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Language: en
Date: 1977-11-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31 October 1977 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 62nd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation  to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

No L 288/24                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                                    12. 11. 77
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 31 October 1977
             fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 62nd individual invitation to
             tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                  No 232/75
                                                               (77/704/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                  security must be fixed in the light of the difference
COMMUNITIES,                                                                    between the minimum selling price and the market
                                                                                price of the butter ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                             Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 777/76 of
                                                                                5 April 1976 (7) reduces the scope of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                    No 232/75 to the butter to be used when processed
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                               into pastry products (formula A) ;
of the market in milk and milk products ( !), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                               Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                               response to the 62nd individual invitation to tender,
                                                                                the minimum selling price should be fixed at the
                                                                                level specified below and the processing security deter­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                    mined accordingly ;
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 2714/72 (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)
No 232/75 of 30 January 1975 on the sale of butter at
reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry                              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
products and ice-cream (5), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2379/77 (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 62nd 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 is 25 October
use to which the butter is to be put and according to                            1977, the minimum selling price and, without preju­
the fat content of the butter ; whereas, alternatively, a                        dice to the provisions of the second subparagraph of
decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­                           Article 12 ( 1 ) of the said Regulation, the processing
tion to tender ; whereas the amount of the processing                            security, shall be as follows :
                                                    Use to which the butter is to be put      Minimum selling        Processing security
                     Fat content of the butter      (Article 6 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation ( EEC)    price in u.a .      in u.a. per 100 kg
                                                                    No 232/75)                per 100 kg butter             butter
              82 % or more                                        Formula A                           88                     162
              Less than 82 %                                      Formula A                           85.85                  158
(') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13.
(2) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .
(A 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.
(6) OJ No L 277, 29 . 10 . 1977, p . 37 .                                        (7) OJ No L 91 , 6. 4. 1976, p. 13.
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                                                   Article 2
            This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 31 October 1977.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President