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Language: en
Date: 1976-03-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 March 1976 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 23rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

No L 64/32                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                                      12. 3 . 76
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 1 March 1976
              fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 23rd individual invitation
              to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation
                                                            (EEC) No 232/75
                                                                (76/298/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                   the fat content of the butter ; whereas alternatively a
COMMUNITIES,                                                                     decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­
                                                                                 tion to tender ; whereas the amounts of the processing
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            security must be fixed in the light of the difference
Economic Community,
                                                                                 between the minimum selling prices and the market
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                     prices of the butter ;
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products (J), as last                             Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
                                                                                 response to the 23rd individual invitation to tender,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
                                                                                 the minimum selling prices should be fixed at the
                                                                                 level specified below and the processing securities
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                     determined accordingly ;
985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and                             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                                 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
in particular Article 7a thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at                            HAS APOPTED THIS DECISION :
reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
products and ice cream (5), as last amended by Regula­                                                            Article 1
tion (EEC) No 379/76 (6), intervention agencies have                             For the 23rd individual invitation to tender under
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                         Regulation (EEC) No 232/75, in respect of which the
quantities of butter held by them ;                                              time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 24
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in                           February 1976, the minimum selling prices and,
the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling                             without prejudice to the provisions of the second
price must be fixed which may vary according to the                              subparagraph of Article 12 ( 1 ) of the said Regulation,
use to which the butter is to be put and according to                            the processing securities 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         in u.a./ 100 kg
                                                                      No 232/75)                  u.a./ 100 kg butter         butter
             82 % or more                                          Formula A                               107                 120
                                                                    Formula B                              155                   72
                                                                    Article 2
             This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
              Done at Brussels, 1 March 1976.
                                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                               P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                        Member of the Commission
(•) OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13.
(2) OJ No  L 74, 22. 3 . 1975, p. 1 .
(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.
 <) OJ No  L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 28 .