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Language: en
Date: 1974-02-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 January 1974 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 36th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

No L 52/20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              23 . 2. 74
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 14 January 1974
               fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 36th individual invitation to tender
              under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72
                                                          (74/75/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
COMMUNITIES,                                                       are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                   Management        Committee     for  Milk   and     Milk
                                                                   Products,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
68 (**) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products, as last                                            Article 1
amended by the Act (2) on the Conditions of
Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, and                 For the 36th individual invitation to tender under
in particular Article 6 (7) thereof;                               Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72, in respect of which
                                                                   the time limit for the submission of tenders expires
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/                  on 8 January 1974,
68 (3 ) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for
intervention on the market in butter and cream, as                 ( a) the minimum selling price to be considered when
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4),                         awarding contracts shall be
and in particular Article 7a thereof;
                                                                        — 60 u.a./ lOO kg butter with a fat content oi
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                            82 ®/o or more,
No 1259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of
butter at a reduced price to certain Community                          — 5870 u.a./ lOO kg butter with a fat content of
processing undertakings, as last amended by                                 less than 82%;
Regulation (EEC) No 2248/73 (6), intervention
agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation               (b ) the processing security shall be 129 u.a./ lOO kg
to tender certain quantities of butter held by them;                     butter without prejudice to the provisions of the
                                                                         second and third subparagraphs of Article 12 (1 )
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that,                      of Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72.
in the light of the tenders received, a minimum
selling price must be fixed which may vary with the
fat content of the butter; whereas alternatively a                                          Article 2
decision may be taken not to proceed with the
invitation to tender; whereas the amount of the                    This Decision is addressed to all Member States.
processing security must be fixed in the light of the
difference between the minimum selling price and
the market price of the butter;
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 14 January 1974.
Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
response to the 36th individual invitation to tender,                                         For the Commission
the minimum selling price should be fixed at the                                                 The President
level specified below and the processing security
determined accordingly;                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(*) OJ  No  L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13 .
(2) OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3) OJ  No  L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 291, 28 . 12. 1972, p. 15 .
(5) OJ  No  L 139, 17. 6. 1972, p. 18 .
(6) OJ  No  L 230, 18. 8. 1973, p. 14.