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Language: en
Date: 1976-11-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission of 15 November 1976 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 40th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

24. 11 . 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 325/ 15
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                                               (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                       COMMISSION
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 15 November 1976
               fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 40th individual invitation to
               tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                              No 232/75
                                                             (76/876/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        security must be fixed in the light of the difference
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          between the minimum selling price and the market
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 price of the butter ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                       Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 777/76 of
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          5 April 1976 (7) reduces the scope of Regulation (EEC)
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                     No 232/75 to the butter to be used when processed
 of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last                  into pastry products (formula A) ;
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in
 particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                     Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          response to the 40th individual invitation to tender,
 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                  the minimum selling price should be fixed at the
 intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                level specified below and the processing security deter­
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and                  mined accordingly ;
 in particular Article 7a thereof,
                                                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at                 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
 reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
 products and ice cream (5 ), as last amended by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 1 980/76 (6), intervention agencies have
 put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 quantities of butter held by them ;
 Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in
 the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
 price must be fixed which may vary according to the                                             Article I
 use to which the butter is to be put and according to
 the fat content of the butter ; whereas alternatively a               For the 40th individual invitation to tender under
 decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­                 Regulation (EEC) No 232/75, in respect of which the
 tion to tender ; whereas the amount of the processing                time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 9
                                                                       November 1976, the minimum selling price and,
(>) OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                           without prejudice to the provisions of the second
(2) OJ  No  L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .                               subparagraph of Article 12 ( 1 ) of the said Regulation,
(3  OJ  No  L 169, 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 1 .                              the processing security shall be as follows :
(4) OJ  No  L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 15 .
(5) OJ  No  L 24, 31 . 1 . 1975 , p . 45 .
(b) OJ  No  L 217, 10 . 8 . 1976, p . 14.                             (7) OJ No L 91 , 6 . 4 . 1976, p. 13 .
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                                               Use to which the butter is to be put       Minimum selling   Processing security
                Fat content of the butter      (Article 6 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC)      price in u.a.  in u.a . per 100 kg
                                                               No 232/75)                 per 100 kg butter         butter
           82 % or more                                      Formula A                            88                 155
                                                                 Article 2
           This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 15 November 1976 .
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                    Member of the Commission