18.2.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL44/19
COMMISSION DECISION
of30January1975
authorizingcertainMemberStatestoapplyspecialinterventionmeasuresfor
commonwheat
(OnlytheFrench,DutchandGermantextsareauthentic)
(75/112/EEC)
sionDecisionof8August1974,areinclinedto
extendthestorageundertakingupto28Februaryor
31March1975,atthechoiceoftheholder;
Whereastheseundertakingsmustbemadeunder
similarconditionstothoselaiddownfortheprevious
undertakings ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/
67/EEC(*)of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No85/75(2),andinparticularthesecond
paragraphofArticle8andArticle24thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo174/
67/EEC(3)of27June1967onspecialintervention
measuresforcereals,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No445/68(4),andinparticularArticle1
thereof;
WhereastheKingdomofBelgium,theFederalRepu­
blicofGermany,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
andtheKingdomoftheNetherlands ,bytheir
communication whichreachedtheCommission on
20,22and23January1975,haverequestedanexten­
sionofthespecialinterventionmeasureswhichthose
MemberStatesareauthorizedtocarryoutpursuantto
theCommissionDecisionof8August1974(5)autho­
rizingcertainMemberStatestoapplyspecialinterven­
tionmeasuresforcommonwheat,asamendedbythe
Commission Decisionof5September 1974(6);
whereastheserequestsarejustifiedbythefactthatthe
undertakingstostorethequantitiesofcommonwheat
concernedbythesespecialinterventionmeasures
terminateon31January1975andthattheirrelease
intothemarketafterthatdatecarriedtheriskof
accentuatingthedeclineinpricesandconsequentlyof
obligingtheinterventionagenciestomakelarge
purchases;
WhereasintheseconditionsthesaidMemberStates
shouldbeauthorizedtohavetheirinterventionagen­
ciesenterintocontractswiththeholdersofcommon
wheatwho,havingalreadymadeuseofthespecial
interventionmeasuresprovidedforintheCommis­Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
Netherlands ,theFederalRepublicofGermanyand
theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareauthorizedto
havetheirinterventionagenciescarryoutspecialinter­
ventionmeasuresforcommonwheat.
Theseoperationsshallinvolvetheconclusionbefore
15February1975ofcontracts,betweentheinterven­
tionagencyandholdersofcommonwheatwho
concludedastorageundertakinginapplicationofthe
CommissionDecisionof8August1974,intermsof
which:
(a)theholdersshallundertaketokeepinstoreallor
partofthequantityofcommonwheatstoredsince
theperiod1to18September1974,until28
Februaryor31March1975;
(b)theinterventionagencyshallgranttotheholders
ofthatquantity,attheendoftheperiodlaiddown
in(a),adailypremium,intendedtocoverstorage
andcreditcosts,fixedcontractuallyat0-0233unit
ofaccountpermetricton.
(')OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(2)OJNoL11,16.1.1975,p.1.
(3)OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2609/67.Article2
HoldersreferredtoinArticle1whowishtoenterinto
suchanundertakingmustmakeawrittenapplication,
amountingtoafirmundertaking ,totheintervention
agencybefore3February1975.(4)OJNoL91,12.4.1968,p.3.
(5)OJNoL238,30.8.1974,p.43.MOJNoL250,13.9.1974,p.36.

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Article3
Theinterventionagencyshallverifytheexistenceof
theclaimants'stocksbeforesignatureofthecontract
andattheendoftheperiodofstorage.Moreoverit
shallcarryoutallnecessarycontrolmeasuresto
confirmthattheundertakingisrespected.
Article4
TheMemberStatesconcernedmaybeauthorized,
accordingtotheprocedurelaiddowninArticle26of
RegulationNo120/67/EEC,toterminatetheunder­
takingprovidedforinArticle1(a).
InthiscasethedailypremiumreferredtoinArticle1
(b)shallbegranteduptothedayfixedbythe
MemberStateinquestionforterminationofthe
undertaking .Article5
TheMemberStatesconcernedshallkeeptheCommis­
sioninformedastothedevelopmentoftheoperations
providedforinthisDecision.
Article6
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands ,the
FederalRepublicofGermanyandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg .
DoneatBrussels,30January1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission