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Language: en
Date: 1975-01-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 December 1974 fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on common wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 1841/74

8 . 1 . 75                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 4/ 13
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                                                       COMMISSION
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 12 December 1974
                fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on
                                 common wheat issued under Regulation ( EEC) No 1841 /74
                                                              (75/ 16/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3130/73
COMMUNITIES,                                                             allows the Commission , in accordance with the proce­
                                                                         dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 120 /
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    67/ EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas,
Economic Community ;                                                     when this minimum levy is being fixed , account must
                                                                         be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                              (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 , namely :
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1 996/74 (2) ;                                           — the objectives of the common organization of the
                                                                             market in cereals, namely to balance that market
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                             both as regards supplies and as regards trade,
 1 968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being
disturbed, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                       — the economic aspect of the exports ;
676/74 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;
Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
3130/73 (5 ) of 16 November 1973 establishing the                        Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3130/73
conditions for the application of the system of                          stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer or
tendering for export levies on cereals, and in parti­                    tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
cular Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof ;                                          higher than the minimum ;
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on
common wheat was issued under Commission Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1841 /74 (6) of 16 July 1974 ; whereas
the notice of invitation to tender ( 7) associated with                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
                                                                         present situation on the market for the cereal in ques­
the Regulation specified that the total tonnage for
                                                                         tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed as
which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­
 mately 300 000 metric tons ;
                                                                         shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage to which
                                                                         this minimum applies is 130 000 metric tons ;
(')  OJ  No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/ 67 .
(2 ) OJ  No  L 209 , 31 . 7 . 1974, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ  No  L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1 973 , p. 10 .
(4 ) OJ  No  L 8 .?, 28 . .5 . 1974, p. 3 .
(5 ) OJ  No  L 319 , 20 . 11 . 1973 , p . 10 .                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
(6)  OJ  No  L 193 , 17 . 7 . 1974, p. 13 .                              are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
( 7) OJ  No C 84, J 7 . 7. 1 974, p. 4 .                                 ment Committee for Cereals ,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                               Done at Brussels , 12 December 1974 .
                      Article 1
The minimum export levy for common wheat fixed
on the basis of tenders submitted for 12 December
1974 is hereby fixed at seven units of account per
metric ton .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                      Article 2                                                     P. J. LARDINOIS
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .                              Member of the Commission