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Language: en
Date: 1974-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15 February 1974 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 38th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

No L 87/26                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 30.3.74
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 15 February 1974
               fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 38th individual invitation to tender
                  under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72
                                                             (74/ 171 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                          response to the 38th individual invitation to tender,
                                                                        the minimum selling price should be fixed at the
                                                                        level specified below and the processing security
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                     determined accordingly ;
 pean Economic Community ;
                                                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                        are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/                       ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
68 ( J ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by the Act (2) concerning the Conditions of                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, and
in particular Article 6 (7) thereof;                                                            Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985 /                      For the 38th individual invitation to tender under
68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                    Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72, in respect of which
intervention on the market in butter and cream, as                      the time limit for the submission of tenders expires
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4 ),                       on 12 February 1974,
and in particular Article 7a thereof;
                                                                        ( a) the minimum selling price to be considered when
                                                                              awarding contracts shall be 75 u.a./ lOO kg butter;
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 1259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of                       (b) the processing security shall be 114 u.a./lOO kg
butter at a reduced price to certain Community                               butter without prejudice to the provisions of the
processing undertakings, as last amended by Regu­                            second and third subparagraphs of Article 12 ( 1 )
lation (EEC) No 2248/73 (6), intervention agencies                           of Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72.
 have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender
 certain quantities of butter held by them;                                                     Article 2
 Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that,                    This Decision is addressed to all Member States .
 in the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
price must be fixed which may vary with the fat
content of the butter; whereas alternatively a Decision                 Done at Brussels, 15 February 1974.
may be taken not to proceed with the invitation to
tender; whereas the amount of the processing security                                                     For the Commission
must be fixed in the light of the difference between                                                         The President
the minimum selling price and the market price of
the butter;                                                                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(*)  OJ  No  L 148, 28. 6. 1968 , p . 13 .
(2)  OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(3)  OJ  No  L 169, 18 . 7. 1968 , p . 1 .
( 4) OJ  No  L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972 , n . 15.
(5)  OJ  No  L 139 , 17. 6. 1972 , p. 18 .
(6)  OJ  No  L 230, 18. 8. 1973, p. 14.