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Language: en
Date: 1974-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 June 1974 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 46th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

12 . 7 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 189/ 19
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 17 June 1974
                fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 46th individual invitation to tender
                under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72
                                                            (74/340/EEC )
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
COMMUNITIES,                                                          response to the 46th individual invitation! to tender,
                                                                      the minimum selling price should be fixed at the level
                                                                      specified below and the processing security determined
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 accordingly;
Economic Community;
                                                                      Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and
                                                                      Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/                     the time limit set by its Chairman,
68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2 ), and                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
in particular Article 6 (7) thereof;
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985 /
68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                  For the 46th individual invitation to tender under
intervention on the market in butter and cream, as                    Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72, in respect of which
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4 ),                     the time limit for the submission of tenders expires
and in particular Article 7a thereof;                                 on 11 June 1974;
                                                                       ( a) the minimum selling price to be considered when
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                            awarding contracts shall be 90 units of account
No 1259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of                           per 100 kg butter with a fat content of 82% or
butter at a reduced price to certain Community                              more ;
processing undertakings, as last amended by Regu­                      (b ) the processing security shall be 99 units of account
lation (EEC) No 324/74 (6), intervention agencies                           per 100 kg butter without prejudice to the provi­
have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender                       sions of the second and third subparagraphs of
certain quantities of butter held by them ;                                 Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72.
                                                                                                 Article 2
 Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that,
 in the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling              This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
 price must be fixed which may vary with the fat
 content of the butter; whereas alternatively a decision              Done at Brussels, 17 June 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  85, 29. 3 . 1974, p. 51 .
  (8) OJ   No L  169, 18 . 7. 1968, p. 1 .
  (*) OJ   No L  291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 15.
  (8) OJ   No L  139, 17. 6. 1972, p. 18.
  (8) OJ   No L  35 , 8 . 2. 1974, p. 28 .