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Date: 1979-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 October 1979 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 15th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 262/79

30. 10 . 79                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                            No L 272/35
                                                          COMMISSION DECISION
                                                              of 12 October 1979
               fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 15th individual invitation
               to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by
                                                         Regulation (EEC) No 262/79
                                                                  (79/887/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                   alternatively a decision may be taken not to proceed
 COMMUNITIES,                                                                    with the invitation to tender ; whereas the amounts of
                                                                                 the processing security must be fixed in the light of
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           the difference between the minimum selling prices
 Economic Community,                                                             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 15th 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,                                               levels 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
 intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                          March 1 979 (7) laid down the coefficient for
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1272/79 (4), and                            expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
 in particular Article 7a thereof,                                               ECU ;
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 No 262/79 of 12 February 1979 on the sale of butter                             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry                           ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
 products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (5), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 545/79 (6), interven­                             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 tion agencies have put up for sale by standing invita­
 tion to tender certain quantities of butter held by                                                         Article 1
 them ;
Whereas Article 16 of that Regulation provides that,                             For the 15th individual invitation to tender under
in the light of the tenders received, a minimum                                  Regulation (EEC) No 262/79, in respect of which the
selling price must be fixed which may vary according                             time     limit for the submission of tenders was                 9
to the use to which the butter is to be put and                                  October 1979, the minimum selling prices and the
according to the fat content of the butter ; whereas                             processing securities shall be as follows :
                   Use to which the butter is to be put                                           Minimum selling   Processing security
                         (Article 4 ( 1 ), (2) and (3)            Fat content of the butter         price (ECU            (ECU
                     of Regulation (EEC) No 262/79)                                              per 100 kg butter) per 100 kg butter)
               Formula A and/or C                            82 % or more                             10600              20200
                                                             Less than 82 %                           103.40             197.07
               Formula B                                     82 % or more                             157.00             151.00
                                                             Less than 82 %
(1 ) 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 161 , 29 . 6 . 1979, p. 13 .
(5)  OJ No  L 41 , 16. 2. 1979, p. 1 .
(«)  OJ No  L 72, 23 . 3 . 1979, p . 16 .                                        (7) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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                                                  Article 2
          This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
           Done at Brussels, 12 October 1979 .
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                    Vice-President