NoL346/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.12.73
COMMISSION DECISION
of7November1973
issuingastandinginvitationtenderfortheexportof50000metrictonsofbarleyheld
bytheGermaninterventionagency
(OnlytheGermantextisauthentic)
(73/393/EEC)
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1968/73(3)
of19July1973,layingdowngeneralrulestobe
appliedintheeventofthecerealsmarketbeing
disturbed,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2632/73(6),providedforthepossibilityoffixingan
exportlevy;whereas,accordingtoArticle3(4)of
thatRegulation,thislevymaybesubjecttoadvance
fixing;
Whereasitisonlypossibletomakeaproper
assessmentofatenderifthetenderislinkedwith
theexportlevyapplicableonthedayonwhichitis
lodged;whereas,inordertotakeaccountofthis,it
isappropriatetoapplytotheexportlevyby
analogytherulesofArticle5(5)ofRegulation
(EEC)No376/70andtoextendtheapplicationof
alltheprovisionsmadeunderthisArticletothe
exportlevy;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/67/
EEC(*)of13June1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketincereals,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1346/73(2),and
inparticularArticle7(5)thereof;
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
376/70(3)of27February1970layingdownthe
procedureandconditionsforthedisposalofcereals
heldbytheinterventionagencies,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No129/73(4)andinparticular
Articles5(1)and(7)thereof;
WhereastheFederalRepublicofGermanyinits
communication of12October1973informedthe
Commission oftheintentionoftheGerman
interventionagencytoissueaninvitationtotender
fortheexportofbarley;
Whereasthe50000metrictonsofbarleytobe
tenderedforwillbeexportedfromthefrontier
crossingpostsforwhichthetendersaremadebythe
tenderers;whereasthebarleyisstoredelsewhere;
whereastheGermaninterventionagency,inorderto
placeallthoseparticipating inthetendering
procedureinthesamecompetitivepositionshallsell
atthesameprice;whereasinordertodothisitwill
bearthecostoftransportfromtheplaceofstorage
tothefrontiercrossingpointstipulated;
WhereasunderArticle5(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No
376/70itmaybeprovidedthatatendershallonly
bevalidifitisaccompaniedbyanapplicationfor
anexportlicenceandbyanapplicationforadvance
fixingoftherefundforthedestinationinquestion;
whereastheintentionofthisprovisionistoallow
forbetterassessmentofthetenderlodgedbythe
tenderer;HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheGermaninterventionagency,mayunderthe
conditionshereinafterlaiddown,issueastanding
invitationtotenderfortheexportofbarleyheldbyit.
Article2
1.Theinvitationtotenderreferstoaquantityof
50000metrictonsofbarley.
2.Theplacesinwhichthe50000metrictonsof
barleyarestoredarelistedintheAnnex.
Article3
1.Theminimumsellingpriceistobefixedfor
thefollowingplacesinaccordancewithArticled(7)
ofRegulation (EEC)No376/70:
NorthSeaorBalticportsofexportand/orfrontier
crossingpointsintheFederalRepublicofGermany,
Rotterdam,AmsterdamandAntwerp. (!)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(2)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.8.
(»)OJNoL47,28.2.1970,p.49.
(4)OJNo17,20.1.1973}p.17.(3)OJNoL201,21.7.1973,p.10.
(«)OJNoL272,29.9.1973,p.18.

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2.Tendersmustbemadeforoneormoreof
theseportsorexitpoints.Thetenderershallspecify
theportorportsorexitpointsforwhichthetender
ismade.transportcostsbetweentheplaceofstorageandthe
placeofembarkationattheportorexitpointwhich
maybereachedatthemostadvantageous costs,
shallbereimbursedtotheexporter-tenderer bythe
Germaninterventionagency.
Thetendersshallbeforbarley
Article4
TheGermaninterventionagencyshalllaydownin
thenoticeofinvitationtotenderthedatesonwhich
tendersmaybesubmitted.
Theremustbeatleast10daysbetweenpublication
ofthenoticeofinvitationtotenderandthefirst
datelaiddownforsubmissionoftenders.Thelast
dateonwhichtendersmaybesubmittedis24Tune
1974.—whichisinharboursilosfromwhichitcanbe
loadeddirectlyontoaseagoingvesselorcanal
bargeor ,
—whichissuppliedundischargedattheplaceof
embarkationattheportorexitpoint.
3.Incaseswhereanexportrefundorlevyis
applicableonthedayonwhichtendersarelodged,
thetendersshallonlybevalidiftheyare
accompaniedbyanapplicationforanexportlicence
lodgedbythetendererandacorresponding
application
—foradvancefixingoftherefundforthe
destinationinquestionor
—foradvancefixingoftheexportlevy.Inthiscase
theprovisionsmadeunderArticle5(5)of
Regulation (EEC)No376/70shallapply.
4.Asregardsthequantitiesofbarleywhichare
notattheplacesreferredtointhefirstandsecond
indentsofparagraph2,themostadvantageousArticle5
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFederalRepublic
ofGermany.
DoneatBrussels,7November1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
ANNEX
Placeofstorage Quantitiesstored
Schleswig-Holstein /Hamburg ca.8749metrictons
Niedersachsen /Bremen ca.25000metrictons
Nordrhein-Westfalen ca.16251metrictons