CELEX: 31973D0252
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 August 1973 repealing the safeguard measures applicable to common wheat exported outside the Community

15 . 8 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 227/31
                                                     COMMISSION
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 13 August 1973
                  repealing the safeguard measures applicable to common wheat exported outside the
                                                            Community
                                                           (73/252/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      it must be understood, however, that, as specified
COMMUNITIES,                                                        elsewhere, these exports are subject to an export
                                                                     levy as from 15 August 1973 , an export levy being
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        a more flexible method of market regulation than a
 European Economic Community ;                                       complete ban on the issue of export licences ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/
EEC ( x ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organization
of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2 ), and in particular
Article 20 (2) thereof ;                                                                    Article 1
Whereas, by its Decision of 6 August 1973 (3), the                   The Commission Decision of 6 August 1973 adopting
Commission adopted safeguard measures applicable                     safeguard measures applicable to common wheat
to common wheat exported outside the Community ;                    exported outside the Community is hereby repealed
                                                                     with effect from 15 August 1973 .
Whereas this step was taken because of the un­
                                                                                            Article 2
certainty then prevailing with regard to develop­
ments on the world market in common wheat ;
                                                                     This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
whereas, although world market prices for common
wheat have continued to rise, it has since proved                    Done at Brussels, 13 August 1973 .
possible; on the basis of available information, to
                                                                                             For the Commission
establish with a greater degree of accuracy how this
market is likely to develop, notably as regards                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
the future, and consequently to re-allow exports of
common wheat outside the Community ; whereas                                             Member of the Commission
(*) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67.
(•) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .
(8) OJ No L 220, 8 . 5 . 1973 , p . 14 .