12.8.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL221/19
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of10July1974
issuingastandinginvitationtotenderfortheexportof400000metrictonsofcommon
wheatheldbytheGermaninterventionagency
(OnlytheGermantextisauthentic)
(74/413/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
120/67/EEC(*)of13June1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketincereals,aslastamended
bytheRegulation (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
fortheexportof400000metrictonsofcommon
wheat;
Whereasthe400000metrictonsofcommonwheat
tobetenderedfor,willbeexportedfromthefrontier
crossingpostsforwhichthetendersaremadebythe
tenderers;whereasthecommonwheatisstoredelsewhere;whereastheGermaninterventionagency,
inordertoplaceallthoseparticipating inthe
tenderingprocedureinthesamecompetitiveposition
shallsellatthesameprice;whereasinordertodo
thisitwillbearthecostoftransportfromtheplace
ofstoragetothefrontiercrossingpointstipulated;
Whereas,underArticle5(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No
376/70,itmaybeprovidedthatatendershallonly
bevalidifitisaccompaniedbyanapplicationforan
exportlicenceandbyanapplicationforadvance
fixingoftherefundforthedestinationinquestion;
whereastheintentionofthisprovisionistoallowfor
betterassessmentofthetenderlodgedbythetenderer;
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;
(x)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(2)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.8.
(3)OJNoL47,28.2.1970,p.49. (5)OJNoL201,21.7.1973,p.10.
(4)OJNoL17,20.1.1973,p.17. (6)OJNoL83,28.3.1974,p.3.

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WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision.
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheGermaninterventionagency,mayunderthe
conditionshereinafterlaiddown,issueastanding
invitationtotenderfortheexportofcommonwheat
heldbyit.
Article2
1.Theinvitation ,totenderreferstoaquantityof
400000metrictonsofcommonwheat.
2.Theplacesinwhichthe400000metrictonsof
commonwheatarestoredarelistedintheAnnex.thetendersshallonlybevalidiftheyare
accompaniedbyanapplicationforanexportlicence
lodgedbythetendererandacorresponding
application :
—foradvancefixingoftherefundforthe
destinationinquestion,or
—foradvancefixingoftheexportlevy.Inthiscase
theprovisionsmadeunderArticle5(5)of
Regulation (EEC)No376/70shallapply.
4.Asregardsthequantitiesofcommonwheat
whicharenotattheplacesreferredtointhefirstand
secondindentsofparagraph2,themost
advantageoustransportcostsbetweentheplaceof
storageandtheplaceofembarkationattheportor
exitpointwhichmaybereachedatthemost
advantageous costs,shallbereimbursedtothe
exporter-tenderer bytheGermanintervention
agency.
Article4
TheGermaninterventionagencyshalllaydownin
thenoticeofinvitationtotenderthedatesonwhich
tendersmaybesubmitted.
Theremustbeatleast10daysbetweenpublication
ofthenoticeofinvitationtotenderandthefirstdate
laiddownforsubmissionoftenders.Thelastdateon
whichtendersmaybesubmittedis25June1975.
ArticleS
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFederalRepublicof
Germany.
DoneatBrussels,10July1974.
■FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLIArticle3
1.Theminimumsellingpriceistobefixedforthe
followingplacesinaccordancewithArticle5(7)of
Regulation (EEC)No376/70:NorthSeaorBaltic
portsofexportand/orfrontiercrossingpointsinthe
FederalRepublicofGermany,Rotterdam,
Amsterdam,AntwerpenandGent.
2.Tendersmustbemadeforoneormoreofthese
portsorexitpoints.Thetenderershallspecifythe
portorportsorexitpointsforwhichthetenderis
made.
Thetendersshallbeforcommonwheat:
—whichisinharboursilosfromwhichitcanbe
loadeddirectlyintoaseagoingvesselorcanal
barge,or
—whichissuppliedundischargedattheplaceof
embarkationattheportorexitpoint.
3.Incaseswhereanexportrefundorlevyis
applicableonthedayonwhichtendersarelodged,
ANNEX
PlaceofstorageApproximatequantitiesstored
(inmetrictons)
Niedersachsen /Bremen 80000
Nordrhein-Westfalen 170000
Hessen 20000
Rheinland-Pfalz /Baden-Württemberg /Saarland 75000
Bayern 55000