CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31 May 1976 amending for the second time the Decision of 25 April 1975 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the export of 750 000 metric tons of common wheat held by the German intervention agency

22. 6. 76                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 160/7
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                                               (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                        COMMISSION
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 31 May 1976
                amending for the second time the Decision of 25 April 1975 on the opening of a
                standing invitation to tender for the export of 750 000 metric tons of common
                                        wheat held by the German intervention agency
                                                   (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                              (76/543/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 ment Committee for Cereals,
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals ( !), as last amended by                                        Article 1
 Regulation (EEC) No 832/76 (2), and in particular
Article 7 (5) thereof,                                                  1 . In the Decision of 25 April 1975 the figure
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                       '750 000' is replaced by '850 000'.
376/70 of 27 February 1970 laying down the proce­                      2. The Annex to the Decision of 25 April 1975 is
dure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by                replaced by the Annex to this Decision .
the intervention agencies (3), as last amended by Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 1 29/73 (4), and in particular Article 5
                                                                                              Article 2
( 1 ) and (7) thereof,
Whereas, by the Decision of 25 April 1975 (5),                         In Article 4 of the Decision of 25 April 1975 the date
amended by the Decision of 8 August 1975 (6), the                      '1 June 1976' is replaced by '29 July 1976'.
German intervention agency was authorized to open
an invitation to tender for the export of 750 000                                             Article 3
 metric tons of common wheat which it held ; whereas
approximately 652 000 metric tons of this quantity                     This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
has already been able to be sold ;                                     Germany.
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany has
requested that the quantity at tender be increased
from 750 000 metric tons to 850 000 metric tons and                    Done at Brussels, 31 May 1976.
that the invitation to tender be prolonged up until 29
July 1976 ;                                                                                     For the Commission
Whereas the current situation in intervention is such
                                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
as to justify the amendments requested by the Federal
Republic of Germany ;                                                                       Member of the Commission
(>)  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .
(2)  OJ  No  L 100, 14. 4. 1976, p . 1 .
(3)  OJ  No  L 47, 28 . 2. 1970, p. 49 .
(4)  OJ  No  L 17, 20 . 1 . 1973 , p. 17 .
(5)  OJ  No  L 144, 5. 6. 1975, p. 16 .
(b)  OJ  No  L 214, 12. 8 . 1975, p . 30 .
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                                                      ANNEX
                             Places of storage                       Approximate quantities stored
                                                                            in metric tons
           Hamburg/Schleswig- Holstein                                          64 000
           Niedersachsen/ Bremen                                              1 64 000
           Nordrhein-Westfalen                                                232 000
           Hessen /Rheinland-Pfalz/
           Baden-Württemberg/Saarland                                         162 000
           Bayern                                                             227 500