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Language: en
Date: 1974-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 4 March 1974 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 39th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

30 . 3 . 74                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 87/29
                                                        COMMISSION DECISION
                                                             of 4 March 1974
                fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 39th individual invitation to tender
                under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72
                                                               (74/173/EEC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         the minimum selling price should be fixed at the
  COMMUNITIES ,                                                          level specified below and the processing security
                                                                          determined accordingly ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 pean Economic Community ;                                               are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                         ment 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 Regulation ( EEC) No 419/74 (2), and
 in particular Article 6 (7) thereof;                                                             Article 1
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985 /                      For the 39th individual invitation to tender under
 68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                    Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72, in respect of which
 intervention on the market in butter and cream, as                      the time limit for the submission of tenders expires
 last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2714/72 (4),                       on 26 February 1974,
 and in particular Article 7a thereof;
                                                                         ( a ) the minimum selling price to be considered when
 Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                               awarding contracts shall be 75 u.a./ lOO kg butter
 No 1259/72 (5 ) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of                            with a fat content of 82 % or more,
 butter at a reduced price to certain Community pro­
 cessing undertakings, as last amended by Regulation                     ( b ) the processing security shall be 114 u.a. / lOO kg
 ( EEC) No 324/74 (6 ), intervention agencies have put                         butter without prejudice to the provisions of the
 up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                          second and third subparagraphs of Article 12 ( 1 )
 quantities of butter held by them ;                                           of Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72.
 Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that,                                              Article 2
 in the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
 price must be fixed which may vary with the fat
                                                                         This Decision is addressed to all Member States .
content of the butter; whereas alternatively a Decision
may be taken not to proceed with the invitation to
 tender ; whereas the amount of the processing secu­
 rity must be fixed in the light of the difference be­                   Done at Brussels , 4 March 1974 .
tween the minimum selling price and the market
 price of the butter;                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                                               The President
Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
response to the 39th individual invitation to tender,                                                     François-Xavier ORTOLI
i 1) OJ No L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p . 13 .
(2)  OJ No L  49 , 21 . 2 . 1974, p . 2 .
( 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) OjNoL    35 , 8 . 2 . 1974, p . 28 .