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Language: en
Date: 1978-04-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 March 1978 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 70th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

No L 99 / 18                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               12 . 4 . 78
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                                                       COMMISSION
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 20 March 1978
               fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 70th individual invitation to
               tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation ( EEC)
                                                              No 232/ 75
                                                             (78 /340/ 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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  the fat content of the butter ; whereas, alternatively, a
 Economic Community,                                                    decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­
                                                                        tion to tender ; whereas the amounts of the processing
                                                                        security must be fixed in the light of the difference
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           between the minimum selling prices and the market
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                      prices of the butter ;
of the market in milk and milk products ( 1 ), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (2), and in
 particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                      Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
                                                                        response to the 70th individual invitation to tender,
                                                                        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
last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
in particular Article 7a thereof,                                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                        ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,              \
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 367/78 (6), intervention agencies have
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                                       Article 1
quantities of butter held by them ;
(>)  OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                             For the 70th individual invitation to tender under
(2)  OJ No  L 303 , 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .                              Regulation (EEC) No 232/75, in respect of which the
(3 ) OJ No  L 169 , 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 1 .                               time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 14
(4)  OJ No  L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 15 .
(5 ) OJ No  L 24, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 45 .                                March 1978 , the minimum selling prices and the
(6)  OJ No  L 52, 23 . 2 . 1978 , p. 12 .                               processing securities shall be as follows :
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               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 %                              —                    —
                                                                  Article 2
            This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
            Done at Brussels , 20 March 1978 .
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                            Vice-President