NoL243/44 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.8.73
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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of29August1973
layingdownsafeguardmeasuresapplicabletodurumwheatflour,groatsand
mealexportedfromItaly
(73/259/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/
67/EEC(')of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1346/73(2),andinparticularArticle
20(2)thereof;
WhereasItalyrequestedtheCommission on29
August1973tointroducesafeguardmeasuresin
respectofdurumwheatflour,groatsandmeal
exportedfromItaly;
Whereas,byitsDecisionof4August1973(3),the
Commissionintroducedsafeguardmeasuresinrespect
ofexportsofdurumwheatoutsidetheCommunity ;
whereas,thisstepwastakentopreventexportsofthis
product,forwhichtheCommunityhasadeficit,
endangeringsuppliesand,asanindirectconsequence ,
makingitimpossibletosupplyprocessedproductsto
iconsumersatreasonableprices;
Whereastheseprocessedproducts—namelydurum
:wheatflour,groatsandmeal—areusedinteraliain
ithemanufacture ofmacaroni,spaghettiandsimilar
iproductsforhumanconsumption ;
WhereasinItaly,theregionoftheCommunitywhere
considerablequantitiesofmacaroni,spaghettiand
similarproductsareconsumed,thelatteraremanufac­turedexclusivelyfromproductsprocessedfrom
durumwheat;
Whereas,ifsuppliesaretobeassuredinthisMember
State,theItalianfoodindustrymustuseconsiderable
quantitiesofproductsprocessedfromdurumwheat;
Whereas,althoughItalydoesproducedurumwheat,it
hasadeficitforthisproduct;
Whereasthisdeficitcannotbemadegoodwithinthe
Communitybecause,apartfromcertainareasof
Francewhichalsohasadeficitforthisproduct,
durumwheatisnotgrowninanyMemberState;
WhereasforthisreasonItalyislargelydependenton
importsfromthirdcountriesforitssuppliesofdurum
wheat;
Whereas,followingthesharpincreaseinpricesfor
thisproductontheworldmarketinrecentmonths,
availabilities ofthebasicproductandofproducts
processedfromithavefalleninthisMemberState;
Whereasthisincrease,whichisreflectedinpricesfor
macaroni,spaghettiandsimilarproducts,isbecoming
moreandmoreunacceptable atconsumerlevel;
Whereas,furthermore ,thedifferencebetweenprices
rulinginItalyandpricesrulingontheworldmarket
isstillsuchastoencouragetheexportofdurum
wheatflour,groatsandmealfromItaly;
Whereas,underthesecircumstances ,thereisadanger
thatsuppliesinthisregionoftheCommunitywould(')OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
:(-)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.8.
.b)OJNoL219,7.8.1973,p.25.

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HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
1.Nofurtherlicencesshallbeissuedfortheexport
fromItalyofdurumwheatflour,groatsandmeal
fallingwithinsubheadingsex11.02AIa)andex
11.01ArespectivelyoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Thisprovisionshallapplytolicencesappliedfor
withinthemeaningofArticle6ofRegulation(EEC)
No1373/70(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1796/73(3),after29August1973.
2.Forthepurposeofapplyingparagraph 1,section
12ofexportlicencesissuedfortheproductsinques­
tionafter29August1973shallcontainthefollowing
endorsement :beseriouslydisturbedbysuchexportsevenifthe
tonnagesinvolvedweresmall;
Whereasitfollowsfromallthefactorsindicatedabove
thatexportsofdurumwheatflour,groatsandmeal
couldthreatentheItalianmarketwithseriousdistur­
banceswhichmightjeopardisetheobjectivesof
Article39(1)oftheTreatyandinparticularthoseset
outinsubparagraphs (c),(d)and(e)ofthatparagraph;
Whereasthenormalmethodsofmarketregulation,
suchastheabolitionofrefundsandthereductionof
periodofvalidityofexportlicences,havebeenex­
hausted;
Whereasitisthereforenecessarytoadopt,with
immediateeffect,specialmeasurestodealwiththe
situation;
Whereasthesemeasuresshouldbeadoptedwithinthe
frameworkofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2591/69(')of18December1969definingthecondi­
tionsforapplyingsafeguardmeasuresinthecereals
sector;
Whereasmarketconditionsatthepresenttimeare
suchthatonlyacompletebanontheissueofexport
licencescanimprovethesituation;
WhereasthesituationisparticularyhazardousinItaly,
giventhedemandfordurumwheatflour,groatsand
mealinthatregionoftheCommunity ;
Whereasthemeasuresshouldthereforebelimitedto
exportsfromthatregion;
WhereastheCommunity'sfoodaidcommitments
meanthatexportseffectedforthatpurposemustbe
excludedfromthesafeguardarrangements ;'notvalidinItaly,
Article2
TheprovisionsofArticle1shallnotapplytoproducts
mobilizedforfoodaidpurposesinapplicationof
Article22aofRegulationNo120/67/EEC.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,29August1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')OJNoL324,27.12.1969,p.1.(-)OJNoL158,20.7.1970,p.I.
(')OJNoL1S3,5.7.1973,p.1.