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Language: en
Date: 1976-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 January 1976 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 20th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

No L 23/48                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                                     30. 1 . 76
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 20 January 1976
             fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 20th individual invitation to
             tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 232/75
                                                               (76/ 154/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                  the fat content of the butter ; whereas alternatively a
COMMUNITIES,                                                                    decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­
                                                                                tion to tender ; whereas the amounts of the processing
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                security must be fixed in the light of the difference
Economic Community,
                                                                                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 740/75 (2), and in                                response to the 20th 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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                     determined accordingly ;
985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and                             are in accordance , with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                                 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
in particular Article 7a thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at
reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
products and ice-cream (5), as last amended by Regula­                                                           Article 1
tion (EEC) No 21 24/75 (6), intervention agencies have                           For the 20th individual invitation to tender under
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain
quantities of butter held by them ;                                              Regulation (EEC) No 232/75, in respect of which the
                                                                                 time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 13
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in                          January 1976, the minimum selling prices and,
the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling                             without prejudice to the provisions of the second
price must be fixed which may vary according to the                              subparagraph of Article 12 ( 1 ) of the said Regulation,
use to which the butter is to be put and according to                            the processing securities shall be as follows :
                                                      Use to which the butter is to be put       Minimum selling       Processing security
                     Fat content of the butter        (Article 6 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC)          price in         in u.a./ 100 kg
                                                                      No 232/75)                 u.a./ 100 kg butter         butter
              82 % or more                                          Formula A                             107                 116
                                                                    Formula B                             137                   86
                                                                    Article 2
             This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
              Done at Brussels, 20 January 1976.
                                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p . 13 .
(2) OJ No  L 74, 22. 3 . 1975, 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 216, 14 . 8 . 1975, p. 10 .