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Language: en
Date: 1974-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 February 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3281/73

1 . 3 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 59 / 85
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 7 February 1974
                fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender issued under Regula­
                                                       tion (EEC) No 3281 /73
                (This Decision replaces the Decision of 7 February 1974 published in OJ No L 41 ,
                                                          13 . 2. 1974, page 13)
                                                               (74/ 1 14/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 ( J ) 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 17 000 metric 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
3 1 30/73 (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 7 February 1974 is hereby fixed
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (7) associated                 at 62-90 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, 7 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
(')  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 .
(4)  OJ   No L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973 , p. 18 .
(5)  OJ   No L 319 , 20 . 11 . 1973 , p . 10 .
(6)  OJ   No L 337, 6 . 12. 1973 , p . 17 .
(7)  OJ   No C 106, 6 . 12 . 1973 , p . 49 .