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Date: 1978-11-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 October 1978 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 84th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

11 . 11 . 78                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                              No L 318/71
                                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                               of 17 October 1978
                fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 84th individual invitation to
                tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 232/75
                                                                    (78/907/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                     Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in
COMMUNITIES,                                                                       the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
                                                                                   price must be fixed which may vary according to the
                                                                                   use to which the butter is to be put and according to
                                                                                   the fat content of the butter ; whereas alternatively a
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                              decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­
Economic Community,                                                                tion to tender ; whereas the amounts of the processing
                                                                                   security must be fixed in the light of the difference
                                                                                   between the minimum selling prices 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 84th 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 ;
                                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                               ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and
in particular Article 7a thereof,                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                                                 Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at
reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry                                For the 84th individual invitation to tender under
products and ice-cream (5), as last amended by Regula­                             Regulation (EEC) No 232/75, in respect of which the
tion (EEC) No 1325/78 (6), intervention agencies have                              time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 10
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                           October 1978, the minimum selling prices and the
quantities of butter held by them ;                                                processing securities shall be as follows :
                    Use to which the butter is to be put                                          Minimum selling     Processing security
                    (Article 6 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC)        Fat content of the butter           price (in       (in u.a/100 kg
                                    No 232/75)                                                   u.a./ 100 kg butter)        butter)
               Formula A                                       82 % or more                              88.00              167.00
                                                               Less than 82 %                            85.85              163.00
               Formula B                                       82 % or more                             130.00              125.00
                                                               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 24, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 45.
(6) OJ   No  L 159, 17. 6. 1978 , p. 26.
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                                                   Article 2
            This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 17 October 1978 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President