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Language: en
Date: 1973-07-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15 May 1973 fixing the minimum sale price for butter for the 17th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1519/72

5 . 7. 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 182/29
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 15 May 1973
              fixing the minimum sale price for butter for the 17th individual invitation to tender
              under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1519/72
                                                        ( 73 / 159/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      least 99'8 °/o of butyric fat, and without the
COMMUNITIES,                                                        incorporation of a tracer; whereas a minimum selling
                                                                    price and a separate processing and exportation
                                                                    security may be fixed for this purpose ;
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,               Whereas having regard to the situation of the market
as last amended by the Act (2) concerning the                       for butter, in the light of tenders received in response
Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to                      to the 17th individual invitation to tender, it is
the Treaties, and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof;              necessary to fix the minimum prices at the levels
                                                                    specified below, and the amounts of the processing
                                                                    and export security which should be determined in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        consequence; so far as the allocation is concerned of
985/68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules                butter envisaged in Article 19 (2) (a) and in Article
for intervention on the market in butter and cream,                 30a of Regulation (EEC) No 1519/72, and in order
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4),                 not to proceed with the invitation to tender, so far
and in particular Article 7a thereof;                               as the allocation is concerned of butter envisaged in
                                                                    Article 19 (2) (b ) of the aforesaid Regulation ;
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 1519/72 (5) of 14 July 1972 on the sale of butter                Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
at a reduced price for the exportation of certain fat               are in accordance with the Opinion of the
compounds, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                      Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products;
No 1008/73 (6), the intervention agencies have put
up for sale by standing invitation to lender certain
quantities of butter which they hold;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that
for each individual invitation to tender, in the light
of the tender received, a minimum selling price must                                           Article 1
be fixed for each of the uses referred to in Article 19
(2) ( a) and (b) of the Regulation or a decision must
be taken not to proceed with the invitation to ten­                  1.    For the 17th individual invitation to tender under
 der; whereas pursuant to Article 10 of that Regulation             Regulation (EEC) No 1519/72, in respect of which
the amount of the processing and export security is                 the time for submission of tender expired on 8 May
to be fixed at the same time in the light of the                     1973, the minimum prices to be considered when
minimum price and the market price for butter;                      awarding contracts and the amounts of the processing
                                                                     and export security shall be as follows :
Whereas Article 30a of Regulation (EEC) No 1519/72
provides for the possibility of introducing offers for
butter destined for export to a specified third country,                                                  Minimum
                                                                                                                         Security in
after processing into a product which contains at                                Use of butter              price in     u.a./ 100 kg
                                                                                                          u.a. / 100 kg
 (!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(2)  OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.                                 a) Article 19 (2) (a) of Regula­
                                                                        tion (EEC) No 1519/72                   30          146
 (3) OJ No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 15.                             b) Article 30a of Regulation
                                                                        (EEC) No 1519/72                         30         146
 (5) OJ No L 162, 18 . 7. 1972, p. 1 .
 (6) OJ No L 100, 14. 4. 1973, p. 28 .
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2.    So far as the allocation of butter envisaged in                              Article 2
Article 19 (2) (b ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1519/72 is
concerned, this individual invitation to tender was
not proceeded with.                                         This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
             Done at Brussels, 15 May 1973 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               The President
                                                                         Francois-Xavier ORTOLI