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Language: en
Date: 1978-04-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31 March 1978 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 71st individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

No L 103/36                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                                15 . 4. 78
                                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                                 of 31 March 1978
              fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 71st individual invitation to
              tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       No 232/ 75
                                                                     (78 /361 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                      Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in
COMMUNITIES,                                                                        the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
                                                                                    price must be fixed which may vary according to the
                                                                                    use to which the butter is to be put and according to
                                                                                    the fat content of the butter ; whereas, alternatively, a
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                               decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­
Economic Community,                                                                 tion to tender ; whereas the amounts of the processing
                                                                                    security must be fixed in the light of the difference
                                                                                    between the minimum selling prices and the market
                                                                                    prices of the butter ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                                   Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
of the market in milk and milk products (!), as last                                response to the 71st individual invitation to tender,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (2), and in                                  the minimum selling prices should be fixed at the
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                                   level specified below and the processing securities
                                                                                    determined accordingly ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                                are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                                     ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3 ), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and
in particular Article 7a thereof,
                                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                                                 Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
 No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at
 reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry                                 For the 71st individual invitation to tender under
 products and ice-cream (5), as last amended by Regula­                              Regulation (EEC) No 232/75, in respect of which the
 tion (EEC) No 367/78 (6), intervention agencies have                                time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 28
 put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                            March 1978 , the minimum selling prices and the
 quantities of butter held by them ;                                                 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 —               167 —
                                                                 Less than 82 %                          85.85              163 —
               Formula B                                         82 % or more                           130 -—               125 —
                                                                 Less than 82 %                            —                   —
 (1) 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 .
f)   OJ No  L  291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 15.
 (5) OJ No  L  24, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 45.
 (6) OJ No  L  52, 23. 2. 1978, p. 12.
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                                                  Article 2
           This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
           Done at Brussels, 31 March 1978 .
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                    Vice-President