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Date: 1983-09-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 August 1983 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 60th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 262/79

3 . 9 . 83                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 245/ 17
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 16 August 1983
               fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 60th individual invitation to
              tender issued under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation
                                                          (EEC) No 262/79
                                                             (83/442/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           use to which the butter is to be put and according to
 COMMUNITIES,                                                            the fat content of the butter ; whereas, alternatively, a
                                                                         decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­
                                                                         tion to tender ; whereas the amounts of the processing
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   security must be fixed in the light of the difference
 Economic Community,                                                     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 of the                        Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended                    response to the 60th individual invitation to tender,
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 600/83 (2), and in particular                   the minimum selling prices should be fixed at the
Article 6 (7) thereof,                                                   level specified below and the processing securities
                                                                         determined accordingly ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for inter­                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
vention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last                   Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
amended by the 1979 Act of Accession, and in parti­
cular Article 7a thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 262/79 of 12 February 1979 on the sale of butter                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1014/83 Is), inter­
vention agencies have put up for sale by standing invi­                                            Article 1
tation to tender certain quantities of butter held by
them ;
                                                                         For the 60th individual invitation to tender issued
                                                                         under Regulation (EEC) No 262/79, in respect of
Whereas Article 1 6 of that Regulation provides that, in                 which the time limit for the submission of tenders
the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling                     expired on 9 August 1983, the minimum selling prices
price must be fixed which may vary according to the                      and processing securities shall be fixed as follows :
                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg butter)
                Use to which the butter is to be put                                      Minimum
                      (Article 4(1 ), (2) and (3)          Fat content of the butter                        Processing
                  of Regulation (EEC) No 262/79)                                         selling price        security
              Formula A and/or C                        82 % or more                        115,00            267,00
                                                        Less than 82 %                      112,00            267,00
              Formula B                                 82 % or more                        200,00            174,00
                                                        Less than 82 %
(')  OJ  No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13.
0    OJ  No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 56.
0    OJ  No L 169, 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 1 .
(4)  OJ  No L 41 , 16. 2. 1979, p. 1 .
0    OJ  No L 114, 29 . 4: 1983, p. 8 .
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                                                  Article 2
           This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
           Done at Brussels, 16 August 1983.
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                             Member of the Commission