1. Tenders shall be rejected if the price offered for the intervention butter is lower than the minimum price or if the amount of aid proposed exceeds the maximum amount of aid fixed, due regard being had to the intended use, the fat content of the butter or concentrated butter in question and the incorporation procedure.

Making an invitation to purchase products at a specified price without disclosing the existence of any reasonable grounds the trader may have for believing that he will not be able to offer for supply or to procure another trader to supply, those products or equivalent products at that price for a period that is, and in quantities that are, reasonable having regard to the product, the scale of advertising of the product and the price offered (bait advertising).

Making an invitation to purchase products at a specified price without disclosing the existence of any reasonable grounds the trader may have for believing that he will not be able to offer for supply or to procure another trader to supply, those products or equivalent products at that price for a period that is, and in quantities that are, reasonable having regard to the product, the scale of advertising of the product and the price offered (bait advertising).

Since there is much less reliable reporting for DSB market prices than for wholesale market prices, it is very difficult to know during a DSB contract round whether DSB market prices will be offered below the wholesale market price.

(a) the range of bid and offers or designated market-maker quotes, and the depth of trading interest at those prices, to be made public.

Whereas the reduction to 60 % of the intervention price of the threshold triggering the 'safety net' mechanism as referred to in Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 creates the danger of a speculative fall in market prices in certain Member States; whereas, in order to discourage such speculation and prevent a downward spiral of this type, the prices awarded should be modulated on the basis of the market price trends subsequently recorded in cases where the tendered price is higher than the applicable market price; whereas, in the interests of simplification, the amounts of the increase referred to in Article 6 (5) should be ad ...[+++]opted as fixed amounts, which should continue to differ on the basis of which intervention arrangements apply;