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Language: en
Date: 1973-11-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30 October 1973 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 32nd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

15. 11 . 73                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 314/35
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 30 October 1973
               fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 32nd individual invitation to
               tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                No 1259/72
                                                               (73/343/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 ( J ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by the Act (2) concerning the Conditions of                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, and in
particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;                                                             Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            For the 32nd individual invitation to tender under
985/68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules
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 2714/72 (4), and                    time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 23
                                                                        October 1973 ,
in particular Article 7a thereof ;
                                                                        (a) the minimum selling price to be considered when
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                            awarding contracts shall be 60 u.a./ 100 kg of
No 1259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of                           butter ;
butter at a reduced price to certain Community
processing undertakings, as last amended by Regula­                     (b) the processing security shall be 129 u.a./ 100 kg of
tion (EEC) No 2248/73 (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 all 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, 30 October 1973 .
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 32nd individual invitation to tender,                                            François-Xavier ORTOLI
(')  OJ No   L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(2)  OJ No   L  73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.
(3)  OJ No   L  169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p . 1 .
(4)  OJ No   L  291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 15 .
(5 ) OJ No   L  139 , 17. 6 . 1972, P . 18 .
(6)  OJ No   L  230, 18 . 8 . 1973 , p . 14.