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Language: en
Date: 1981-02-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23 January 1981 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 43rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 262/79

No L 51 /38                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   26. 2. 81
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 23 January 1981
             fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 43rd individual invitation to
             tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 262/79
                                                                (81 /66/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             selling price must be fixed which may vary according
COMMUNITIES,                                                               to the use to which the butter is to be put and
                                                                           according to the fat content of the butter ; whereas,
                                                                           alternatively, a decision may be taken not to proceed
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      with the invitation to tender ; whereas the amounts of
Economic Community,                                                        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
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last                       Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
amended by the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in                      response to the 43rd individual invitation to tender,
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                          the minimum selling prices should be fixed at the
                                                                           level specified below and the processing securities
                                                                           determined accordingly ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1272/79 (4), and                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
in particular Article 7a thereof,                                          ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
No 262/79 of 12 February 1979 on the sale of butter
at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 925/80 (6), interven­                                                  Article 1
tion agencies have put up for sale by standing invita­
tion to tender certain quantities of butter held by
them ;                                                                      For the 43rd individual invitation to tender under
                                                                           Regulation (EEC) No 262/79, in respect of which the
                                                                           time limit for the submission of tenders expires on 13
Whereas Article 16 of that Regulation provides that,                       January 1981 , the minimum selling prices and
in the light of the tenders received, a minimum                            processing securities shall be fixed as follows :
                                                                                              Minimum          Processing
              Use to which the butter is to be put
                     (Article 4 ( 1 ), (2) and (3)           Fat content of the butter
                                                                                            selling price       security
                 of Regulation (EEC) No 262/79)                                              in ECU per       in ECU per
                                                                                            100 kg butter    100 kg butter
              Formula A and/or C                          82 % or more                          12200            193-00
                                                          Less than 82 %                        119-02           188-29
              Formula B                                   82 % or more                          177-00           138-00
                                                          Less than 82 %                        172-68           134-62
(») OJ No  L 148, 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ No  L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(3) OJ No  L 169, 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 1 .
(4) OJ No  L 161 , 29 . 6. 1979, p. 13 .
(5) OJ No  L 41 , 16. 2. 1979 , p. 1 .
(6) OJ No L 99, 17. 4. 1980, p . 13 .
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                                                   Article 2
            This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 23 January 1981 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission