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Language: en
Date: 1979-08-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 August 1979 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 11th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 262/79

No L 218/ 10                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                            28 . 8 . 79
                                                         COMMISSION DECISION
                                                              of 17 August 1979
              fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 11th individual invitation
              to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by
                                                        Regulation (EEC) No 262/79
                                                                  (79/752/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 ( J ), as last                           response to the 11th 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 ;
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 2714/72 (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 11th 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 12
to the use to which the butter is to be put and                                 August 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              202.00
                                                            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 .
(}) OJ No  L  169, 18 . 7 . 1968 , p. 1 .
(<) OJ No  L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 15 .
(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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                                Official Journal of the European Communities         No L 218 / 11
                                                    Article 2
            This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 17 August 1979.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President