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Language: en
Date: 1974-05-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 April 1974 fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on common wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 604/74

20. 5 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 136/5
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 18 April 1974
               fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on common
                                       wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 604/74
                                                            (74/237/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            both as regards supplies and as regards trade,
COMMUNITIES,                                                              and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                          — the economic aspect of the exports ;
European Economic Community ;
                                                                      Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                        73 stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer
EEC ( 1) of 13 June 1967 on the common                                or tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
organization of the market in cereals, as last                        higher than the minimum ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2);
                                                                      Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          present situation on the market for the cereal in
1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general                       question that the minimum export levy should be
rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market                fixed as shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage to
being disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC )                      which this minimum applies is 53 400 metric tons ;
No 2632/73 ( 4), and in particular Article 4 (2)
thereof;                                                              Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC)                No        Management Committee for Cereals,
3130/73 (5 ) of 16 November 1973 establishing                the
conditions for the application of the system                  of
tendering for export levies on cereals, and                   in
particular Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof;                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                       \
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy                                           Article 1
on common wheat was issued under Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 604/74 (6 ) of 15 March 1974 ;
whereas the notice of invitation (7 ) to tender                       The minimum export levy for common wheat fixed
                                                                      on the basis of tenders submitted for 18 April 1974
associated with this Regulation specified that the
                                                                      is hereby fixed at 6 units of account per metric ton .
 total tonnage for which the export levy could be
fixed was approximately 200 000 metric tons ;
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/                                          Article 2
 73 allows the Commission, in accordance . with the
 procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
 120/67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas,
 when this minimum levy is being fixed, account
 must be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 ( 1 )             Done at Brussels, 18 April 1974.
 (b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 ,
 namely :                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                                  P. J. LARDINOIS
 — the objectives of the common organization of the
       market in cereals, namely to balance that market                                     Member of the Commission
  (!)  OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
  (2)  OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. 8 .
  (3)  OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 10.
  (4)  OJ No L 272, 29. 9 . 1973 , p. 18 .
  (5 ) OJ No L 319, 20. 11 . 1973 , p . 10.
  (6 ) OJ No L 73, 16. 3 . 1974, p. 19 .
  ( 7) OJ No C 28 , 16. 3 . 1974, p. 15 .