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Language: en
Date: 1976-10-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 September 1976 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 36th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

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                                                       COMMISSION
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 21 September 1976
              fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 36th individual invitation to
              tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation ( EEC)
                                                               No 232/ 75
                                                              (76/788 / 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 1 976 (7) reduces the scope of Regulation (EEC)
of the market in milk and milk products ('), 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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
985/ 68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                    response to the 36th individual invitation to tender,
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                   the minimum selling prices should be fixed at the
last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2714/72 (4 ), and                   level specified below and the processing security deter­
in particular Article 7a thereof,                                        mined accordingly ;
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at
                                                                         are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry                      ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
products and ice cream (5), as last amended by Regula­
tion ( EEC) No 1 980/76 (6), intervention agencies have
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
quantities of butter held by them ;
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in
the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling                                                   Article 1
 price must be fixed which may vary according to the
use to which the butter is to be put and according to                    For the 36th individual invitation to tender under
the fat content of the butter ; whereas alternatively a                  Regulation (EEC) No 232/ 75, in respect of which the
decision may be taken not t<b proceed with the invita­                   time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 14
                                                                         September 1976, the minimum selling price and ,
(')  OJ  No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .                             without prejudice to the provisions of the second
(-') OJ  No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p . 9 .                                 subparagraph of Article 12 ( 1 ) of the said Regulation
(■>) OJ  No L 169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p . 1 .                              the processing security, shall be as follows :
(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 ) O | No L 91 , 6 . 4 . 1976, p . 13 .
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                                                   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 . per 100 kg
                                                                   No 232/ 7.5)                per 100 kg butter         butter
             82 % or more                                        Formula A                           88                155
             Less than 82 %                                      Formula A                           85-85             151-22
                                                                     Article 2
            This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
             Done at Brussels, 21 September 1976 .
                                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                               P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                        Member of the Commission