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Date: 1978-03-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 February 1978 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 68th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

No L 73/ 30                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                                    15. 3 . 78
                                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                                of 17 February 1978
              fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 68th individual invitation to
              tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       No 232/ 75
                                                                     (78 /276/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                      use to which the butter is to be put and according to
COMMUNITIES,                                                                        the fat content of the butter ; whereas, alternatively, a
                                                                                    decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                               tion to tender ; whereas the amounts of the processing
Economic Community,                                                                 security must be fixed in the light of the difference
                                                                                    between the minimum selling prices and the market
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                        prices of the butter ;
804/ 68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products (*), as last                                Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (2), and in                                  response to the 68th individual invitation to tender,
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                                   the minimum selling prices should be fixed at the
                                                                                    level specified below and the processing securities
                                                                                    determined accordingly ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
985/ 68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                               Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                              are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and                                ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
in particular Article 7a thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
products and ice-cream (5), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2904/77 (6), intervention agencies have                                                              Article 1
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain
quantities of butter held by them ;                                                  For the 68th individual invitation to tender under
                                                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 232/75, in respect of which the
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in                               time     limit for    the     submission        of   tenders  is   14
the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling                                 February 1978 , the minimum selling prices and the
 price must be fixed which may vary according to the                                 processing securities shall be as follows :
                    Use to which the butter is to be put                                             Minimum selling     Processing security
                    (Article 6 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation ( EEC)         Fat content of the butter       price in u.a. per  in u.a. per 100 kg
                                    No 232/75)                                                         100 kg butter            butter
               Formula A                                         82 % or more                               88-00             167-00
                                                                 Less than 82 %                              —                   —
               Formula B                                         82 % or more                              130.00              125-00
                                                                 Less than 82 %                              —                   —
 (•)  OJ No L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
 (2)  OJ No L  303, 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .
 (3 ) OJ No L  169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p. 1 .
 (4 ) OJ No L  291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 15 .
 (5 ) OJ No L  24, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 45 .
 (6)  OJ No L  338 , 28 . 12. 1977, p. 16 .
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                                                   Article 2
            This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
            Done at Brussels, 17 February 1978 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President