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Language: en
Date: 1978-06-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 May 1978 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 73rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

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2. 6. 78                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                                No L 146/23
                                                            COMMISSION
                                                           COMMISSION DECISION
                                                                of 2 May 1978
             fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 73rd individual invitation
             to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation
                                                              (EEC) No 232/75
                                                                 (78/455/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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           the fat content of the butter ; whereas, alternatively, a
Economic Community,                                                             decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­
                                                                                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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                    prices of the butter ;
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 2560/77 (2), and in                              response to the 73rd 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                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                          are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and                             ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
in particular Article 7a thereof,
                                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                                                               Article 1
No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at
reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry                              For the 73rd 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 805/78 (6), intervention agencies have                             time limit for the submission of tenders is 25 April
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                         1978, the minimum selling prices and the processing
quantities of butter held by them ;                                              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               167
                                                             Less than 82 %
              Formula B                                      82 % or more                                130                125
                                                             Less than 82 %
(») OJ No  L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ No  L 303, 28. 11 . 1977, p. 1 .
(>) 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.
(') OJ No  L 108, 22. 4. 1978, p. 10.
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                                                 Article 2
          This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
          Done at Brussels, 2 May 1978 .
                                                               For the Commission
                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                   Vice-President