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Language: en
Date: 1974-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 February 1974 fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on common wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3281/73

7. 3 . 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 65/23
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 28 February 1974
              fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on
                             common wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3281 /73
                                                            (74/ 1 31 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          — the objectives of the common organization of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                                market in cereals, namely to balance that market
                                                                            both as regards supplies and as regards trade, and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   — the economic aspect of the exports ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                        Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/73
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                             stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer or
67/EEC (^ of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                       tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                 higher than the minimum ;
lation (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 ques­
1968/73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules                   tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed as
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being                  shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage to which
disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                            this minimum applies is 13 000 metric tons ;
2632/73 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;                  Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                         not given an opinion within the time limit set by its
3130/73 (5) of 16 November 1973 establishing the                        Chairman ,
conditions for the application of the system of
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tendering for export levies on cereals, and in parti­
cular Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof ;                                                                Article 1
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on                  The minimum export levy for common wheat fixed
common wheat was issued under Commission Regula­                        on the basis of tenders submitted for 28 February
tion (EEC) No 3281 /73 (6) of 5 December 1973 ;                         1974 is hereby fixed at 61-90 units of account per
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (7) associated               metric ton .
with this Regulation specified that the total tonnage
for which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­                                          Article 2
mately 200 000 metric tons ;                                            This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/73
allows the Commission , in accordance with the proce­                   Done at Brussels, 28 February 1974.
dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 120/
                                                                                                 For the Commission
67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas,
when this minimum levy is being fixed, account must                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and
(d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73, namely :                                                 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. 1 .
 4)  OJ No L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973 , p. 18 .
(5 ) OJ No L 319 , 20 . 11 . 1973 , p . 10 .
(o)  OJ No L 337, 6 . 12. 1973, p . 17 .
 7   OJ No C 106, 6 . 12 . 1973 , p . 49 .