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Language: en
Date: 1973-09-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31 August 1973 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 28th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

No L 256/30                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             13 . 9 . 73
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 31 August 1973
              fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 28th individual invitation to
              tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                             No 1259/ 72
                                                            (73/286/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 (') 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
985/68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules                 For the 28th individual invitation to tender under
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 28
in particular Article 7a thereof ;                                   August 1 973 :
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                     (a) the minimum selling price to be considered when
No 1 259 /72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of                      awarding contracts shall be 55 u.a./ lOO kg butter ;
butter at a reduced price to certain Community                       (b) the processing security shall be 132 u.a./ lOO kg of
processing undertakings, as last amended by Regula­                      butter without prejudice to the provisions of the
tion (EEC) No 2248 /73 (6), intervention agencies have                    second and third subparagraphs of Article 12 ( 1 ) of
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                  Regulation ( EEC) No 1259/72.
quantities of butter held by them ;
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in                                       Article 2
the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
                                                                      This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
 price must be fixed which may vary with the fat
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, 31 August 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 28th individual invitation to tender,                                        Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 (') 0 | No I. 148 , 28 . 6 . 1 968 , p . 13 .
 (-) O'j No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.
 Q)   OJ No L  169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p . 1 .
 (4 ) OJ No L  291 , 28 .  12 . 1972 , p . 15.
 (5 ) O) No L  139 , 17 . 6 . 1972 , p . 18 .
 (h)  OJ No I  230 , 18 . 8 . 1973 , p . 14 .