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Language: en
Date: 1973-08-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15 June 1973 fixing the minimum sale price for butter for the 23rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

6 . 8 . 73                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 217/ 19
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 15 June 1973
                fixing the minimum sale price for butter for the 23rd individual invitation to tender
                under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72
                                                              (73 /220/EEC )
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas in the light of the tenders received in response
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                          to the 23rd individual invitation to tender the minimum
                                                                        price should be fixed at the level specified below
                                                                        and the processing security should be determined
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  in consequence ;
 Economic Community ;
                                                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management
 804/68 ( x) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                 Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;
 of the market in milk and milk products, as last
 amended by the Act (2) concerning the Conditions
of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties ,                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        For the 23rd individual invitation to tender under
985/68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules
for intervention on the market in butter and cream ,                    Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72 , in respect of which
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4),                     the time limit for submission of tenders expired on
and in particular Article 7a thereof ;                                  12 June 1973 .
                                                                        ( a) the minimum selling price to be considered when
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC )                            awarding contracts shall be 55 units of account
No 1259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of                            per 100 kg of butter ;
butter at a reduced price to certain Community
processing undertakings, as last amended by Regu­                       (b) the processing security shall be 132 units of
lation (EEC) No 1237/73 (6), the intervention agencies                       account per 100 kg butter.
have put up for sales by standing invitation to tender
certain quantities of butter which they hold ;                                                  Article 2
                                                                        This Decision is addressed to all Member States .
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that a
minimum selling price must be fixed in the light of                     Done at Brussels, 15 June 1973 .
tenders received , and the amount of the processing
security must be fixed in the light of the difference                                                    For the Commission
between the minimum price and the market price of
                                                                                                             The President
butter, and that a decision may alternatively be taken
not to proceed with the invitation to tender ;                                                          François-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, p. 15 .
(5)  OJ   No L 139, 17. 6. 1972, p. 18 .
(6)  OJ   No L 128 , 15 . 5 . 1973 , p . 1 .