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Language: en
Date: 1979-08-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27 July 1979 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 10th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 262/79

No L 209 /34                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                           18 . 8 . 79
                                                         COMMISSION DECISION
                                                               of 27 July 1979
              fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 10th individual invitation
              to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by
                                                        Regulation (EEC) No 262/79
                                                                 (79/71 5/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 10th 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
                                                                                ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
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 10th 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 24 July
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              202-00
                                                            Less than 82 %                          103.40             197.07
              Formula B                                     82 % or more                            157-00             151.00
                                                            Less than 82 %                             —                  —
(») OJ  No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ  No L 204, 28 . 7. 1978, p. 6.
(3) 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 .
(6) OJ  No L 72, 23. 3. 1979, p. 16.                                            (7) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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18 . 8 . 79                    Official Journal of the European Communities
                                                   Article 2
            This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
            Done at Brussels, 27 July 1979 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President