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Language: en
Date: 1980-10-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 September 1980 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 36th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 262/79

No L 264/24                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   8 . 10 . 80
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 12 September 1980
             fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 36th individual invitation to
             tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                              No 262/79
                                                             (80/930/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           selling price must be fixed which may vary according
COMMUNITIES,                                                             to the use to which the butter is to be put and
                                                                         according to the fat content of the butter ; whereas,
                                                                         alternatively, a decision may be taken not to proceed
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    with the invitation to tender ; whereas the amounts of
Economic Community,                                                      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
of the market in milk and milk products (*), as last                     Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761 /78 (2), and in                      response to the 36th individual invitation to tender,
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                        the minimum selling prices should be fixed at the
                                                                         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 1 272/79 (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)
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
No 262/79 of 12 February 1979 on the sale of butter
at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 925/80 (6), interven­                                                Article 1
tion agencies have put up for sale by standing invita­
tion to tender certain quantities of butter held by
them ;                                                                    For the 36th individual invitation to tender under
                                                                          Regulation (EEC) No 262/79, in respect of which the
                                                                          time limit for the submission of tenders was 9
Whereas Article 16 of that Regulation provides that,                      September 1980, the minimum selling prices and
in the light of the tenders received, a minimum                           processing securities shall be fixed as follows :
              Use to which the butter is to be put
                                                                                            Minimum          Processing
                                                                                          selling price       security
                    (Article 4 (1 ), (2) and (3)           Fat content of the butter
                                                                                           in ECU per       in ECU per
                of Regulation (EEC) No 262/79)                                            100 kg butter    100 kg butter
              Formula A and/or C                        82 % or more                          122-00           193-00
                                                        Less than 82 %                        119-02           188-29
              Formula B                                 82 % or more                          177-00           138-00
             \                                          Less than 82 %                        172-68           134-62
(M OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ No L 204, 28. 7. 1978, p. 6.
(') OJ No L 169, 18 . 7. 1968, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1979, p. 13.
(*) OJ No L 41 , 16. 2. 1979, p. 1 .
(*) OJ No L 99, 17. 4. 1980, p. 13.
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                                                  Article 2
           This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
           Done at Brussels, 12 September 1980.
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                    Vice-President