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Language: en
Date: 1973-09-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27 July 1973 fixing the minimum sale price for butter for the 26th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

10 . 9 . 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 253 / 15
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                             of 27 July 1973
                fixing the minimum sale price for butter for the 26th individual invitation to tender
                under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72
                                                               (73/265/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          the processing security should be determined in
COMMUNITIES ,                                                           consequence ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Economic Community ;
                                                                        are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management
                                                                        Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products, as last                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
amended by the Act ( 2) on the conditions for the
Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties , and
in particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;                                                          Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
985/68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules                    For the 26th individual invitation to tender under
for intervention on the market in butter and cream,                     Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72, in respect of which the
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4),                     time limit for submission of tenders expired on
and in particular Article 7a thereof ;                                  24 July 1973 .
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                        a) the minimum selling price to be considered when
No 1259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of                           awarding contracts shall be 55 ua/ 100 kg of butter ;
butter at a reduced price to certain Community pro­
cessing undertakings , as last amended by Regulation                    b) the processing security shall be 132 ua/ 100 kg of
(EEC) No 1910/73 (6), the intervention agencies have                        butter .
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain
quantities of butter which they hold ;
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that a                                           Article 2
minimum selling price must be fixed in the light of
tenders received , and the amount of the processing
security must be fixed in the light of the difference                   This Decision is addressed to all Member States .
between the minimum price and the market price of
butter, and that a decision may alternatively be taken                  Done at Brussels, 27 July 1973 .
not to proceed with the invitation to tender ;
                                                                                                        For the Commission
Whereas in the light of the tenders received in response
                                                                                                           The President
to the 26th individual invitation to tender the minimum
price should be fixed at the level specified below and                                                 François-Xavier ORTOLI
i1)  OJ   No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p . 13 .
(2)  OJ   No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 14 .
(3)  OJ   No L 169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p . 1 .
(4)  OJ   No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972 , p . 15 .
(5)  OJ   No L 139 , 17. 6. 1972, p . 18 .
(4 ) OJ   No L 196 , 17. 7. 1973 , p . 10 .