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Language: en
Date: 1983-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 June 1983 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 56th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 262/79

No L 186/26                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               9 . 7. 83
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                                                COMMISSION
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 20 June 1983
             fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 56th individual invitation to
             tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                       No 262/79
                                                      (83/335/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 price must be fixed which may vary according to the
COMMUNITIES,                                                   use to which the butter is to be put and according to
                                                                the fat content of the butter ; whereas, alternatively, a
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­
Economic Community,                                             tion to tender ; whereas the amounts of the processing
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68             security must be fixed in the light of the difference
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the              between the minimum selling prices and the market
market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended           prices of the butter ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 1600/83 (2), and in particular
Article 6 (7) thereof,                                         Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
                                                                response to the 56th individual invitation to tender,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68             the minimum selling prices should be fixed at the
of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for inter­            level specified below and the processing securities
vention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last          determined accordingly ;
amended by the 1979 Act of Accession, and in parti­
cular Article 7a thereof,
                                                                Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the
No 262/79 of 12 February 1979 on the sale of butter             time limit set by its chairman,
at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1014/83 (*), inter­
vention agencies have put up for sale by standing invi­         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tation to tender certain quantities of butter held by
them ;
Whereas Article 1 6 of that Regulation provides that, in                                Article 1
the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
                                                                For the 56th individual invitation to tender under
(') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13.                           Regulation (EEC) No 262/79, in respect of which the
(2) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 56.                            time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 14
V) OJ No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1 .                             June 1983, the minimum selling prices and
(4) OJ No L 41 , 16. 2. 1979, p. 1 .
n OJ No L 114, 29. 4. 1983, p. 8 .                               processing securities shall be fixed as follows :
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          Use to which the butter is to be put
                                                                                      Minimum       Processing
                (Article 4(1 ), (2) and (3)         Fat content of the butter       selling price    security
                                                                                     in ECU per    in ECU per
            of Regulation (EEC) No 262/79)                                          100 kg butter 1 00 kg butter
         Formula A and/or C                      82 % or more                          115,00        267,00
                                                 Less than 82 %                        112,00        267,00
         Formula B                               82 % or more                          200,00         174,00
         \                                       Less than 82 %                          —              —
                                                         Article 2
         This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
         Done at Brussels, 20 June 1983 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission