CELEX: 31974D0379
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 July 1974 issuing a standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 000 metric tons of common wheat held by the Belgian intervention agency

22. 7. 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 199 / 15
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 1 July 1974
              issuing a standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 000 metric tons of
                             common wheat held by the Belgian intervention agency
                                         (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                           (74/379/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      in the event of the cereals market being- disturbed, as
COMMUNITIES,                                                        last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 676/74 (6),
                                                                    provided for the possibility of fixing an export levy ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               whereas, according to Article 3 (4) of that Regulation,
Economic Community ;                                                this levy may be subject to advance fixing ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                         Whereas it is only possible to make a proper assess­
67/EEC (1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  ment of a tender if the tender is linked with the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­             export levy applicable on the day on which it is
lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular Article              lodged ; whereas, in order to take account of this, the
7 (5) thereof ;                                                     rules of Article 5 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 376/70
                                                                    should be applied to the export levy by analogy and
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                     the application of all the provisions made under this
376/70 (3) of 27 February 1970 laying down the proce­               Article should be extended to the export levy ;
dure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by
the intervention agencies, as last amended by Regula­               Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
tion (EEC) No 129/73 (4) and in particular Article 5 ( 1 )          are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
and (7) thereof ;                                                   ment Committee for Cereals ,
Whereas the Kingdom of Belgium in its communica­
tion of 19 June 1974 informed the Commission of
the intention of the Belgian intervention agency to                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
issue an invitation to tender for the export of 1 00 000
metric tons of common wheat ;
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas the 100 000 metric tons of common wheat
to be tendered for will be exported from the frontier               The Belgian intervention agency, may under the
crossing posts for which the tenders are made by the                conditions hereinafter laid down, issue a standing invi­
tenderers ; whereas the common wheat is stored else­                tation to tender for the export of common wheat held
where ; whereas the Belgian intervention agency, in                 by it.
order to place all those participating in the tendering
procedure in the same competitive position shall sell                                        Article 2
at the same price ; whereas in order to do this it will
bear the cost of transport from the place of storage to             1.     The invitation to tender refers to a quantity of
the frontier crossing point stipulated ;                            100 000 metric tons of common wheat.
Whereas under Article 5 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No
376/70 it may be provided that a tender shall only be
                                                                    2.     The places in which the 100 000 metric tons of
                                                                    common wheat are stored are listed in the annex .
valid if it is accompanied by an application for an
export licence and by an application for advance
fixing of the refund for the destination in question ;                                       Article 3
whereas the intention of this provision is to allow for
better assessment of the tender lodged by the                       1 . The minimum selling price is to be fixed for the
tenderer ;                                                          following places in accordance with Article 5 (7) of
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 376/70 : the North Sea ports of
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 (5) of                 the Community.
 19 July 1973 laying down general rules to be applied
                                                                    2.     Tenders must be made for one or more of these
(') OJ No   117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                           ports. The tenderer shall specify the port or ports for
(2) OJ No  L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 .                             which the tender is made .
O   OJ No  L 47, 28 . 2. 1970, p. 49.
(4) OJ No  L 17, 20 . 1 . 1973 , p. 17 .
(5) OJ No  L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 10 .                           (6) OJ No L 83, 28 . 3 . 1974, p. 3 .
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The tenders shall be for common wheat :                                                Article 4
— which is in harbour silos from which it can be
    loaded directly onto a seagoing vessel or canal          The Belgian intervention agency shall lay down in the
                                                              notice of invitation to tender the dates on which
    barge, or
                                                              tenders may be submitted.
— which is supplied undischarged at the place of
    embarkation at the port.                                 There must be at least 10 days between publication of
                                                              the notice of invitation to tender and the first date
3.    In cases where an export refund or levy is appli­       laid down for submission of tenders. The last date on
cable on the day on which tenders are lodged, the
tenders shall only be valid if they are accompanied by       which tenders may be submitted is 31 December
                                                              1974 .
an application for an export licence lodged by the
tenderer and a corresponding application :
— for advance fixing of the refund for the destination                                 Article 5
    in question, or
— for advance fixing of the export levy — in this             This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
    case the provisions made under Article 5 (5) of           Belgium.
    Regulation (EEC) No 376/70 shall apply.
4. As regards the quantities of common wheat
which are not at the places referred to in the first and      Done at Brussels, 1 July 1974.
second indents of paragraph 2, the most advantageous
transport costs between the place of storage and the                                      For the Commission
place of embarkation at the port • which may be
reached at the most advantageous costs, shall be reim­                                          The President
bursed to the exporter-tenderer by the Belgian inter­
vention angency.                                                                         François-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                       ANNEX
                                  Place of storage                            Quantities stored
              Java (Huy)                                                    3 000 metric tons
              Floreffe                                                      5 000 metric tons
              Brugge                                                        7 000 metric tons
              Zeebrugge                                                     3 000 metric tons
              Tournai                                                       2 356 metric tons
              Ghlin (Mons)                                                  5 000 metric tons
              Poperinge                                                     3 012 metric tons
              Verrebroek                                                    4 211 metric tons
              Racourt                                                     19 000 metric tons
              Liège                                                         8 000 metric tons
              Antwerpen                                                    15 000 metric tons
              Gent                                                         14 000 metric tons
              Ath                                                           8 000 metric tons
              Bruxelles                                                     3 421 metric tons