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Date: 1978-08-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 July 1978 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 78th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

18 . 8 . 78                                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                                  No L 227/ 21
                                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                                    of 17 July 1978
              fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 78th individual invitation to
              tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation ( EEC)
                                                                       No 232 / 75
                                                                      (78 /676/ 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 sCouncil 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 78th individual invitation to tender,
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1421 / 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 tor 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 271 4/ 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 78th 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 1 325/ 78 (6), intervention agencies have                             time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 1 1
put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain                             July 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                    167
                                                                 Less than 82 %                             85.85                   163
               Formula B                                         82 % or more                                130                    125
                                                                 Less than 82 %                           1 26.83                   122
(')  OJ  No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(J ) OJ  No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978 , p. 12.
(-') 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 159 , 17 . 6 . 1978 , p . 26 .
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                                                 Article 2
          This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
          Done at Brussels, 17 July 1978 .
                                                               For the Commission
                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                   Vice-President