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Language: en
Date: 1974-05-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 25 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

No L 136/ 18                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              201 5 . 74
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 25 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
                                                             (74/249/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 (*) 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 4 600 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 ;                   The minimum export levy for common wheat fixed
 whereas the notice of invitation to tender (7 )                     on the basis of tenders submitted for 25 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 ;
                                                                                             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, 25 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
H 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.