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Language: en
Date: 1978-05-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 April 1978 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 72nd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

No L 120/42                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                              4. 5. 78
                                                           COMMISSION DECISION
                                                               of 17 April 1978
             fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 72nd individual invitation
             to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation
                                                              (EEC) No 232/75
                                                                 (78/41 6/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 72nd 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 ;
                                                                                Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                            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 72nd 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 1 1
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                         April 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 %
              Formula B                                      82 % or more                             130                   125
                                                             Less than 82 %
(') OJ No  L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ No  L 303, 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .
(J) OJ No  L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1 .
(<) OJ No  L 291 , 28. 12. 1972, p. 15.
(5) OJ No  L 24, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 45.
(*) 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, 17 April 1978 .
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                    Vice-President