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Language: en
Date: 1974-12-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 November 1974 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 56th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

No L 326/ 34                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               6 . 12 . 74
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 18 November 1974
               fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 56th individual invitation to
               tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation ( EEC)
                                                              No 1259/ 72
                                                             (74/ 60 2/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           the minimum selling price should be fixed at the
COMMUNITIES,                                                             level specified below and the processing security deter­
                                                                         mined accordingly ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                         are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                            ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
804/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
985/68 (3 ) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules                    For the 56th individual invitation to tender under
for intervention on the market in butter and cream , as                  Regulation ( EEC) No 1259/72, in respect of which the
last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 271 4/ 72 (4), and                  time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 12
in particular Article 7a thereof ;                                       November 1974 :
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                         (a) the minimum selling price to be considered when
No 1 259/72 (5 ) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of                          awarding contracts shall be 90 u.a./ lOO kg butter
butter at a reduced price to certain Community                               with a fat content of 82 % or more ,
processing undertakings, as last amended by Regula­                      (b) the processing security shall be 107 u.a./ iOO kg
tion ( EEC) No 2273 / 74 (6), intervention agencies have                     butter without prejudice to the provisions of the
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                     second and third subparagraphs of Article 12 ( 1 ) of
quantities of butter held by them ;                                           Regulation ( EEC) No 1259/ 72 .
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in
                                                                                                 Article 2
the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
 price must be fixed which may vary with the fat                         This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
content of the butter ; whereas alternatively a decision
 may be taken not to proceed with the invitation to
 tender ; whereas the amount of the processing security                   Done at Brussels , 18 November 1974 .
 must be fixed in the light of the difference between
 the minimum selling price and the market price of                                                 For the (Commission
 the butter ;
                                                                                                       The President
 Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
 response to the 56th individual invitation to tender,                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 (')  OJ No L   148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. I 3 .
 (2)  OJ No L   85 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .
 (3 ) OJ No L   169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p. I.
 (4   OJ No L  291 , 28 . 12 . 1972 , p . 1 S
 (5 ) OJ No  L  139 , 17 . 6 . 1972 , p. 18 .
  b   Of No  L  240 , 3 . 9 . 1974, p. 5 .