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Date: 1983-09-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 August 1983 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 59th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 262/79

No L 244/36                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                      2 . 9 . 83
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 2 August 1983
             fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 59th individual invitation to
             tender issued under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation
                                                         (EEC) No 262/79
                                                             (83/432/ 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
                                                                         tion to tender ; whereas the amounts of the processing
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    security must be fixed in the light of the difference
Economic Community,                                                      between the minimum selling prices and the market
                                                                         prices of the butter ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                        Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended                    response to the 59th individual invitation to tender,
by Regulation (EEC) No 1600/83 (2), and in particular                    the minimum selling prices should be fixed at the
Article 6 (7) thereof,                                                   level specified below and the processing securities
                                                                         determined accordingly ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for inter­                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
vention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last                   Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
amended by the 1979 Act of Accession, and in parti­
cular Article 7a thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 262/79 of 12 February 1979 on the sale of butter                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1014/83 (*), inter­
vention agencies have put up for sale by standing invi­                                             Article 1
tation to tender certain quantities of butter held by
them ;
                                                                         For the 59th individual invitation to tender issued
                                                                         under Regulation (EEC) No 262/79, in respect of
Whereas Article 16 of that Regulation provides that, in                  which the time limit for the submission of tenders
the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling                     expired on 26 July 1983, the minimum selling prices
price must be fixed which may vary according to the                      and processing securities shall be fixed as follows :
                                                                                                        (ECU/100 kg butter)
              Use to which the butter is to be put                                         Minimum
                      (Article 4(1 ), (2) and (3)          Fat content of the butter                          Processing
                 of Regulation (EEC) No 262/79)                                           selling price        security
             Formula A and/or C                         82 % or more                         115,00            267,00
                                                        Less than 82 %                       112,00 '          267,00
             Formula B                                  82 % or more                         200,00             174,00
             \                                          Less than 82 %                       195,12             170,00
(') OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ No  L 163, 22. 6 . 1983 , p. 56 .
(3) OJ No  L 169 , 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 1 .
(<) OJ No  L 41 , 16 . 2. 1979 , p. 1 .
Is) OJ No L 114, 29. 4. 1983, p. 8 .
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                                                 Article 2
          This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
          Done at Brussels, 2 August 1983.
                                                               For the Commission
                                                                 Poul DALSAGER
                                                            Member of the Commission