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Date: 1976-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 April 1976 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 25th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

14. 4. 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                                 No L 99/25
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                             of 1 April 1976
                fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 25th individual invitation to
                tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 232/ 75
                                                                (73/381 /EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                 decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                                   tion to tender ; whereas the amounts of the processing
                                                                                security must be fixed in the light of the difference
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                          between the minimum selling prices and the market
 Economic Community,                                                            prices of the butter ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                  Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                              response to the 25th individual invitation to tender,
 of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last                           the minimum selling price should be fixed at the
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                              level specified below and the processing securities
 particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                             determined accordingly for the butter to be processed
                                                                                according to formula A and it should not be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                   proceeded with the invitation to tender as regards the
 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                           tenders received for butter to be processed according
 intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                        to formula B ;
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and
 in particular Article 7a thereof,                                             Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                               are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                               ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
 No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at
 reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
 products and ice-cream (5), as last amended by Regula­                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 tion (EEC) No 379/76 (6), intervention agencies have
 put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain
 quantities of butter held by them ;                                                                           Article 1
 Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in                         For the 25th individual invitation to tender under
 the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling                          Regulation (EEC) No 232/75, in respect of which the
 price must be fixed which may vary according to the                           time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 23
 use to which the butter is to be put and according to                         March 1976 :
 the fat content of the butter ; whereas alternatively a
               (a) the minimum selling price and without prejudice to the provisions of the second
                    subparagraph of Article 12 ( 1 ) of the said Regulation, the processing security shall be
                    as follows :
                                                              Use to which the butter         Minimum selling       Processing security
                           Fat content of the butter       is to be put ( Article 6 ( 1 ) (c)        price in         in u.a ./ 1 00 kg
                                                         of Regulation ( EEC) No 232/ 7 5)    u.a./ 100 kg butter         butter
                    82 % or more                                   Formula A                           107                 127
(•)  OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13.
(2)  OJ No  L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .
(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 .
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           (b) it shall not be proceeded with the invitation to tender as regards the invitation to
               tender as regards tenders received for butter to be processed according to formula B.
                                                    Article 2
           This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
           Done at Brussels, 1 April 1976.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                 Member of the Commission