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Language: en
Date: 1976-10-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 5 October 1976 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 37th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

16. 10 . 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                                      No L 285/37
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                             of 5 October 1976
              fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 37th individual invitation to
              tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 232/75
                                                                  (76/808/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                    tion to tender ; whereas the amount of the processing
COMMUNITIES,                                                                      security must be fixed in the light of the difference
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                             between the minimum selling price and the market
Economic Community,                                                               price of the butter ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                      Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 777/76 of
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                                 5 April 1976 (7) reduces the scope of Regulation (EEC)
of the market in milk and milk products ( J ), as last                             No 232/75 to the butter to be used when processed
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                                  into pastry products (formula A) ;
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                                 Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                       response to the 37th individual invitation to tender,
985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                              the minimum selling price should be fixed at the
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                             level specified below and the processing security deter­
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and                               mined accordingly ;
in particular Article 7a thereof,                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at                              ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
products and ice cream (5), as last amended by Regula­                             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tion (EEC) No 1 980/76 (6), intervention agencies have
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                                                            Article 1
quantities of butter held by them ;                                                For the 37th individual invitation to tender under
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in                             Regulation (EEC) No 232/75, in respect of which the
the light of the tenders received, ajjninimum selling                              time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 28
price must be fixed which may vary according to the                                September 1976, the minimum selling price and,
use to which the butter is to be put and according to                              without prejudice to the provisions of the second
the fat content of the butter ; whereas alternatively a                            subparagraph of Article 12 ( 1 ) of the said Regulation
decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­                              the processing security, shall be as follows :
                                                      Use to which the butter is to be put        Minimum selling        Processing security
                      Fat content of the butter       (Article 6 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation ( EEC)      price in u.a .      in u.a . pet 100 kg
                                                                      No 232/ 75)                 per 100 kg butter              butter
              82 % or more                                          Formula A                           88                     155
              Not exceeding 82 %                                    Formula A                           85-85                  151-22
                                                                        Article 2
              This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
              Done at Brussels, 5 October 1976 .
                                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                           Member of the Commission
(')  OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
(2 ) OJ No  L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p . 9 .
(3 ) OJ No  L 169, 18 . 7 . 1968 , p . 1 .
(4 ) OJ No  L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 15 .
(5 ) OJ No  L 24, 31 . 1 . 1975, p . 45 .
(<>) OJ No  L 217, 10 . 8 . 1976, p . 14 .                                         ( 7) OJ No L 91 , 6 . 4. 1976, p. 13 .