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Date: 1978-12-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 5 December 1978 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 87th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

No L 347/ 14                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                                  12. 12. 78
                                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                              of 5 December 1978
             fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 87th individual invitation to
             tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 232/ 75
                                                                  (78/ 101 1 /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 87th 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 87th 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 1 325/78 (6), intervention agencies have                            time     limit for the submission of tenders was 28
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                          November 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./ lOO kg butter)         butter)
              Formula A                                       82 % or more                                88.000              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.
(b)  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, 5 December 1978 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President