24.12.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL355/63
COMMISSION DECISION
of31October1973
issuingastandinginvitationtotenderfortheexportof100000metrictonsofryeheld
bytheGermaninterventionagency
(OnlytheGermantextisauthentic)
(73/430/EEC)
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1968/73(5)
of19July1973,layingdowngeneralrulestobe
appliedintheeventofthecerealsmarketbeingdis­
turbed,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2632/73(6),providedforthepossibilityoffixingan
exportlevy;whereas,accordingtoArticle3(4)of
thatRegulation,thislevymaybesubjecttoadvance
fixing;
Whereasitisonlypossibletomakeaproperassess­
mentofatenderifthetenderislinkedwiththe
exportlevyapplicableonthedayonwhichitis
lodged;whereas,inordertotakeaccountofthis,
itisappropriatetoapplytotheexportlevybyana­
logytherulesofArticle5(5)ofRegulation (EEC)
No376/70andtoextendtheapplicationofallthe
provisionsmadeunderthisArticletotheexportlevy;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCummunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
120/67/EEC(*)of13June1967onthecommonor­
ganizationofthemarketincereals,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1346/73(2),andinparti­
cularArticle7(5)thereof;
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
376/70(3)of27February1970layingdownthe
procedureandconditionsforthedisposalofcereals
heldbytheinterventionagencies,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No129/73(4)andinparticular
Article5(1)and(7)thereof;
WhereastheFederalRepublicofGermanyinits
communicaiton of4October1973informedthe
Commission oftheintentionoftheGermaninter­
ventionagencytoissueaninvitationtotenderfor
theexportofrye;
Whereasthe100000metrictonsofryetobeten­
deredforwillbeexportedfromthefrontiercrossing
postsforwhichthetendersaremadebytheten­
derers;whereastheryeisstoredelsewhere;whereas
theGermaninterventionagency,inordertoplace
allthoseparticipatinginthetenderingprocedurein
thesamecompetitivepositionshallsellatthesame
price;whereasinordertodothisitwillbearthe
costoftransportfromtheplaceofstoragetothe
frontiercrossingpointstipulated;
WhereasunderArticle5(5)ofRegulation (EEC)
No376/70itmaybeprovidedthatatendershall
onlybevalidifitisaccompaniedbyanapplication
foranexportlicenceandbyanapplicationforad­
vancefixingoftherefundforthedestinationin
question;whereastheintentionofthisprovisionis
toallowforbetterassessmentofthetenderlodged
bythetenderer;HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheGermaninterventionagency,mayunderthe
conditionshereinafterlaiddown,issueastanding
invitationtotenderfortheexportofryeheldbyit.
Article2
1.Theinvitationtotenderreferstoaquantityof
100000metrictonsofrye.
2.Theplacesinwhichthe100000metrictonsof
ryearestoredarelistedintheAnnex.
(x)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(2)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.8.
(8)OJNoL47,28.2.1970,p.49. (5)OJNoL201,21.7.1973,p.10.
(4)OJNoL17,20.1.1973,p.17. (6)OJNoL272,29.9.1973,p.18.

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Article3
1.Theminimumsellingpriceistobefixedforthe
followingplacesinaccordancewithArticle5(7)of
Regulation (EEC)No376/70:
NorthSeaorBalticportsofexportand/orfrontier
crossingpointsintheFederalRepublicofGermany,
Rotterdam,Amsterdam,AntwerpenandGent.
2.Tendersmustbemadeforoneormoreofthese
portsorexitpoints.Thetenderershallspecifythe
portorportsorexitpointsforwhichthetender
ismade.
Thetendersshallbeforrye:
—whichisinharboursilosfromwhichitcanbe
loadeddirectlyontoaseagoingvesselorcanal
barge,or
—whichissuppliedundischargedattheplaceof
embarkationattheportorexitpoint.
3.Incaseswhereanexportrefundorlevyisappli­
cableonthedayonwhichtendersarelodged,the
tendersshallonlybevalidiftheyareaccompanied
byanapplicationforanexportlicencelodgedbythe
tendererandacorresponding application :
—foradvancefixingoftherefundforthedestina­
tioninquestion,or
—foradvancefixingoftheexportlevy.Inthis
casetheprovisionsmadeunderArticle5(5)of
Regulation (EEC)No376/70shallapply.4.Asregardsthequantitiesofryewhicharenot
attheplacesreferredtointhefirstandsecondin­
dentsofparagraph2,themostadvantageous trans­
portcostsbetweentheplaceofstorageandtheplace
ofembarkationattheportorexitpointwhichmay
bereachedatthemostadvantageous costs,shall
bereimbursedtotheexporter-tenderer bythe
Germaninterventionagency.
Article4
TheGermaninterventionagencyshalllaydownin
thenoticeofinvitationtotenderthedatesonwhich
tendersmaybesubmitted .
Theremustbeatleasttendaysbetweenpublication
ofthenoticeofinvitationtotenderandthefirst
datelaiddownforsubmissionoftenders.Thelast
dateonwhichtendersmaybesubmittedis14June
1974.
ArticleS
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFederalRepublic
ofGermany.
DoneatBrussels,31October1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
ANNEX
(inmetrictons)
Placeofstorage Quantitiesstored
Schleswig-Holstein /Hamburg 12066
Niedersachsen /Bremen 27619
Nordrhein-Westfalen 45100
Rheinland-Pfalz /Baden­
Württemberg/Saarland 10854
Berlin 4300