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Language: en
Date: 1983-10-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 October 1983 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 63rd individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 262/79

No L 282/58                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            14. 10 . 83
                                                 COMMISSION
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    af 3 October 1983
             fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 63rd individual invitation to
             tender issued under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation
                                                     (EEC) No 262179
                                                       (83/504/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas Article 1 6 of that Regulation provides that, in
COMMUNITIES,                                                    the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
                                                                price must be fixed which may vary according to the
                                                                use to which the butter is to be put and according to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           the fat content of the butter ; whereas, alternatively, a
Economic Community,                                             decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­
                                                                tion to tender ; whereas the amounts of the processing
                                                                security must be fixed in the light of the difference
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68             between the minimum selling prices and the market
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the               prices of the butter ;
market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1600/83 (2), and in particular           Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
Article 6 (7) thereof,                                          response to the 63rd individual invitation to tender,
                                                                the minimum selling prices should be fixed at the
                                                                level specified below and the processing securities
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68             determined accordingly ;
of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for inter­
vention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last          Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
amended by the 1979 Act of Accession, and in parti­             are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
cular Article 7a thereof,                                       Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 262/79 of 12 February 1979 on the sale of butter
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/83 (*), inter­
vention agencies have put up for sale by standing invi­                                Article 1
tation to tender certain quantities of butter held by
them ;                                                          For the 63rd individual invitation to tender issued
                                                                under Regulation (EEC) No 262/79, in respect of
(') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6 . 1968, p. 13 .                         which the time limit for the submission of tenders
(2) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 56.                            expired on 27 September 1983, the minimum selling
h) OJ No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 41 , 16 . 2. 1979, p. 1 .                           prices and processing securities shall be fixed as
 5) OJ No L 250, 10 . 9 . 1983, p. 11 .                         follows :
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                                                                                                     (ECU/100 kg butter)
             Use to which the butter is to be put
                   (Article 4(1 ), (2) and (3)         Fat content of the butter
                                                                                        Minimum            Processing
               of Regulation (EEC) No 262/79)                                          selling price        security
            Formula A and/or C                      82 % or more                          115,00            267,00
                                                    Less than 82 %                        112,00            267,00
            Formula B                               82 % or more                          200,00            174,00
                                                    Less than 82 %                           —                —
                                                            Article 2
            This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
            Done at Brussels, 3 October 1983 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                           Member of the Commission