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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of10July1974
issuingaStandingInvitationtoTenderfortheexportof50000metrictonsof
commonwheatheldbytheNetherlandsinterventionagency
(OnlytheDutchtextisauthentic)
(74/462/EEC)
betterassessmentofthetenderlodgedbythe
tenderer;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1968/73(5)of
19July1973layingdowngeneralrulestobeapplied
intheeventofthecerealsmarketbeingdisturbed,as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No676/74(6),
providedforthepossibilityoffixinganexportlevy;
whereas,accordingtoArticle3(4)ofthatRegulation*
thislevymaybesubjecttoadvancefixing;
Whereasitispossibletomakeaproperassessmentof
atenderonlyifthetenderislinkedwiththeexport
levyapplicableonthedayonwhichitislodged;
whereas,inordertotakeaccountofthis,therulesof
Article5(5)ofRegulation(EEC)No376/70shouldbe
appliedtotheexportlevybyanalogyandtheapplica­
tionofalltheprovisionsmadeunderthisArticle
shouldbeextendedtotheexportlevy;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/
67/EEC(1)of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1346/73(2),andinparticularArticle
7(5)thereof;
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
376/70(3)of27February1970layingdowntheproce­
dureandconditionsforthedisposalofcerealsheldby
theinterventionagencies,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No129/73(4),andinparticularArticle5
(1)and(7)thereof;
WhereastheKingdomoftheNetherlandsinits
communication of26June1974informedthe
Commission oftheintentionoftheNetherlandsinter­
ventionagencytoissueaninvitationtotenderforthe
exportof50000metrictonsofcommonwheat;
WhereasunderArticle5(5)ofRegulation(EEC)No
376/70itmaybeprovidedthatatendershallonlybe
validifitisaccompanied byanapplicationforan
exportlicenceandbyanapplicationforadvance
fixingoftherefundforthedestinationinquestion;
whereastheintentionofthisprovisionistoallowforHASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheNetherlandsinterventionagencymay,underthe
conditionshereinafterlaiddown,issueastandinginvi­(>)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(2)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.8.
(3)OJNoL47,28.2.1970,p.49.
(")OJNoL17,20.1.1973,p.17.(5)OJNoL201,21.7.1973,p.10.
(6)OJNoL83,28.3.1974,p.3.

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tationtotenderfortheexportofcommonwheatheld
byit.
Article2
Theinvitationtotenderreferstoaquantityof50000
metrictonsofcommonwheatwhichisstoredat
Rotterdam .
Article3
1.Theminimumsellingpriceistobefixedfor
RotterdaminaccordancewithArticle5(7)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No376/70.
2.Tendersmustbemadeforthisport.
Thetendersshallbeforcommonwheat:
—whichisinharboursilosfromwhichitcanbe
loadeddirectlyontoaseagoingvesselorcanal
barge
or
—whichissuppliedundischarged attheplaceof
embarkationattheport.
3.Incaseswhereanexportrefundorlevyisappli­
cableonthedayonwhichtendersarelodged,the
tendersshallbevalidonlyiftheyareaccompaniedby
anapplicationforanexportlicencelodgedbythe
tendererandacorresponding application :—foradvancefixingoftherefundforthedestination
inquestionor
—foradvancefixingoftheexportlevy.Inthiscase
theprovisionsmadeunderArticle5(5)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No376/70shallapply.
Article4
TheNetherlandsinterventionagencyshalllaydown
inthenoticeofinvitationtotenderthedateson
whichtendersmaybesubmitted.
Theremustbeatleast10daysbetweenpublicationof
thenoticeofinvitationtotenderandthefirstdate
laiddownforsubmissionoftenders.Thelastdateon
whichtendersmaybesubmittedis20December
1974.
Article5
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomofthe
Netherlands .
DoneatBrussels,10July1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI