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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 603/74

No L 136/ 6                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                20 . 5 . 74
                                                   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 603/74
                                                          (74/23 8/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 H 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 29 000 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        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
particular Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof;
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy
on common wheat was issued under Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 603/74 (6) of 15 March 1974 ;                    The minimum export levy for common wheat fixed
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (7)                     . on the basis of tenders submitted for 18 April 1974
associated with this Regulation specified that the                   is hereby fixed at 5 units of account per metric ton.
total tonnage for which the export levy could be
fixed was approximately 300 000 metric tons ;                                                Article 2
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/
73 allows the Commission, in accordance with the                     This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No
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.
 (u ) OJ No L 73 , 16. 3 . 1974, p. 16.
 ( 7) OJ No C 28, 16. 3 . 1974, p. 13 .