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Language: en
Date: 1974-09-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29 July 1974 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 49th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72

5 . 9 . 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 243 /29
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 29 July 1974
                fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 49th individual invitation to tender
                under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No i259/72
                                                             (74/445/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                          response to the 49th individual invitation to tender,
                                                                       the minimum selling price should be fixed at the
                                                                       level specified below and the processing security
 Having regard to the Treaty                  establishing    the       determined accordingly ;
 European Economic Community ;
                                                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                             are in accordance with the Opinion of the
 No 804/68 ( 1 ) of 27 June 1968 on the common                         Management Committee for Milk and Milk
 organization of the market in milk and milk                           Products,
products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 662/74 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7)
 thereof;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)
No 985 /68 (3) of 15 July 1968 laying down general                                             Article 1
 rules for intervention on the market in butter and
 cream, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                            For the 49th individual invitation to tender under
 No 2714/72 (4), and in particular Article 7a thereof;                 Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72, in respect of which
                                                                       the time limit for the submission of tenders expires
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                       on 23 July 1974,
No 1259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of
butter at a reduced price to certain Community                         ( a) the minimum selling price to be considered when
processing undertakings, as last amended by                                 awarding contracts shall be 90 units of account
Regulation (EEC) No 324/74 (6), intervention                                per 100 kg butter with a fat content of 82% or
agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation                        more,
to tender certain quantities of butter held by them ;
                                                                       (b) the processing security shall be 99 units of
Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that,                         account per 100 kg butter without prejudice to
in the light of the tenders received, a minimum                             the provisions of the second and third
selling price must be fixed which may vary with the                         subparagraphs of Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation
                                                                             (EEC) No 1259/72.
fat 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 must be fixed in the light of the                                         Article 2
difference between the minimum selling price and
the market price of the butter ;                                       This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
                                                                      Done at Brussels, 29 July 1974.
0    OJ   No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(2)  OJ   No L 85 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .                                                                For the Commission
( 3) OJ   No L 169, 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 1 .
(4)  OJ   No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 15                                                                     The President
(B)  OJ   No L 139, 17. 6. 1972, p. 18.
(6)  OJ   No L 35 , 8 . 2 . 1974, p. 28.                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOLI