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Language: en
Date: 1974-09-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22 August 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 247/26                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             10 . 9 . 74
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 22 August 1974
                fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on
                               common wheat issued under Regulation ( EEC) No 1840/74
                                                             (74/456/ 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
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                            higher than the minimum ;
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 cereal 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 25 000 metric tons ;
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being                 Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                           not issued any opinion within the time allowed for by
2632/73 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;                 its Chairman ,
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, ^nd 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 22 August 1974
 the notice of invitation to tender (7) associated with                 is hereby fixed at 25-10 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 120/
 67/ EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas,
                                                                        Done at Brussels, 22 August 1974.
 when this minimum levy is being fixed, account must
 be 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. 40 .
  (4)  OJ No  L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973 , p. 18 .
  (5 ) OJ No  L 319 , 20 . 11 . 1973 , p. 10 .
  (o)  OJ No  L 193 , 17 . 7 . 1974, p. 10 .
  O    OJ No C 84, 1 7 . 7 . 1 974, p. 2 .