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Date: 1981-03-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27 February 1981 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 46th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 262/79

25 . 3 . 81                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No L 79/ 17
                                                           COMMISSION DECISION
                                                              of 27 February 1981
                 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 46th individual invitation to
                 tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 262/ 79
                                                                    (81 / 1 63/ EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                  with the invitation to tender ; whereas the amounts oi
 COMMUNITIES,                                                                     the processing security must be fixed in the light ol
                                                                                 the difference between the minimum selling prices
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           and the market prices of the butter ;
 Economic Community,
 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 ( J), as last                           response to the 46th individual invitation to tender,
 amended by the Act of Accession of Greece (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
 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 1272/79 (4), and                            are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 in particular Article 7a thereof,                                               ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
 No 262/79 of 12 February 1979 on the sale of butter
at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry                           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3474/80 (6), inter­
vention agencies have put up for sale by standing invi­
tation to tender certain quantities of butter held by                                                        Article 1
 them ;
Whereas Article 16 of that Regulation provides that,
in the light of the tenders received, a minimum                                  For the 46th individual invitation to tender under
selling price must be fixed which may vary according                             Regulation (EEC) No 262/79, in respect of which the
to the use to which the butter is to be put and                                  time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 24
according to the fat content of the butter ; whereas,                            February 1981 , the minimum selling prices and
alternatively, a decision may be taken not to proceed                            processing securities shall be fixed as follows :
                                                                                                     Minimum          Processing
                 Use to which the butter is to be put
                         (Article 4 ( 1 ), (2) and (3)           Fat content of the butter        selling price        security
                    of Regulation (EEC) No 262/79)                                                 in ECU per        in ECU per
                                                                                                 1 00 kg butter     100 kg butter
                 Formula A and/or C                           82 % or more                            132-00            193-00
                                                              Less than 82 %                          128-77            188-29
                 Formula B                                    82 % or more                            187-00            138-00
                                                              Less than 82 %                          182-43            134-62
(>) OJ    No  L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13 .
(2) OJ    No  L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(3) OJ    No  L 169, 18 . 7. 1968, p. 1 .
(<) OJ    No  L 161 , 29 . 6 . 1979 , p. 13 .
(5) OJ    No  L 41 , 16 . 2. 1979 , p . 1 .
(o) OJ No L 363, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 50 .
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                                                   Article 2
            This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
            Done at Brussels, 27 February 1981 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission