OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL221/21 12.8.74
COMMISSION DECISION
of10July1974
issuingastandinginvitationtotenderfortheexportof443128metrictonsofbarleyheld
bytheGermaninterventionagency
(OnlytheGermantextisauthentic)
(74/414/EEC)
fixingoftherefundforthedestinationinquestion;
whereastheintentionofthisprovisionistoallowfor
better ■assessmentofthetenderlodgedbythe
tenderer;
"WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1968/73(5)of
19July1973layingdowngeneralrulestobeapplied
intheeventofthecerealsmarketbeingdisturbed,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No676/74(6),
providedforthepossibilityoffixinganexportlevy;
whereas,accordingtoArticle3(4)ofthat
Regulation,thislevymaybesubjecttoadvance
fixing;
Whereasitisonlypossibletomakeaproper
assessmentofatenderifthetenderislinkedwiththe
exportlevyapplicableonthedayonwhichitis
lodged;whereas,inordertotakeaccountofthis,itis
appropriatetoapplytotheexportlevybyanalogy
therulesofArticle5(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No
376/70andtoextendtheapplicationofallthe
provisionsmadeunderthisArticletotheexportlevy;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
120/67/EEC(*)of13June1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketincereals,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1346/73(2),andin
particularArticle7(5)thereof;
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
376/70(3)of27February1970layingdownthe
procedureandconditionsforthedisposalofcereals
heldbytheinterventionagencies,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No129/73(4)andinparticular
Article5(1)and(7)thereof;
WhereastheFederalRepublicofGermany,inits
communication of26June1974,informedthe
Commission oftheintentionoftheGerman
interventionagencytoissueaninvitationtotender
fortheexportofbarley;
Whereasthe443128metrictonsofbarleytobe
tenderedfor,willbeexportedfromthefrontier
crossingpostsforwhichthetendersaremadebythe
tenderers;whereasthebarleyisstoredelsewhere;
whereastheGermaninterventionagency,inorderto
placeallthoseparticipating inthetendering
procedureinthesamecompetitivepositionshallsell
atthesameprice;whereasinordertodothisitwill
bearthecostoftransportfromtheplaceofstorage
tothefrontiercrossingpointstipulated;
Whereas,underArticle5(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No
376/70,itmaybeprovidedthatatendershallonly
bevalidifitisaccompaniedbyanapplicationforan
exportlicenceandbyanapplicationforadvanceHASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheGermaninterventionagency,mayunderthe
conditionshereinafterlaiddown,issueastanding
invitationtotenderfortheexportofbarleyheldby
it.
Article2
1.Theinvitationtotenderreferstoaquantityof
443128metrictonsofbarley.
0OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(2)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.8.
(3)OJNoL47,28.2.1970,p.49.
(4)OJNoL17,20.1.1973,p.17.(6)OJNoL201,21.7.1973,p.10.
(6)OJNoL83,28.3.1974,p.3.

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4.Asregardsthequantitiesofbarleywhichare
notattheplacesreferredtointhefirstandsecond
indentsofparagraph2,themostadvantageous
transportcostsbetweentheplaceofstorageandthe
placeofembarkationattheportorexitpointwhich
maybereachedatthemostadvantageous costs,shall
bereimbursedtotheexporter-tenderer bythe
Germaninterventionagency.
Article4
TheGermaninterventionagencyshalllaydownin
thenoticeofinvitationtotenderthedatesonwhich
tendersmaybesubmitted.
Theremustbeatleast10daysbetweenpublication
ofthenoticeofinvitationtotenderandthefirstdate
laiddownforsubmissionoftenders.Thelastdateon
whichtendersmaybesubmittedis25June1975.2.Theplacesinwhichthe443128metrictonsof
barleyarestoredarelistedintheAnnex.
Article3
1.Theminimumsellingpriceistobefixedforthe
followingplacesinaccordancewithArticle5(7)of
Regulation (EEC)No376/70:NorthSeaorBaltic
portsofexportand/orfrontiercrossingpointsinthe
FederalRepublicofGermany,Rotterdam,
Amsterdam ,AntwerpenandGent.
2.Tendersmustbemadeforoneormoreofthese
portsorexitpoints.Thetenderershallspecifythe
portorportsorexitpointsforwhichthetenderis
made.
Thetendersshallbeforbarley:
—whichisinharboursilosfromwhichitCanbe
loadeddirectlyintoaseagoingvesselorcanal
barge,or
—■whichissuppliedundischargedattheplaceof
embarkationattheportorexitpoint.
3.Incaseswhereanexportrefundorlevyis
applicableonthedayonwhichtendersarelodged,
thetendersshallonlybevalidiftheyare
accompaniedbyanapplicationforanexportlicence
lodgedbythetendererandacorresponding
application :
—foradvancefixingoftherefundforthe
destinationinquestionor
—foradvancefixingoftheexportlevy.Inthiscase
theprovisionsmadeunderArticle5(5)of
Regulation (EEC)No376/70shallapply.Article5
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFederalRepublicof
Germany.
DoneatBrussels,10July1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
PlaceofstorageApproximate
quantitiesstored
(inmetrictons)
Schleswig-Holstein /Hamburg 20242
Niedersachsen /Bremen 120675
Nordrhein-Westf alen 268211
Hessen 4000
Rheinland-Pfalz /Baden-Württemberg 30000