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Language: en
Date: 1974-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 February 1974 fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on common wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3281/73

No L 65/20                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              7. 3 . 74
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 21 February 1974
              fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on
                             common wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3281 /73
                                                          (74/ 128/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      — the economic aspect of the exports ;
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                    Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/73
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer or
Economic Community ;                                                tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                         higher than the minimum ;
67/EEC (J) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­             present situation on the market for the cereal in ques­
lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;                                       tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed as
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage to which
1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules               this minimum applies is 25 600 metric tons ;
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being              Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        not given an opinion within the time limit set by its
2632/73 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;              Chairman ,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3130/73 (5) of 16 November 1973 establishing the
conditions for the application of the system of                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tendering for export levies on cereals, and in parti­
cular Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof ;                                                            Article 1
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on
common wheat was issued under Commission Regula­                    The minimum export levy for common wheat fixed
tion (EEC) No 3281 /73 (6) of 5 December 1973 ;                     on the basis of tenders submitted for 21 February
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (7) associated           1974 is hereby fixed at 71 units of account per metric
                                                                    ton .
with this Regulation specified that the total tonnage
for which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­
mately 200 000 metric tons ;                                                               Article 2
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/73              This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
allows the Commission, in accordance with the proce­
dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 120/
67/ EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas,
when this minimum levy is being fixed, account must                 Done at Brussels, 21 February 1974.
be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3(1 ) (b) and
(d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73, namely :                                                 For the Commission
— the objectives of the common organization of the                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
     market in cereals, namely to balance that market
     both as regards supplies and as regards trade, and                                   Member of the Commission
(!) OJ  No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(2) OJ  No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. 8 .
(3) OJ  No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973, p. 1 .
(«) OJ  No L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973, p. 18 .
(5) OJ  No L 319, 20. 11 . 1973, p. 10 .
(6) OJ  No L 337, 6. 12. 1973, p. 17.
(7) OJ  No C 106-, 6 . 12. 1973, p. 49 .