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Language: en
Date: 1977-01-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 December 1976 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 42nd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 232/75

7 . 1 . 77                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                                      No L 5/ 23
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 20 December 1976
               fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 42nd individual invitation to
               tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for by Regulation ( EEC)
                                                                   No 232 / 75
                                                                  (77/21 / 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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            price of the butter ;
 Economic Community,                                                              Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 777/76 of
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                     5 April 1 976 (7) reduces the scope of Regulation ( EEC)
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                                 No 232/75 to the butter to be used when processed
 of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last                             into pastry products (formula A) ;
 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 42nd individual invitation to tender,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                     the minimum selling price should be fixed at the
 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for                             level specified below and the processing security deter­
 intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as                           mined accordingly ;
 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 2805/76 (6), intervention agencies have
 put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain
                                                                                                                    Article 1
 quantities of butter held by them ;
 Whereas Article 9 of that Regulation provides that, in                           For the 42nd 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 14
use to which the butter is to be put and according to                             December 1976, the minimum selling price and ,
the fat content of the butter ; whereas alternatively a                           without prejudice to the provisions of the second
decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­                             subparagraph of Article 12 ( 1 ) of the said Regulation ,
tion to tender ; whereas the amount of the processing                             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 2 ? 2/ 75)                  per 100 kg butter              butter
               82 % or more                                      Formula A                                88                      155
                                                                     Article 2
              This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
               Done at Brussels, 20 December 1976 .
                                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                                 P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                         Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(-)  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.
(o) OJ No L 320 , 20 . 11 . 1976, p . 25 .                                       ( 7 ) OJ No L 91 , 6 . 4 . 1976, p. 13 .