CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 5 December 1974 fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on common wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 2742/74

7 . 1 . 75                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 3/ 15
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 5 December 1974
                fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on
                            common wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 2742/74
                                                           (75/ 11 /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 (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­              Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
                                                                      present situation on the market for the cereal in ques­
lation (EEC) No 1 996/74 (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
 1 968 /73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules             this minimum applies is 100 000 metric tons ;
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being
disturbed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
676/74 (4 ), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;               are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      ment Committee for Cereals ,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3130/73 (5 ) of 16 November 1973 establishing the                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
conditions for the application of the system of
tendering for export levies on cereals, and in parti­                                        Article 1
cular Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof ;
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on               The minimum export levy for common wheat fixed
common wheat was issued under Commission Regula­                      on the basis of tenders submitted for 5 December
tion ( EEC) No 2742/74 (6) of 30 October 1974 ;                       1974 is hereby fixed at 12-10 units of account per
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (7) associated             metric ton .
with this Regulation specified that the total tonnage
for which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­                                        Article 2
mately 300 000 metric tons ;
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 , 5 December 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,                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2269/ 67.
0 OJ No L 209 , 31 . 7 . 1974, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p. 10 .
b) OJ No L 83, 28 . 3. 1974, p. 3.
(5 ) OJ No L 319, 20 . 11 . 1973 , p . 10 .
( b) OJ No L 292, 31 . 10 . 1974, p . 34 .
( 7 OJ No C 135, 2 . 1 1 . 1974, p . 2 .