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Language: en
Date: 1974-02-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 February 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3281/73

No L 50/40                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             22. 2. 74
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 14 February 1974
                 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender issued under Regula­
                                                       tion (EEC) No 3281/73
                                                              (74/95/EEC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       — the economic aspect of the exports ;
  COMMUNITIES,
                                                                       Whereas paragraph 2 of the Article referred to above
  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 ( 1) 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 1 346/73 (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 35 000 tons ;
  to be applied in the event of the cereals market being
  disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                         Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
  2632/73 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;               not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
                                                                       its 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 particular
  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 fixed on the basis of
  tion (EEC) No 3281 /73 (6) of 5 December 1973 ;                      tenders submitted for 14 February 1974 is hereby
  whereas the notice of invitation to tender (7) associated            fixed at 64-90 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,                      Done at Brussels, 14 February 1974.
   when this minimum levy is being fixed, account must
   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
   (i) OJ No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67 .
    2) OJ No  141 , 28 . 5. 1973 , p . 8 .
   (3) OJ No  L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973, p. 40 .
   («) OJ No  L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973 , p . 18 .
;  (5  OJ No  L 319 , 20 . 11 . 1973 , p. 10 .
,  (') OJ No  L 337, 6. 12. 1973 , p. 17 .
'  ('  OJ No  C 106, 6. 12 . 1973, p. 49 .