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Language: en
Date: 1973-08-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 July 1973 fixing the minimum sale price for butter for the 25th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

16 . 8. 73                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 228 / 49
                                                         COMMISSION DECISION
                                                               of 16 July 1973
                fixing the minimum sale price for butter for the 25th individual invitation to tender
                under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72
                                                                ( 73 /249/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             Whereas in the light of the tenders received in
COMMUNITIES,                                                               response to the 25th individual invitation to tender
                                                                           the minimum price should be fixed at the level
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                         specified below and the processing security should be
pean Economic Community ;                                                  determined in consequence ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No                             Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
804/68 ( x ) of 27 June 1968 on the common                                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the
organization of the market in milk and milk                                Management Committee for Milk and Milk
products, as last amended by the Act ( 2) on the                           Products ;
Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the
Treaties , and in particular Article 6 ( 7) thereof;
                                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard          to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
985 / 68 (3 ) of 15   July 1968 laying down general rules
for intervention      on the market in butter and cream,
as last amended       by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2714/ 72 ( 4 ),                                    Article 1
and in particular Article 7a thereof,
                                                                           For the 25th individual invitation to tender under
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation ( EEC )                         Regulation ( EEC ) No 1259/72, in respect of which
No 1259/ 72 (,5 ) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of                       the time limit for submission of tenders expired on 10
butter at a reduced price to certain Community                             July 1973 .
processing undertakings, as last amended by
Regulation ( EEC ) No 1237/73 ( 6)., the intervention                      ( a ) the minimum selling price to be considered when
agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation                              awarding contracts shall be 55 u.a./ 100 kg of
to tender certain quantities of butter they hold ;                               butter;
                                                                           (b) the processing security shall be 132 u.a./ 100 kg of
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that a                             butter .
minimum selling price must be fixed in the light of
tenders received, and the amount of the processing
security must be fixed in the light of the difference                                             Article, 2 ■
between the minimum price and the market price of
butter, and that a decision may alternatively be taken                     This Decision is addressed to all Member States .
not to proceed with the invitation to tender ;
                                                                           Done at Brussels, 16 July 1973 .
(')   OJ No   L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
(*)   OJ No   L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 14 .
(:t ) OJ No   L 169, 18 . 7. 1968 , p . 1 .                                                                 For the Commission
(4 )  OJ No   L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972 , p . 15 .
(s )  OJ No   L 139 , 17. 6 . 1972, p . 18 .                                                                   The President
(8)   OJ No   L 128 , 15 . 5 . 1973 , p. 1 .                                                              François-Xavier ORTOLI