CELEX: 31974D0262
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29 April 1974 issuing a standing invitation to tender for the export of 60 000 metric tons of barley held by the French intervention agency

No L 141 / 12                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              24. 5 . 74
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 29 April 1974
                issuing a standing invitation to tender for the export of 60 000 metric tons of
                                    barley held by the French intervention agency
                                               (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                         (74/262/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 676/74 (6),
COMMUNITIES,                                                       provided for the possibility of fixing an export levy ;
                                                                   whereas, according to Article 3(4) of that Regulation,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              this levy may be subject to advance fixing ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                   Whereas it is only possible to make a proper assess­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                        ment of a tender if the tender is linked with the
67/EEC ( 1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                export levy applicable on the day on which it is
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­            lodged ; whereas, in order to take account of this, it is
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article            appropriate to apply to the export levy by analogy the
7(5) thereof ;                                                     rules of Article 5(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 376/70
                                                                   and to extend the application of all the provisions
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
376/70 (3) of 27 February 1970 laying down the proce­              made under this Article to the export levy ;
dure and conditions .for the disposal of cereals held by           Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
the intervention agencies, as last amended by Regula­              are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
tion (EEC) No 1 29/73 (4), and in particular Article 5             ment Committee for Cereals,
( 1 ) and (7) thereof ;
Whereas the Republic of France in its communication
of 10 April 1974 informed the Commission of the                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
intention of the French intervention agency to issue
an invitation to tender for the export of barley ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas the 60 000 metric tons of barley to be
tendered for will be exported from the frontier                    The French intervention agency, may under the condi­
crossing posts for which the tenders are made by the               tions hereinafter laid down, issue a standing invitation
tenderers ; whereas the barley is stored elsewhere ;               to tender for the export of barley held by it.
whereas the French intervention agency, in order to
place all those participating in the tendering proce­
dure in the same competitive position shall sell at the                                     Article 2
same price ; whereas in order to do this it will bear
the cost of transport from the place of storage to the              1 . The invitation to tender refers to a quantity of
frontier crossing point stipulated ;                               60 000 metric tons of barley.
Whereas under Article 5(5) of Regulation (EEC) No                  2. The places in which the 60 000 metric tons of
376/70 it may be provided that a tender shall only be              barley 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 : Rouen, Nantes, Sete
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 968/73 (5) of                and crossings at the French-Swiss border.
 19 July 1973, laying down general rules to be applied
in the event of the cereals market being disturbed, as             2.     Tenders must be made for one or more of these
                                                                   ports or exit points. The tenderer shall specify the'
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                           port or ports or exit points for which the tender is
\2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 .                             made.
(3) 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, 2«. 3 . 1974, p. 3 .
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The tenders shall be for barley :                             bursed to the exporter/tenderer by the French inter­
— which is in harbour silos from which it can be              vention agency.
    loaded directly on to a seagoing vessel or canal
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    barge, or
— which is supplied undischarged at the place of              The French intervention agency shall lay down in the
    embarkation at the port or exit point.                    notice of invitation to tender the dates on which
3 . In cases where an export refund or levy is appli­         tenders may be submitted.
cable on the day on which tenders are lodged, the             There must be at least 10 days between publication of
tenders shall only be valid if they are accompanied by        the notice of invitation to tender and the first date
an application for an export licence lodged by the            laid down for submission of tenders . The last date on
tenderer and a corresponding application :                    which tenders may be submitted is 24 June 1974.
— for advance fixing of the refund for the destination
    in question, or                                                                      Article 5
— for advance fixing of the export levy. In this case         This Decision is addressed to the Republic of France.
    the provisions made under Article 5(5) of Regula­
    tion (EEC) No 376/70 shall apply.
                                                              Done at Brussels, 29 April 1974.
4. As regards the quantities of barley which are not
at the places referred to in the first and second                                          For the Commission
indents of paragraph 2, the most advantageous trans­
port costs between the place of storage and the place                                           The President
of embarkation at the port or exit point which may be
reached at the most advantageous costs, shall be reim­                                    Frahcois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                          ANNEX
                                                                           Quantities
                                              Place of ONIC                  stored
                                                                        (in metric tons)
                                Châlons-sur-Marne                           30 024
                                Rouerì                                       4 015
                                Nancy                                        4 500
                                Toulouse                                     8 134
                                Amiens                                       2 490
                                Nantes                                       1 000
                                Orléans                                      5 445
                                Paris                                        4 392