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Language: en
Date: 1979-04-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 April 1979 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the second individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 262/79

No L 97/ 16                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                               19 . 4 . 79
                                                         COMMISSION DECISION
                                                                of 2 April 1979
              fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the second individual invitation
              to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation
                                                               (EEC) No 262/79
                                                                  (79/398 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                   alternatively a decision may be taken not to proceed
COMMUNITIES,                                                                     with the invitation to tender ; whereas the amounts of
                                                                                 the processing security must be fixed in the light of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            the difference between the minimum selling prices
Economic Community,                                                              and the market prices of the butter ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                                Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last                             response to the second individual invitation to tender,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 761 /78 (2), and in                             the minimum selling prices should be fixed at the
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                                level specified below and the processing securities
                                                                                 determined accordingly ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and                             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
in particular Article 7a thereof,                                                ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 262/79 of 12 February 1979 on the sale of butter
at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry                           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (5), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 545/79 (6), interven­
tion agencies have put up for sale by standing invita­
tion to tender certain quantities of butter held by                                                             Article 1
them ;
Whereas Article 16 of that Regulation provides that,                             For the second individual invitation to tender under
in the light of the tenders received, a minimum                                  Regulation (EEC) No 262/79, in respect of which the
selling price must be fixed which may vary according                             time limit for the submission of tenders was 27 March
to the use to which the butter is to be put and                                  1979, the minimum selling prices and the processing
according to the fat content of the butter ; whereas                             securities shall be as follows :
                  Use to which the butter is to be put                                           Minimum selling      Processing security
                        (Article 4 ( 1 ), (2) and (3)             Fat content of the butter            price (in        (in u.a./ lOO kg
                    of Regulation ( EEC) No 262/79)                                             u.a./ lOO kg butter)         butter)
              Formula A and/or C                             82 % or more                               88 00               16700
                                                             Less than 82 %                             85-85               163-00
              Formula B                                      82 % or more                              13000                125-00
                                                             Less than 82 %                               —                    —
(>) OJ No  L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13 .
(2) OJ No  L 204, 28 . 7 . 1978 , p. 6.
(3) OJ No  L 169, 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 1 .
(«) OJ No  L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 15 .
(5) OJ No  L 41 , 16. 2. 1979, p. 1 .
(6) OJ No  L 72, 23. 3 . 1979, p. 16.
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                                                   Article 2
            This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
            Done at Brussels, 2 April 1979 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President