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Language: en
Date: 1974-08-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15 July 1974 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 48th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

No L 221 /26                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                12. 8 . 74
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 15 July 1974
             fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 48th individual invitation to tender
               under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72
                                                           (74/41 8/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       specified below and           the    processing   security
COMMUNITIES,                                                         determined accordingly;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
European Economic Community ;                                        are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                     Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 (x ) of 27 June 1968 on the common                            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
organization of the market in milk and milk
products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                             Article 1      *
662/74 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof;
                                                                     For the 48th individual invitation to tender under
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72, in respect of which
985/68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules                 the time limit for the submission of tenders expires
for intervention on the market in butter and cream,                  on 9 July 1974 :
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4),
and in particular Article 7a thereof;                                ( a) the minimum selling price to be considered when
                                                                           awarding contracts shall be 90 units of account
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                           per 100 kg butter with a fat content of 82 % or
No 1259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of                          more ;
butter at a reduced price to certain Community
processing undertakings, as last amended by                          ( b ) the processing security shall be 99 units of
Regulation (EEC ) No 324/74 (6), intervention                              account per 100 kg butter without prejudice to
agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation                       the provisions of the second and third subpara­
to tender certain quantities of butter held by them ;                      graphs of Article 12 ( 1 ) of 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
content of the butter; whereas alternatively a decision
may be taken not to proceed with the invitation to                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
tender; whereas the amount of the processing
security must be fixed in the light of the difference
between the minimum selling price and the market                     Done at Brussels, 15 July 1974.
price of the butter;
                                                                                                     For the Commission
Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in                                                        The President
response to the 48th individual invitation to tender,
the minimum selling price should be fixed at the level                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(!) OJ  No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ No  L 85, 29. 3 . 1974, p. 51 .
(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. 1973 , p. 18 .
(6) OJ No  L 35, 8 . 2. 1974, p. 28 . '