CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29 June 1973 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 24th individual invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

6. 8 . 73                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 217/29
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 29 June 1973
               fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 24th individual invitation to tender
               under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72
                                                             (73/228/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas in the light of the tenders received in response
COMMUNITIES ,                                                          to the 24th individual invitation to tender the minimum
                                                                       price should fixed at the level specified below and the
                                                                       processing security should be determined in conse­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  quence ;
Community ;
                                                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organ­                        ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;
ization of the market in milk and milk products, as
last amended by the Act ( 2) concerning the Conditions
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties ,
and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;
                                                                                               Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          For the 24th individual invitation to tender under
985/68 ( 3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules                  Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72, in respect of which
for intervention on the market in butter and cream ,                  the time limit for submission of tenders expired on
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4),                   26 June 1973 :
and in particular Article 7a thereof ;
                                                                       (a) the minimum selling price to be considered when
                                                                            awarding contracts shall be 55 units of account
Whereas , pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                           per 100 kg of butter ;
No 1259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of
butter at a reduced price to certain Community                         ( b) the processing security shall be 132 units of
processing undertakings , as last amended by Regu­                          account per 100 kg of butter.
lation (EEC) No J 237/73 (6), the intervention agencies
have put up for sale 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 this Regulation provides that a
minimum selling price must be fixed in the light of                   Done at Brussels, 29 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
i1) 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 .