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Language: en
Date: 1974-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 May 1974 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 44th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

27. 6 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 171 / 1
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                                                     COMMISSION
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 17 May 1974
              fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 44th individual invitation to
              tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                             No 1259/72
                                                            (74/301 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        the minimum selling price should be fixed at the
COMMUNITIES,                                                          level specified below and the processing security deter­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 mined accordingly ;
Economic Community ;                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                    ment Committee for Milk and Milk products,
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
particular Article 6 (7) thereof ; .
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                                 Article 1
985/68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules                  For the 44th 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 14
in particular Article 7a thereof ;                                    May 1974,
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 75 u.a./ lOO kg butter
butter at a reduced price to certain Community                            with a fat content of 82 % or more,
processing undertakings, as last amended by Regula­                   (b) the processing security shall be 114 u.a./ lOO kg
tion (EEC) No 324/74 (6), intervention agencies have                      butter without prejudice to the provisions of the
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                  second and third subparagraphs of Article 12 ( 1 ) of
quantities of butter held by them ;                                       Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72.
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in
the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling                                         Article 2
price must be fixed which may vary with the fat                       This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
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, 17 May 1974 .
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 44th individual invitation to tender,                                          Frangois-Xavier ORTOLI
(!) OJ  No L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ  No L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .
P)  OJ  No L  169 , 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 1 .
(4  OJ  No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 15 .
(5) OJ  No L  139 , 17. 6 . 1972, p. 18 .
M OJ No L 35, 8 . 2. 1974, p. 28 .