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Language: en
Date: 1979-07-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 June 1979 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the seventh individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 262/79

No L 168 /40                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                            6 . 7. 79
                                                         COMMISSION DECISION
                                                               of 18 June 1979
              fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the seventh individual invita­
              tion to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by
                                                        Regulation (EEC) No 262/79
                                                                  (79/601 /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 ('), as last                             response to the seventh 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 1979 (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 seventh 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 June
to the use to which the butter is to be put and                                  1979, the minimum selling prices and the processing
according to the fat content of the butter ; whereas                             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              20200
                                                             Less than 82 %                          103-40             197.07
              Formula B                                      82 % or more                            15700              151.00
                                                             Less than 82 %                          15316              147-31
(>) 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 .
(4) 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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                                                Article 2
         This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
         Done at Brussels, 18 June 1979.
                                                              For the Commission
                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                  Vice-President