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Language: en
Date: 1977-08-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 July 1977 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 55th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

II . 8 . 77                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                                       No L 205/29
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                                of 20 July 1977
                fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 55th individual invitation to
                tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 232/75
                                                                    (77/501 / EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                     security must be fixed in the light of the difference
 COMMUNITIES,                                                                       between the minimum selling price and the market
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                               price of the butter ;
 Economic Community,                                                                Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 777/76 of
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                        5 April 1976 (7) reduces the scope of Regulation (EEC)
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                                   No 232/75 to the butter to be used when processed
 of the market in milk and milk products ( l ), as last                              into pastry products (formula A) ;
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                                  Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
 particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                                   response to the 55th individual invitation to tender,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                        the minimum selling price should be fixed at the
 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                                level specified below and the processing security deter­
 intervention on the market in butter and cream (3 ), as                             mined accordingly ;
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and
 in particular Article 7a thereof,                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                                    ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
 No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at
 reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
 products and ice-cream (5), as last amended by Regula­                              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 tion (EEC) No 920/77 (6), intervention agencies have
 put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain
                                                                                                                      Article 1
 quantities of butter held by them ;
 Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in                              For the 55th individual invitation to tender under
 the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling                                Regulation (EEC) No 232/75, in respect of which the
 price must be fixed which may vary according to the                                 time limit for the submission of tenders is 12 July
 use to which the butter is to be put and according to                               1977, the minimum selling price and, without preju­
 the fat content of the butter ; whereas alternatively a                            dice to the provisions of the second subparagraph of
 decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­                              Article 12 ( 1 ) of the said Regulation, the processing
 tion to tender ; whereas the amount of the processing                              security, shall be as follows :
                                                      Use to which the butter is to be put          Minimum selling        Processing security
                       Fat content of the butter      (Article 6 ( 1 ) (c ) of Regulation ( EEC)       price in u.a .      in u.a. per 100 kg
                                                                      No 232/75)                    per 100 kg butter             butter
                82 % or more                                        Formula A                               88                     162
                                                                        Article 2
               This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
                Done at Brussels, 20 July 1977.
                                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                     Vice-President
(')  OJ   No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(2 ) OJ   No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .
(3 ) OJ   No L 169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p. 1 .
(4 ) OJ   No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 15.
(5 ) OJ   No L 24, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 45 .
(6)  OJ   No L 108 , 30 . 4 . 1977, p. 75.                                          ( 7) OJ No L 91 , 6 . 4 . 1976, p. 13 .