NoL250/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.9.74
COMMISSION DECISION
of5September1974
amendingtheCommission Decisionof8August1974authorizingcertain
MemberStatestoapplyspecialinterventionmeasuresforcommonwheat
(OnlytheDutch,FrenchandGermantextsareauthentic)
(74/468/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/
67/EEC(')of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1996/74(2)andinparticularthe
secondparagraphofArticle8andArticle24thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo174/
67/EEC(3)of27June1967onspecialintervention
measuresforcereals,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No445/68(4),andinparticularArticle1
thereof;
Havingregardtothecommunication fromtheKing­
domsoftheNetherlands ,Belgium,theGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgandfromtheFederalRepublicof
GermanywhichreachedtheCommissionon23,25
and30July1974respectivelystatingtheparticularly
difficultsituationforholdersofcommonwheatatthe
startofthenewmarketingyearandincludingrequests
forspecialinterventionmeasuresforcommonwheat;
WhereastheCommissionbyitsDecisionof8August
1974authorizedtheMemberStatesconcernedto
applyspecialinterventionmeasuresinvolvingatotal
quantityof865000metrictonsofcommonwheat;
whereasthedatesspecifiedintheaboveDecisionfor
thesubmissionofapplicationsbytheholdersof
commonwheattotheinterventionagencyofthe
MemberStateconcernedandfortheundertakingto
keepthegraininstockappeartobetooclosethat
thereisneedtoextendthedatesatfirstallowed;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
ThesecondparagraphofArticle1oftheDecisionof
8August1974isreplacedbythefollowingtext.:
'Theseoperationsshallinvolvetheconclusion
before23October1974ofcontractsbetweentheinterventionagencyandtheholdersofcommon
wheatintermsofwhich:
(a)theholdersshallundertaketokeepinstore
fromadatebetween1and18September1974,
tobefixedbytheinterventionagency,until31
January1975agivenquantityofsoftwheat;
(b)theinterventionagencyshallgranttothe
holdersofthatquantity,attheendofthe
periodlaiddownin(a),adailypremium,
intendedtocoverstorageandcreditcosts,
fixedcontractually at0-0233unitofaccount
permetricton.''
Article2
Article2oftheDecisionof8August1974is
amendedasfollows:
Thefirstparagraphisreplacedbythefollowingtext:
'Holderswhowishtoenterintosuchanunder­
takingmustmakeawrittenapplication,
amountingtoafirmundertaking ,totheinterven­
,tionagencybeforethedatefixedbythelatterfor
thebeginningoftheperiodofstorage.Theymust
giveinthisapplicationanindicationofthequan­
tityinquestionwhichmaynotbelessthan200
metrictons.'
Thethirdparagraphisreplacedbythefollowingtext;
'Thecompetentinterventionagencyshallcommu­
nicatetotheholder,twentyeightdaysatthelatest
afterthedatefixedforthebeginningoftheperiod
ofstorage,thequantitywhichwillbesubjectto
theundertaking.'
ArticleJ
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomofthe
Netherlands ,Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgandtheFederalRepublicofGermany.
DoneatBrussels,5September1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(MOJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
{2)OJNoL209,31.7.1974,p.1.
(4)OJNoL91,12.4.1968,p.3.(3)OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2609/67.