8.7.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 237/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1252/2004 of 7 July 2004 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States 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), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the appli- cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream(?), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 lays down that buying-in is to be opened at 90% of the inter- vention price or suspended by the Commission in a Member State, as appropriate, once it is observed that, for two weeks in succession, the market price in that Member State is below or equal to or above 92% of the intervention price. (2)  On the basis of the market prices communicated by the new Member States from 1 May 2004 onwards, the Commission has observed that the prices in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have been below 92% of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be opened in these Member States, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Buying-in of butter as provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby opened in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi- cation in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 July 2004. () O L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (O] L 29, 3.2.2004, p- 6). (® OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 810/2004 (O] L 149, 30.4.2004, p. 138). For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission