CELEX: 31997R1683
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-28 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1683/97 of 28 August 1997 fixing the minimum export tax on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1339/97

No L 238 / 18        EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 29 . 8 . 97
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1683/97
                                                       of 28 August 1997
                   fixing the minimum export tax on common wheat in connection with the
                                invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1339/97
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No
                                                                    1339/97 0;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,                                                       Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501 /95
                                                                    provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid
  of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                 down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
  market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)         decide to fix a minimum export tax taking account of the
  No 923/96 (2),                                                    criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                    1501 /95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to any
  Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                    tenderer whose bid is equal to or higher than the
  1501 /95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed            minimum tax;
 rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and         Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria to
 the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on
                                                                   the current market situation for the cereal in question
 the market for cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation         results in the minimum export tax being fixed at the
 (EC) No 1 259/97 (4), and in particular Articles 7 and 1 5        amount specified in Article 1 ;
 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 provides that where quotations or prices on the world             Committee for Cereals,
 market for certain products reach the level of Community
 prices and such situation is likely to continue and deterio­
 rate thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the
 Community market, appropriate measures may be taken;              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 whereas Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1501 /95
 provides that, where such conditions are met, an export
 tax may be fixed;                                                                          Article 1
 Whereas prices on the world market for common wheat               For tenders notified from 22 August to 28 August 1997,
 have reached the level of those in the Community and              pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation
 the trend in those prices is that they will increase;             (EC) No 1339/97, the minimum tax on exportation of
 whereas this situation will give rise to problems; whereas        common wheat shall be ECU 0,01 per tonne.
 it has therefore been decided to fix an export tax at a level
 which will avoid disturbance on the Community market;
                                                                                            Article 2
 Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the
 tax for the export of common wheat to all third countries         This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 August 1997.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 28 August 1997.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Ritt BJERREGAARD
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2) OJ No L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
 3 OJ No L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ No L 174, 2. 7. 1997, p. 10 .                              0 OJ No L 184, 12. 7. 1997, p. 7.