determine the export refund on the following types of butter referred to in ~~section~~Section 9 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.: (a)natural butter in blocks of at least 20 kilograms net weight falling under product ~~codes~~code ~~ex040510199500~~ex 0405 10 19 9700 ~~and~~ ~~ex040510199700~~,; (b)butteroil in containers of at least 190 kilograms net weight falling under product code ~~ex040590109000~~ex 0405 90 10 9000,. The products referred to in the first subparagraph are intended for export tofor all destinations except the following ~~destinations~~countries and territories:~~Russia~~ (a)third ~~(destination code 075),all other destinations except~~countries: Andorra, ~~Cyprus~~the Holy See (Vatican City State), ~~Estonia,~~Liechtenstein ~~Gibraltar, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic,~~and the United States of America; (b)territories of EU Member States not forming part of the customs territory of the Community: Gibraltar, Ceuta, Melilla, the Communes of Livigno and ~~Vatican~~Campione ~~City~~d’Italia, Heligoland, Greenland, the Faeroe Islands and the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control. 2. The tendering procedure is subject to the conditions set out in Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 and in this Regulation.

Article 2 1. Tenders may only be lodged during tendering periods and shall be valid only for the tendering period in which they are lodged. Tenders shall be submitted separately for one of the products and one of the destinations referred to in Article 1(1). 2. Each tendering period shall begin at 1113.00 (Brussels time) on the second Tuesday of the month with the following exceptions: (a)in August it shall begin at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the third Tuesday; (b)in December it shall begin at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the first ~~and third Wednesday of the month except the first Wednesday in August and the third Wednesday in December~~Tuesday. If ~~Wednesday~~Tuesday is a public holiday, the period shall begin at ~~11:~~13.00 (Brussels time) on the following working day. Each tendering period shall end at ~~11:~~13.00 (Brussels time) on the ~~Wednesday following the second and the fourth~~third Tuesday of the month, ~~except~~with the following exceptions: (a)in August it shall end at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the fourth Tuesday; (b)in December it shall end at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the second ~~Wednesday in August and on the fourth Wednesday in December~~Tuesday. If ~~Wednesday~~Tuesday is a public holiday the period shall end at ~~11:~~13.00 (Brussels time) on the previous working day. 3. Each tendering period shall be numbered in series starting with the first period provided for.

Article 3 1. Each tender shall concern a minimum quantity of at least 10 tonnes of butter or 18 tonnes of butteroil. 2. The tendering security shall be 15 % of the most recent maximum tender refund amount fixed for the product codes and the destinations referred to in Article 1(1). The tendering security may not, however, be less than EUR 206 per 100 ~~kilograms of butter and EUR 25 per 100 kilograms of butteroil~~kg. The tendering security shall become the export licence security when a tender is accepted. 3. Tenders shall be submitted to the competent authorities of the Member States listed in the Annex.

Article 4 For the purpose of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 Member States shall communicate separately the tenders in relation to the destinations indicated under the first and second indents of Article 1 of this Regulation.

Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the first day of the month following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. ANNEXCompetent authorities of the Member States referred to in Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 and ~~the~~in ~~present~~this Regulation to which tenders shall be submitted: BEBureau d’'intervention et de restitution belgeBelgisch Interventie- en RestitutiebureauRue de Trèves 82/Trierstraat 82B-1040 Bruxelles/BrusselTél./Tel. (32-2) 287 24 11Télécopieur/Fax (32-2) 230 25 33/(32-2) 281 03 07CY BG~~Ministry~~STATE ofFUND ~~Commerce~~"AGRICULTURE" — PAYING AGENCY136, ~~Industry~~Tsar ~~and~~Boris ~~Tourism~~III Blvd.~~Import~~1618 ~~& Export Licensing Unit~~Sofia~~1421 Lefkosia (Nicosia)Cyprus~~BulgariaTel.: +~~357~~ ~~22867~~359 2 81 87 100~~Fax~~Tel./fax : +~~357~~ ~~22375~~359 ~~120~~2 81 87 167 CZStátní zemědělský intervenční fond (SZIF)Ve Smečkách 33110 00, Praha 1Czech RepublicTel: + 42 0 222 871 ~~574~~452Fax: + 42 0 222 871 ~~563~~769Email: info@szif.cz DKMinisteriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og FiskeriDirektoratet for FødevareErhvervEksportstøttekontoretNyropsgade 30DK-1780 København VTlf. (45) 33 95 80 00Fax (45) 33 95 80 8018 DEBundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)~~Postfach~~D-53168 ~~180203~~BonnoderDeichmanns Aue 29D-~~60083~~53179 ~~Frankfurt am Main~~BonnTel. (49-69228) 156845 64— 03732, 3774, 3884Fax (49-69228) 156845 ~~64-790/15~~— ~~64-791~~3874, 3792 EEPõllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet (PRIA)Narva mnt 3Tartu ~~51009~~51 009EstoniaTel: +37 27371200Fax: +37 27371201 ELO.P.E.K.E.P.E. — Direction DilizoRue Acharnon 241GR-10446 AthènesTel.: (30-210) 212 49 03 -— (30-210) 212 49 11Fax.: (30-210) 86 70 503 ESMinisterio de EconomiaSecretaria General de Comercio ExteriorPaseo de la Castellana, 162E — 28071 MadridTel.: (3491) 349 3780Fax.: (3491) 349 3806 FROffice ~~national~~de ~~interprofessionnel~~l'élevage80, ~~du lait et~~avenue des ~~produits~~Terroirs ~~laitiers~~de France~~2, rue Saint-CharlesF-75740~~75607 Paris ~~Cedex~~CEDEX 1512Tél~~éphone~~.: (33-1) 73 00 50 00/~~Télécopieur~~Fax.: (33-1) 73 00 50 50Unité de stockage:2, rue Saint-Charles75740 Paris CEDEX 15Tél~~éphone~~.: (33-1) 73 00 52 67/~~Télécopieur~~Fax : (33-1) 73 00 53 91 IEDepartment of Agriculture and FoodJohnstown Castle EstateWexfordIrelandTel. (353) 53 63 400Fax (353) 53 42 843 ITMinistero ~~delle Attività ProduttiveDipartimento~~Del Commercio ~~Estero~~Internazionale~~D.G.~~Direzione Generale Per La Politica Commerciale ~~— Div~~DIV. IIViale Boston 25~~I-00144~~00142 ~~Roma~~ROMATEL: 390659932220FAX: 390659932141 CYMinistry of Commerce, Industry and TourismImport & Export Licensing Unit1421 Lefkosia (Nicosia)CyprusTel.: ~~(39-06)~~+357 ~~599~~22867 ~~32 20~~100Fax.: ~~(39-06)~~+357 ~~599~~22375 ~~32 14~~120LU~~OFFICE DES LICENCES21 Rue Philippe IIL-2011 LuxembourgTéléphone (35-2) 478 23 70Télécopieur (35-2) 46 61 38~~ LVLauku atbalsta dienests (LAD)Republikas laukums 2Rīga, LV-1981LatvijaTel: +371 7027542Fax: +371 7027120 LTNacionalinė mokėjimo agentūra prie Žemės ūkio ministerijosBlindžių 1708111 Vilnius ~~– 4~~LithuaniaTel: + 370 5 ~~2683~~25 ~~954~~26 703Fax: + 370 5 ~~2683~~25 ~~981~~26 945 LUOFFICE DES LICENCES21, Rue Philippe IIL — 2011 LuxembourgTél.: (35-2) 478 2370Télécopieur: (35-2) 466138 HUMezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal (MVH)~~Alkotm~~Soroksányri uút 22-24. 29H~~-1054~~ — 1095 BudapestHungaryTel: + 36 1 37 43 ~~675~~603Fax: + 36 1 47 52 ~~169~~114 MTMinistry for Rural Affairs and EnvironmentBarriera WharfValletta -— CMR 02 Tel: +356 2295 2228 NLPRODUCTSCHAP ZUIVELLouis Braillelaan 80NL — 2719 EK Zoetermeer~~Nederland~~Tel.: (31)-(0)79 368 1534~~Tel~~Fax.: (31) (0)79 368 ~~15 34Fax: (31) (0)79 368 19 54~~1955E-mail: HR@PZ.AGRO.NL ATAgrarmarkt AustriaDresdner ~~Strasse~~Straße 70A~~-1201~~ — 1200 WienTel.: (43-1) 331 51 0Fax.: (43-1) 331 51 396E-mail: bereich.MILCH@AMA.GV.AT PLAgencja Rynku RolnegoNowy Swiat 6/1200-400 WarszawaPolandTel: + 4822 661-75-90Fax: + 4822 661-76-04 PTMinistério das FinançasDirecção Geral das Alfândegas e dos Impostos Especiais sobre o ConsumoDirecção de Serviços de LicenciamentoRua Terreiro do Trigo — Edifício da AlfândegaP- — 1149- — 060 LisboaTel.: (351-21) ~~751~~881 8542 0062Fax.: (351-21) ~~751~~881 8642 1561 ROAgenția de Plăți și Intervenție pentru AgriculturăB-dul Carol I, nr. 17, sector 2București 030161RomâniaTel.: + 40 21 3054802Tel.: + 40 21 3054842Fax: + 40 21 3054803 SIAgencija Republike Slovenije za kmetijske trge in razvoj podeželjaDunajska cesta 1601000 LjubljanaSlovenijaTel: + 386 1 478 9228Fax: + 386 1 478 9297 SKAgricultural Paying AgencyDobrovičova 12812 66 BratislavaSlovak RepublicTel: + 421 2 59 266 321; + 421 2 59 266 265Fax: + 421 2 ~~59 266 329~~59266329; + 421 2 59 266 256 FIMaa-ja metsätalousministeriö InterventioyksikköP.O. Box 30FIN- — 00023 Government, FinlandPuh: (358-9) 160 01Telekopio: (358-9) 1605 2707 SVStatens jordbruksverkVallgatan 8S- — 51182 JönköpingTfn.: (46-36) 15 50 00Fax.: (46-36) 19 05 46 UKRural Payments Agency (RPA)Lancaster House, Hampshire Court~~Newcastle~~UK ~~upon~~— ~~Tyne~~NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE4 7YE~~United Kingdom~~Tel.: +(44(-0) 191 226 ~~52 62~~5262Fax: +(44(-0) 191 226 ~~52 12~~5212.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain types of butter