CELEX: 31997R1545
Language: en
Date: 1997-07-31
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1545/97 of 31 July 1997 fixing the minimum export tax on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1339/97

1 . 8 . 97             I EN    I             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 206/47
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1545 /97
                                                              of 31 July 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 organisation of the                       down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
market in cereals ('), as last amended by the Regulation                decide to fix a minimum export tax taking account of the
(EC) 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 the
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
 1501 /95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed
                                                                        tenderer or tenderers whose bids are equal to or higher
                                                                        than the 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 1259/97 (4), and in particular Article 7 and 15                 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 deteri­
orate 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 25 to 31 July 1997 pursuant to
have reached the level of those in the Community and                    the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No
the trend in those prices is that they will increase;                   1339/97, the minimum tax on exportation of common
whereas this situation will give rise to problems; whereas              wheat shall be ECU 0,50 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 1 August 1997.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 31 July 1997.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                                              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.