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Date: 1985-04-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 March 1985 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 96th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 262/79

4. 4. 85                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No L 97 57
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 18 March 1985
             fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 96th individual invitation to
             tender issued under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation
                                                       (EEC) No 262/79
                                                          (85/21 6/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        the fat content of the butter ; whereas, alternatively, a
COMMUNITIES,                                                          decision may be taken not to proceed with the invita­
                                                                      tion to tender ; whereas the amounts of the processing
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 security must be fixed in the light of the difference
Economic Community,                                                   between the minimum selling prices and the market
                                                                      prices of the butter ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                   Whereas, in the light of the tenders received in
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                     response to the 96th individual invitation to tender,
market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended                 the minimum selling prices should be fixed at the
by Regulation (EEC) No 59 1 /85 (2), and in particular                level specified below and the processing securities
Article 6 (7) thereof,                                                determined accordingly ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for inter­                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
vention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last                Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3521 /83 (4), and in
particular Article 7a thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 262/79 of 12 February 1979 on the sale of butter                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry
products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (*), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 453/85 (*), interven­
tion agencies have put up for sale by standing invita­                                           Article 1
tion to tender certain quantities of butter held by
them ;                                                                For the 96th individual- invitation to tender issued
                                                                      under Regulation (EEC) No 262/79, in respect of
Whereas Article 1 6 of that Regulation provides that, in              which the time limit for the submission of tenders
the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling                  expired on 12 March 1985, the minimum selling
price must be fixed which may vary according to the                   prices and processing securities shall be fixed as
use to which the butter is to be put and according to                 follows :
                                                                                                     (ECU/100 kg butter)
              Use to which the butter is to be put                                      Minimum            Processing
                  (Article 4 of Regulation ,(EEC)       Fat content of the butter
                                                                                       selling price        security
                             No 262/79)
             Formula A and/or C, and/or D           82 % or more                          115,00            230,00
                                                     Less than 82 %                       112,00            230,00
             Formula B                               82 % or more                         175,00             160,00
                                                     Less than 82 %                       170,70             160,00
(')  OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
0    OJ No L 68 , 8 . 3 . 1985, p. 5.
0    OJ No L 169, 18 . 7 . 1968 , p. 1 .
0    OJ No L 352, 15. 12. 1983, p. 4.
0    OJ No L 41 , 16. 2. 1979 , p. 1 .
(<■) OJ No L 52, 22. 2. 1985, p. 40 .
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                                                  Article 2
           This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
           Done at Brussels, 18 March 1985.
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                    Vice-President