CELEX: 31973D0236
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 4 August 1973 adopting safeguard measures applicable to durum wheat exported outside the Community

7. 8 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 219 / 25
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                                                    COMMISSION
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 4 August 1973
             adopting safeguard measures applicable to durum wheat exported outside the
                                                            Community
                                                            (73/236/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       extremely rare ; whereas applications for export­
COMMUNITIES,                                                          licences covering significant quantities of this product
                                                                     have, nevertheless, been lodged in France over the
                                                                      past few days ; whereas this indicates that prices ruling
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                on the world market are encouraging Community
Economic Community ;                                                 traders, despite the fact that no refund is payable, to
                                                                     dispose of their stocks of durum wheat ;
Having regard to Council Regulation                  No    120/
67/EEC ( J) on the common organization of the
market in cereals, as last amended by Regulation                     Whereas, if this trend continues, there is a danger that
(EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular Article 20 (2)               the Community market might be seriously disturbed
thereof ;
                                                                     both as regards supplies and as regards prices which
                                                                      might tend to move upwards as a result of exports ;
Whereas the French . Government requested the
Commission on 3 August 1973 to introduce safeguard
measures in respect of durum wheat exported outside                  Whereas it follows from all the factors indicated above
the Community ;                                                      that exports might jeopardize the objectives of Article
                                                                     39 ( 1 ) of the Treaty and in particular those set out in
Whereas prices ruling on the world market for durum                  subparagraphs (c) (d) and (e) of that paragraph ;
wheat have been climbing steadily in recent months                   whereas in particular there is a risk that continued
and are now more than 20 % above the level of the                    exports might endanger Community supplies in the
target price for this product ;                                       months ahead and, as an indirect consequence, make
                                                                      it impossible to guarantee supplies of processed
                                                                      products to consumers at a reasonable price ;
Whereas the Community has a considerable deficit
for durum wheat ; whereas it is, therefore, dependent
on imports from third countries ; whereas one of the
Community's      main       third-country       suppliers    has     Whereas it is, therefore, necessary to adopt with
already introduced a ban on exports ;                                 immediate effect special measures which would make
                                                                      it possible to protect the Community interest ;
Whereas, because of the deficit, exports of durum                    whereas these measures should be adopted within the
wheat from the Community are traditionally                            framework of Council Regulation (EEC) 2591 / 69 (3) of
                                                                      18 December 1969 defining the conditions for
(!) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 / 67 .
 2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 .                             (■>) OJ No L 324, 27 . 12 . 1969 , p. 1 .
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applying safeguard measures in the cereals sector ;        applications for licences applied for, within the
whereas market conditions at the present time are           meaning of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No
such that only a complete ban on the issue of export        1373/70 (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
licences can improve the situation ;                        1796/73 (2), after 4 August 1973.
                                                                                        Article 2
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
                       Article 1                            Done at Brussels, 4 August 1973 .
No further export licences for the product listed in                                      For the Commission
Article 1 (b) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC, falling
                                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
within subheading 10.01 B of Common Customs
Tariff, shall be issued. This provision shall apply to                               Member of the Commission
                                                             (') OJ No L 158 , 20 . 7. 1970 , p. 1 .
                                                             (2 ) OJ No L 183 , 5 . 7 . 1973 , p. 1 .