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Language: en
Date: 1973-12-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 November 1973 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 33rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

24 . 12 . 73                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 355 /65
                                                         COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 19 November 1973
                fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 33rd individual invitation to tender
                under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72.
                                                                (73 /43 1 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                              Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in re­
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                              sponse to the 33nd individual invitation to tender,
                                                                            the minimum selling price should be fixed at the
                                                                            level specified below and the processing security de­
                                                                            termined accordingly ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                            are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                            ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organi­
zation of the market in milk and milk products, as
                                                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
last amended by the Act ( 2 ) concerning the Condi­
tions of Accession and the Adjustments to the
Treaties, and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof;                                                     Article 1
                                                                            For the 33nd individual invitation to tender under
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No                               Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72, in respect of which
985 /68 ( 3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules                      the time limit for the submission of tenders expires
for intervention on the market in butter and cream,                         on 13 November 1973 :
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72
(4 ), and in particular Article 7a thereof;                                 ( a) the minimum selling price to be considered when
                                                                                 awarding contracts shall be 60 u.a./ lOO kg of
                                                                                 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 129 u.a. / lOO kg
butter at a reduced price to certain Community pro­                              of butter without prejudice to the provisions of
cessing undertakings, as last amended by Regulation                              the second and third subparagraphs of Article 12
( EEC ) No 2248 /73 (6), intervention agencies have put                           ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72 .
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 sel­
ling price must be fixed which may vary with the
fat content of the butter ; whereas alternatively a                         Done at Brussels, 19 November 1973 .
decision may be taken not to proceed with the invi­
tation to tender ; whereas the amount of the process­                                                        For the Commission
ing security must be fixed in the light of the dif­
                                                                                                                The President
ference between the minimum selling price and the
market price of the butter;                                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
O    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 , p . 15 .
( 5)  OJ No  L 139 , 17. 6. 1972 , p. 18 .
(6)  OJ  No  L 230 , 18 . 8 . 1973 , p. 14.