CELEX: 31973R1242
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1242/73 of the Commission of 14 May 1973 authorizing the French intervention agency to restrict to specific uses the invitation to tender in respect of a further 50 700 tons of common wheat

15 . 5 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 128/ 11
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1242/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 14 May 1973
              authorizing the French intervention agency to restrict to specific uses the invita­
                      tion to tender in respect of a further 50 700 tons of common wheat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        quality available from the stocks of the intervention
COMMUNITIES,                                                          agency ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Whereas, to avoid speculative purchases by the trade,
Economic Community ;                                                  the French Republic has consequently requested that
                                                                      the French intervention agency be authorized to
Having      regard      to     Council         Regulation    No       restrict to specific uses the invitation to tender in
120/67/ EEC ( ! ) of 13 June 1967 on the common                       respect of a maximum quantity of 50 700 tons of
organization of the market in cereals, as last amended                common wheat of high breadmaking quality ;
by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) concerning the
Accession of new Member States to the European                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Economic Community and the European Atomic                            are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                    ment Committee for Cereals ;
1972, and in particular Article 7(5) thereof ;
Whereas in accordance with Article 3 (4) of Commis­                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
sion Regulation (EEC) No 376/70 (4) of 27 February
1970 laying down the procedures and conditions for                                             Article 1
the disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies,
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 129/73 (5),                    Upon offering common wheat for sale on the internal
the invitation to tender may in exceptional cases, at                 market the French intervention agency is authorized
the request of a Member State, be restricted to specific              for the 1972/73 marketing year to restrict the invita­
uses ;
                                                                      tion to tender for a further 50 700 tons of common
                                                                      wheat to use for the sole purpose of producing flour
Whereas due to bad weather during the 1972 harvest,                   suitable for breadmaking.
the common wheat harvested in certain parts of
France is of two low a quality for the production of                                           Article 2
flour suitable for breadmaking ; whereas it is therefore
necessary to turn this common wheat harvested in                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
those parts into wheat suitable for flour milling by                  following its publication in the Official Journal of
mixing it with common wheat of high breadmaking                       the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 14 May 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                               François-Xavier ORTOLI
(')  OJ  No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2269/67.
(2)  OJ  No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3)  OJ  No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(4)  OJ  No L 47, 28 . 2. 1970, p. 49 .
(5 ) OJ  No L 17, 20 . 1 . 1973 , p . 17 .