CELEX: 31967R0132
Language: en
Date: 1967-06-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation No 132/67/EEC of the Council of 13 June 1967 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in cereals

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    73
 2364/67                     OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                      21.6.67
                               REGULATION No 132/67/EEC OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 13 June 1967
                          laying down general rules for intervention on the market in cereals
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 COMMUNITY,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                                    Article 1
 pean Economic Community;
                                                               1 . In pursuance of Article 7 of Regulation No 120/
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                 67/EEC, all offers for intervention shall be made to
EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation                an intervention agency in respect of a marketing
 of the market in cereals, and in particular Article           centre chosen from among the three centres nearest to
7 (4) thereof;                                                 the place where the cereals are when the offer is
                                                               made.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
                                                               2. The nearest marketing centres mean centres for
Whereas the creation of a single market for cereals            which intervention prices have been fixed and to
necessitates the application of Community interven­            which the cereals can be sent at least cost. These
tion measures ;                                                transport costs shall be determined by the interven­
                                                               tion agency.
Whereas the introduction of Community intervention
measures requires intervention agencies to take over
cereals under conditions which take account of the
regionalisation of prices provided for in Council                                      Article 2
Regulation No 131/67/EEC2 of 13 June 1967 laying
down rules for deriving intervention prices and for
                                                               1.    The intervention agency shall decide on the
determining certain marketing centres for cereals ;
                                                               place where the cereals are to be taken over.
whereas, to this end, the price to be paid to the seller
should be the intervention price valid for a given
marketing centre less any transport costs;                     2.    If the intervention agency takes over the cereals
                                                               at any place other than the marketing centre indicated
                                                               by the seller, the price to be paid shall be equal to
Whereas the introduction of the intervention system
                                                               the intervention price valid at the marketing centre
should follow rules which are as simple and as effec­          indicated by the seller, less the most advantageous
tive as possible; whereas, therefore, the number of            transport costs between the place where the cereals
marketing centres in respect of which an offer may be          are when the offer is made and the marketing centre.
made from a given locality should be limited;                 These costs shall be determined by the intervention
                                                              agency.
Whereas cereals held by intervention agencies should
be offered without discriminating between buyers es­
tablished in the Community and at price levels which           3 . If the intervention agency takes over the cereals
do not hinder the normal development of market                 at a place other than the marketing centre indicated
prices in the Community; whereas the tendering pro­            by the seller and other than the place where the
cedure enables these objectives to be attained ;               cereals are when the offer is made, the cost of trans­
                                                               port from the place where the cereals are to the place
                                                               where they are taken over shall be borne by the
                                                              intervention agency. In that case the price to be paid
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.                            to the seller shall be determined in accordance with
2 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.                            paragraph 2.
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                       Article 3                            3.      If the tenders submitted do not reach the actual
                                                            market value, the invitation to tender shall be can­
1 . Cereals held by the intervention agency shall be        celled.
disposed of by invitation to tender :
(a) with a view to their being put back on the market
                                                                                      Article 4
    on the basis of price conditions which are deter­
    mined before the beginning of the marketing
    year, and are such Nas will not cause a deteriora­      The Council, acting in accordance with the voting
    tion of the market;                                     procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty
                                                            on a proposal from the Commission, may establish a
(b) with a view to export on the basis of price condi­      selling procedure other than that laid down in Article
    tions to be determined case by case according to        3 , if special circumstances require.
    market trends and requirements .
2.    The terms of the invitation to tender shall en­
                                                                                      Article 5
sure equality of access and treatment to all persons
concerned irrespective of the place of their establish­
ment within the Community.                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1967.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
             Done at Brussels, 13 June 1967.
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                      Ch. HEGER