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Language: en
Date: 1974-05-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 25 April 1974 fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on common wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 603/74

20 . 5 . 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 136/ 17
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 25 April 1974
               fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on common
                                       wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 603 /74
                                                              (74/248 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                              both as regards supplies and as regards trade,
COMMUNITIES,                                                                and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                            — the economic aspect of the exports ;
European Economic Community ;
                                                                        Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                          73 stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer
EEC (x ) of 13 June 1967 on the common
                                                                        or tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
organization of the market in cereals, as last                          higher than the minimum ;
 amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 1346/73 (2);
                                                                        Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            present situation on the market for the cereal in
 1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general                        question that the minimum export levy should be
 rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market                 fixed as shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage to
 being disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                        which this minimum applies is 85 000 metric tons ;
 No 2632/73 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2)
 thereof;
                                                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                        are in accordance with the Opinion of the
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC )                 No       Management Committee for Cereals,
 3130/73 (5) of 16 November 1973 establishing                  the
 conditions for the application of the system                   of
 tendering for export levies on cereals, and                    in
 particular Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof;                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy                                            Article 1
 on common wheat was issued under Commission
 Regulation (EEC) No 603/74 (6) of 15 March 1974 ;                      The minimum export levy for common wheat fixed
 whereas the notice of invitation to tender (7)                         on the basis of tenders submitted for 25 April 1974
 associated with this Regulation specified that the                     is hereby fixed at 5 units of account per metric ton.
 total tonnage for which the export levy could be
 fixed was approximately 300 000 metric tons ;
                                                                                                Article 2
 Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/
  73 allows the Commission, in accordance with the                       This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
  procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No
  120/67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy; whereas,
  when this minimum levy is being fixed, account
  must be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 ( 1 )               Done at Brussels, 25 April 1974.
  (b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 ,
  namely :                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                                    P. J. LARDINOIS
  — the objectives of the common organization of the
        market in cereals, namely to balance that market                                      Member of the Commission
  C)    OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
  (2 )  OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. 8 .
  (3)   OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 10.
   (4)  OJ No L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973, p. 18 .
   (5 ) OJ No L 319, 20. 11 . 1973 , p. 10 .
   (6 ) OJ No L 73, 16. 3 . 1974, p. 16.
   C)   OJ No C 28, 16. 3 . 1974, p. 13 .