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Language: en
Date: 1974-04-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 March 1974 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 1259/72

22 . 4 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 108 / 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                    COMMISSION
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 18 March 1974
              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 1259/ 72
                                                           (74/ 197/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        the minimum selling price should be fixed at the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         level specified below and the processing security deter­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 mined accordingly ;
Economic Community ;                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
804/68 (!) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                    ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 41 9 /74 (2 ), and in                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;
                                                                                             Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
985/ 68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules                 For the 40th individual invitation to tender under
for intervention on the market in butter and cream , as               Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72, in respect of which the
last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and                 time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 12
in particular Article 7a thereof ;                                    March 1 974,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                      (a) the minimum selling price to be considered when
No 1 259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of                        awarding contracts shall be 75 u.a./ lOO kg butter
butter at a reduced price to certain Community                            with a fat content of 82 % or more,
processing undertakings, as last amended by Regula­                   (b) the processing security shall be 114 u.a./ lOO kg
tion (EEC) No 324/74 (6), intervention agencies have
                                                                          butter without prejudice to the provisions of the
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                  second and third subparagraphs of Article 12 ( 1 ) of
quantities of butter held by them ;                                       Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72.
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in
the light of the tenders received , a minimum selling                                         Article 2
 price must be fixed which may vary with the fat                      This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
content of the butter ; whereas alternatively a decision
 may be taken not to proceed with the invitation to
 tender ; whereas the amount of the processing security               Done at Brussels, 18 March 1974 .
 must be fixed in the light of the difference between
 the minimum selling price and the market price of                                              For the Commission
 the butter ;
                                                                                                    The President
Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
 response to the 40th individual invitation to tender,                                         Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(!)  OJ  No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(2 ) OJ  No L 49 , 21 . 2 . 1974, p. 2.
  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 35, 8 . 2 . 1974, p. 28 .