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Language: en
Date: 1973-06-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 May 1973 fixing the minimum sale price for butter for the 21st individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

28 . 6 . 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 172/ 19
                                                       COMMISSION
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 14 May 1973
               fixing the minimum sale price for butter for the 21st individual invitation to tender under
                             the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                               No 1259/72
                                                              (73/ 151 /EEC )                      '
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           Whereas in the light of the tenders received in re­
COMMUNITIES ,                                                            sponsse to the 2 1st individual invitation to tender, the
                                                                         minimum price should be fixed at the level specified
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                       below and the processing security should be
pean Community ;                                                         determined in consequence ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
804/68 ( J ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiz­                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ation of the market in milk and milk products, as                        ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;
last amended by the Act concerning the conditions
for the Accession and tihe Adaptation of the
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Treaties (2 ), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                                     Article 1
985 /68 (3 ) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules                   For the 21st individual invitation to tender under
for intervention on the market in butter and cream ,
as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2714/72 (4),                     Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72, in respect of which
and in particular Article 7a thereof;                                    the time limit for submission of tenders expired on
                                                                         8 May 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 u.a./ lOO kg of
butter at a reduced price to certain Community                                 butter,
processing undertakings, as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1008/73 (6 ), the intervention                           ( b ) the processing security shall be 142 u.a./ lOO kg
agencies have put up for sale, by standing invitation                          of butter .
to tender, certain quantities of butter which they
hold ;                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that                       This Decision is addressed to all Member States .
a minimum selling price must be fixed in the light
of tenders •received, and the amount of the processing                   Done at Brussels, 14 May 1973 .
security must be fixed in the light of the difference
between the minimum price and the market price                                                          For the Commission
of butter, and that a decision may alternatively be                                                         The President
taken not to proceed with the invitation to tender ;                                                 Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(x) 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 .
(6) OJ   No  L 100, 14. 4. 1973 , p. 28 .