CELEX: 31973D0259
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29 August 1973 laying down safeguard measures applicable to durum wheat flour, groats and meal exported from Italy

No L 243 / 44                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             31 . 8 . 73
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                                                        COMMISSION
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 29 August 1973
                 laying down safeguard measures applicable to durum wheat flour, groats and
                                                        meal exported from Italy
                                                               (73/259/EEC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       tured exclusively from products processed from
   COMMUNITIES,                                                         durum wheat ;
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas, if supplies are to be assured in this Member
   Economic Community ;                                                 State, the Italian food industry must use considerable
                                                                        quantities of products processed from durum wheat ;
   Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
   67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
   tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­              Whereas, although Italy does produce durum wheat, it
   lation ( EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article             has a deficit for this product ;
   20 (2) thereof ;
                                                                        Whereas this deficit cannot be made good within the
   Whereas Italy requested the Commission on 29                         Community because, apart from certain areas of
   August 1973 to introduce safeguard measures in                       France which also has a deficit for this product,
   respect of durum wheat flour, groats and meal                        durum wheat is not grown in any Member State ;
   exported from Italy ;
                                                                        Whereas for this reason Italy is largely dependent on
   Whereas, by its Decision of 4 August 1973 (3), the                   imports from third countries for its supplies of durum
   Commission introduced safeguard measures in respect                  wheat ;
   of exports of durum wheat outside the Community ;
   whereas, this step was taken to prevent exports of this
   product, for which the Community has a deficit,                      Whereas, following the sharp increase in prices for
   endangering supplies and, as an indirect consequence,                this product on the world market in recent months,
   making it impossible to supply processed products to                 availabilities of the basic product and of products
 i consumers at reasonable prices ;                                     processed from it have fallen in this Member State ;
   Whereas these processed products — namely durum                      Whereas this increase, which is reflected in prices for
:  wheat flour, groats and meal — are used inter alia in                macaroni, spaghetti and similar products, is becoming
i  the manufacture of macaroni , spaghetti and similar                  more and more unacceptable at consumer level ;
i  products for human consumption ;
                                                                        Whereas, furthermore, the difference between prices
   Whereas in Italy, the region of the Community where                  ruling in Italy and prices ruling on the world market
   considerable quantities of macaroni , spaghetti and                  is still such as to encourage the export of durum
   similar products are consumed , the latter are manufac­              wheat flour, groats and meal from Italy ;
   (') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 / 67 .
:  (-) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .                            Whereas, under these circumstances, there is a danger
.  b) OJ No L 219, 7. 8 . 1973, p. 25.                                  that supplies in this region of the Community would
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be seriously disturbed by such exports even if the                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tonnages involved were small ;
Whereas it follows from all the factors indicated above                                      Article 1
that exports of durum wheat flour, groats and meal
could threaten the Italian market with serious distur­            1 . No further licences shall be issued for the export
                                                                  from Italy of durum wheat flour, groats and meal
bances which might jeopardise the objectives of                   falling within subheadings ex 1 1 .02 A I a) and ex
Article 39 ( 1 ) of the Treaty and in particular those set        11.01 A respectively of the Common Customs Tariff.
out in subparagraphs (c), (d) and (e) of that paragraph ;         This provision shall apply to licences applied for
Whereas the normal methods of market regulation,                  within the meaning of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC)
such as the abolition of refunds and the reduction of             No 1 373/70 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
period of validity of export licences, have been ex­              No 1 796/73 (3), after 29 August 1973 .
hausted ;
                                                                  2.     For the purpose of applying paragraph 1 , section
Whereas it is therefore necessary to adopt, with                  12 of export licences issued for the products in ques­
immediate effect, special measures to deal with the               tion after 29 August 1973 shall contain the following
situation ;                                                       endorsement :
Whereas these measures should be adopted within the                    'not valid in Italy ,
framework of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2591 /69 (') of 18 December 1969 defining the condi­                                          Article 2
tions for applying safeguard measures in the cereals
sector ;                                                          The provisions of Article 1 shall not apply to products
                                                                  mobilized for food aid purposes in application of
Whereas market conditions at the present time are                 Article 22a of Regulation No 120/67/EEC.
such that only a complete ban on the issue of export
licences can improve the situation ;
                                                                                              Article 3
Whereas the situation is particulary hazardous in Italy,
                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
given the demand for durum wheat flour, groats and
 meal in that region of the Community ;
Whereas the measures should therefore be limited to               Done at Brussels, 29 August 1973 .
exports from that region ;                                                                       For the Commission
Whereas the Community's food aid commitments                                                          The President
 mean that exports effected for that purpose must be
 excluded from the safeguard arrangements ;                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                  (-) OJ No L 1 58 , 20 . 7 . 1 970 , p. I .
 (') OJ No L 324, 27 . 12 . 1969 , p . 1 .                        (') OJ No L 1 S3 , 5 . 7 . 1 973 , p. 1 .