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Language: en
Date: 1981-04-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 March 1981 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 47th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 262/79

2. 4. 81                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 88/39
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 13 March 1981
               fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 47th individual invitation to
               tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 262/79
                                                               (81 / 193/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             with the invitation to tender ; whereas the amounts of
COMMUNITIES,                                                               the processing security must be fixed in the light of
                                                                           the difference between the minimum selling prices
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      and the market prices of the butter ;
Economic Community,
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 ('), as last                       response , to the 47th individual invitation to tender,
amended by the Act of Accession of Greece (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
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 272/79 (4), and                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
in particular Article 7a thereof,                                          ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 262/79 of 12 February 1979 on the sale of butter
at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 605/81 (6), interven­
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,
in the light of the tenders received, a minimum                            For the 47th individual invitation to tender under
selling price must be fixed which may vary according                       Regulation (EEC) No 262/79, in respect of which the
to the use to which the butter is to be put and                            time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 10
according to the fat content of the butter ; whereas,                      March 1981 , the minimum selling prices and
alternatively, a decision may be taken not to proceed                      processing securities shall be fixed as follows :
               Use to which the butter is to be put
                                                                                             Minimum            Processing
                      (Article 4 ( 1 ), (2) and (3)          Fat content of the butter      selling price        security
                  of Regulation (EEC) No 262/79)                                            in ECU per         in ECU per
                                                                                           100 kg butter      100 kg butter
               Formula A and/or C                         82 % or more                         133-50             19300
                                                          Less than 82 %                       130-24             188-29
               Formula B                                  82 % or more                         1 88-50            138-00
                                                          Less than 82 %                       183-90             134-62
(')  OJ No L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
( 2) OJ No L  291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(»)  OJ No L  169 , 18 . 7. 1968 , p . 1 .
(«)  OJ No L  161 , 29 . 6 . 1979, p . 13 .
(')  OJ No L  41 , 16. 2. 1979 , p. 1 .
(4)  OJ No L  61 , 7. 3 . 1981 , p. 18 .
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                                                   Article 2
            This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 13 March 1981 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission