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Language: en
Date: 1974-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 November 1974 fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on common wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 1841/74

No L 318/26                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           28 . 11 . 74
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 14 November 1974
              fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on
                              common wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 1841 /74
                                                           (74/587/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 ( 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 1996/74 (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
1968 /73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules              this minimum applies is 5 000 metric tons ;
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being              Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
disturbed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
676/74 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;               ment Committee for Cereals,
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 parti­
cular 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 for common wheat fixed
                                                                    on the basis of tenders submitted for 14 November
tion (EEC) No 1841 /74 (6) of 16 July 1974 ; whereas
the notice of invitation to tender (7) associated with              1974 is hereby fixed at 14-99 units of account per
                                                                    metric ton .
this Regulation specified that the total tonnage for
which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­
mately 300 000 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 November 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.
(2)  OJ No  L 209 , 31 . 7. 1974, p. 1 .
(>)  OJ No  L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973, p. 10 .
(4)  OJ No  L 83, 28 . 3 . 1974, p. 3 .
(5 ) OJ No  L 319 , 20 . 11 . 1973, p. 10 .
(*)  OJ No  L 193, 17. 7. 1974, p. 3.
(7)  OJ No  C 84, 17. 7. 1974, p. 4.