CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 May 1973 fixing the minimum sale price for butter for the 22nd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

No L 182/40                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                 5 . 7. 73
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 28 May 1973
             fixing the minimum sale price for butter for the 22nd individual invitation to tender
             under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72
                                                      (73 / 166/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   butter, and that a decision may alternatively be taken
COMMUNITIES,                                                     not to proceed with the invitation to tender;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas in the light of the tenders received in
Community ;                                                      response to the 22nd individual invitation to tender
                                                                 the minimum price should be fixed at the level
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     specified below and the processing security should
804/68 0 ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­               be determined in consequence;
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as
last amended by the Act concerning the Conditions                Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties (2),            are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof;                         ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
985/68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
for intervention on the market in butter and cream,
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4),                                         Article 1
and in particular Article 7a thereof;
                                                                 For the 22nd individual invitation to tender under
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                 Regulation (EEC) Na 1259/72, in respect of which
No 1259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of                the time limit for submission of tenders expired on
butter at a reduced price to certain Community                   22 May 1973 ,
processing undertakings, as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1237/73 (6), the intervention                 ( a) the minimum selling price to be considered when
agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation                   awarding contracts shall be 55 u.a./ 100 kg of
to tender certain quantities of butter which they                      butter,
hold ;
                                                                  ( b) the processing security shall be 132 u.a./ 100 kg
                                                                        of butter.
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that
a minimum selling price must be fixed in the light
of tenders received, and the amount of the processing                                        Article 2
security must be fixed in the light of the difference
between the minimum price and the market price of                This Decision is addressed to all Member States .
             Done at Brussels, 28 May 1973 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                   François-Xavier ORTOLI
 (*) 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.
 (8) OJ No L 128, 15 . 5. 1973, p. 1 .