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Date: 1978-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 6 March 1978 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 69th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

No L 76/42                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                             18 . 3. 78
                                                         COMMISSION DECISION
                                                             of 6 March 1978
              fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 69th individual invitation to
             tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                  No 232/75
                                                                (78/306/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                 use to which the butter is to be put and according to
COMMUNITIES,                                                                   the fat content of the butter ; whereas, alternatively, a
                                                                               decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                          tion to tender ; whereas the amounts of the processing
 Economic Community,                                                           security must be fixed in the light of the difference
                                                                               between the minimum selling prices and the market
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                   prices of the butter ;
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products (J), as last                           Whereas, in the light of the ' tenders received in
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (2), and in                             response to the 69th individual invitation to tender,
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                              the minimum selling prices should be fixed at the
                                                                               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                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                         are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and                           ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
in particular Article 7a thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at                          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
products and ice-cream (s), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 367/78 (6), intervention agencies have                                                        Article 1
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain
quantities of butter held by them ;                                            For the 69th individual invitation to tender under
                                                                               Regulation (EEC) No 232/75, in respect of which the
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in                         time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 28
the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling                           February 1978, the minimum selling prices and the
price must be fixed which may vary according to the                            processing securities shall be as follows :
                  Use to which the butter is to be put                                        Minimum selling    Processing security
                                                                Fat content of the butter     price in u.a . per  in u*. per 100 kg
                  (Article 6 (1) (e) of Regulation (EEC)                                        100 kg butter           butter
              Formula A                                    82 % or more                             88                   167
             l                                             Less than 82 %                           85-85                163
              Formula B                                    82 % or more                           130                    125
                                                           Less than 82 %                            —                   —
(i) OJ No  L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ No  L 303, 28. 11 . 1977, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No  L 169, 18.7.1968, p. 1 .
(*) OJ No  L 291 , 28.12.1972, p. 15.
(5) OJ No  L 24, 31.1.1975, p. 45.
(') OJ No  L 52, 23. 2. 1978, p. 12.
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                                                   Article 2
            This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 6 March 1978 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President