NoL220/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.8.73
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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of6August1973
adoptingsafeguardmeasuresapplicabletocommonwheatexportedoutsidethe
Community
(73/237/EEC)
Whereas,ifthistrendcontinuesthereisadangerthat
theCommunitymarketmightbeseriouslydisturbed
bothasregardssuppliesandasregardsprices;
Whereas,becauseoftheCommunity sfoodaid
commitments ,alargeproportionofsuppliesstillavail­
ablewithintheCommunities mustbeearmarkedfor
thispurpose;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/
67/EEC(•)onthecommonorganization ofthe
marketincereals,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1346/73(2),andinparticularArticle20(2)
thereof;
Whereasoneofthefeaturesoftheworldmarketin
commonwheatisthatitisdifficulttodetermineits
futuredevelopment fromfiguresnowavailable;
whereasthereis,however,concreteinformation to
indicatethat,intheimmediatefutureatleast,demand
forthisproductontheworldmarketwillcontinueto
beinexcessofdemand;
Whereaspricesontheworldmarketareclimbing
steadily;whereasunderthesecircumstances Commu­
nitytraderswillbeencouraged,evenifnorefundis
payable,todisposeoftheirstocksofcommonwheat
outsidetheCommunity ;
Whereasapplicationsforexportlicencescovering
significantquantitiesofthisproducthavebeen
lodged,particularlyinFrance,overthepastfewdays;
whereasthisdevelopment hascausedadisquieting
increaseinpricesontheCommunitymarketwhich
cannotbecontrolledbytheusualmarketregulation
measures ;Whereasitfollowsfromallthefactorsindicatedabove
thatexportsmightjeopardizetheobjectivesofArticle
39(1)oftheTreatyandinparticularthosesetoutin
subparagraphs (c)(d)and(e)ofthatparagraph;
whereasinparticularthereisariskthatcontinued
exportsmightendangerCommunitysuppliesinthe
monthsaheadand,asanindirectconsequence ,make
itimpossibletoguaranteesuppliesofproducts
processedfromcommonwheat,andbreadinparti­
cular,toconsumersatareasonableprice;
Whereasitis,therefore,necessarytoadoptwith
immediateeffectspecialmeasureswhichwouldmake
itpossibletoprotecttheCommunityinterest,whereas
thesemeasuresshouldbeadoptedwithintheframe­
workofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2591/69(3)of
18December1969definingtheconditionsfor
applyingsafeguardmeasuresinthecerealssector;
whereasmarketconditionsatthepresenttimeare
suchthatonlyacompletebanontheissueofexport
licencescanimprovethesituation;
(')OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
2)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.8. (3)OJNoL324,27.12.1969,p.1.

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Article2 WhereastheCommunitysfoodaidcommitments
alreadymentionedmeanthatexportseffectedforthat
purposemustbeexcludedfromthesafeguardarrange­
ments:TheprovisionsofArticle1shallnotapplytoproducts
mobilizedforfood-aidpurposesinapplicationof
Article22aofRegulationNo120/67/EEC.
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION : Article3
Article1ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,6August1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommissionNofurtherexportlicencesshallbeissuedforthe
productsfallingwithinsubheading10.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.Thisprovisionshallapply
tolicencesappliedforwithinthemeaningofArticle
6ofRegulation(EEC)No1373/70(J),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1796/73(2),after6August
1973.
(>)OJNoL158,20.7.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL183,5.7.1973,p.1.