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Language: en
Date: 1978-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 October 1978 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 83rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

No L 293/24                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                               19 . 10 . 78
                                                           COMMISSION DECISION
                                                              of 2 October 1978
              fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 83rd individual invitation
             to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation
                                                               (EEC) No 232/75
                                                                  (78 /846/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                   Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in
COMMUNITIES,                                                                     the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
                                                                                 price must be fixed which may vary according to the
                                                                                 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
                                                                                 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                                Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
of the market in milk and milk products (*), as last                             response to the 83rd individual invitation to tender,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761 /78 (2), and in                              the minimum selling prices should be fixed at the
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                                level specified below and the processing securities
                                                                                 determined accordingly ;
                                                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                             ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and
in particular Article 7a thereof,                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                                                Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at
reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry                              For the 83rd individual invitation to tender under
products and ice-cream (5), as last amended by Regula­                           Regulation (EEC) No 232/75, in respect of which the
tion (EEC) No 1325/78 (6), intervention agencies have                            time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 26
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                         September 1978 , the minimum selling prices and the
quantities of butter held by them ;                                              processing securities shall be as follows :
                  Use to which the butter is to be put                                          Minimum selling      Processing security
                  (Article 6 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC)        Fat content of the butter           price (in        (in u.a./ 100 kg
                                  No 232/75)                                                   u.a./ 100 kg butter)         butter)
              Formula A                                      82 % or more                              88 00               167.00
                                                             Less than 82 %                            85.85               163-00
              Formula B                                      82 % or more                             130.00               125-00
                                                             Less than 82 %                              —                   —
(!) OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ No  L 204, 28 . 7. 1978 , p. 6.
(3) OJ No  L 169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p . 1 .
(<) OJ No  L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 15 .
(5) OJ No  L 24, 31 . 1 . 1975, p . 45 .
(6) OJ No  L 159 , 17 . 6 . 1978 , p. 26 .
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                                                    Article 2
             This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
             Done at Brussels, 2 October 1978 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President