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Language: en
Date: 1974-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 September 1974 fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on common wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 1840/74

No L 278 / 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             15 . 10 . 74
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 19 September 1974
               fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on
                               common wheat issued under Regulation ( EEC) No 1840/74
                                                            (74/499/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        — the economic aspect of the exports ;
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                      Whereas Article 5(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/73
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer or
Economic Community ;                                                  tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
                                                                      higher than the minimum ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­               present situation on the market for the cereals in ques­
lation (EEC) No 1996/74 (2);                                          tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed as
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage to which
1968 /73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules                this minimum applies is 15 000 metric tons ;
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being
                                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
2632/73 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;                ment Committee for Cereals ,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3130/73 (5 ) of 16 November 1973 establishing the
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
common wheat was issued under Commission Regula­                      The minimum export levy for common wheat fixed
tion (EEC) No 1 840/74 (6) of 16 July 1974 ; whereas                  on the basis of tenders submitted for 19 September
the notice of invitation to tender (7) associated with                 1974 is hereby fixed at 19-90 units of account per
                                                                      metric ton .
this Regulation specified that the total tonnage for
which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­
mately 600 000 metric tons ;                                                                  Article 2
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/73                This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
allows the Commission , in accordance with the proce­
dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 1 20/
67/ EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas when
this minimum levy is being fixed , account must be                     Done at Brussels, 19 September 1974.
taken of the criteria set out in Article 3(1 ) (b) and (d)
of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 , namely :                                                     For the Commission
— the objectives of the common organization of the                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
      market in cereals, namely to balance that market
      both as regards supplies and as regards trade, and                                    Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 /67 .
 2)  OJ  No L 209 , 31 . 7 . 1974, p. 1 .
 3)  OJ  No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1 973 , p. 10 .
 4)  OJ  No L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973 , p. 18 .
 3)  OJ  No L 319 , 20 . 1 1 . 1973 , p. 10 .
 b)  OJ  No L 193 , 17 . 7 . 1974, p. 10 .
  7) OJ  No C 84, 17 . 7 . 1974, p. 2 .