CELEX: 31973D0237
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 6 August 1973 adopting safeguard measures applicable to common wheat exported outside the Community

No L 220/ 14                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               8 . 8 . 73
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                                                     COMMISSION
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 6 August 1973
              adopting safeguard measures applicable to common wheat exported outside the
                                                            Community
                                                            (73/237/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas, if this trend continues there is a danger that
COMMUNITIES,                                                         the Community market might be seriously disturbed
                                                                     both as regards supplies and as regards prices ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                     Whereas, because of the Community s food aid
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                          commitments, a large proportion of supplies still avail­
67/EEC (•) on the common organization of the                         able within the Communities must be earmarked for
market in cereals, as last amended by Regulation                     this purpose ;
(EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular Article 20 (2)
thereof ;
                                                                     Whereas it follows from all the factors indicated above
Whereas one of the features of the world market in
common wheat is that it is difficult to determine its                that exports might jeopardize the objectives of Article
future development from figures now available ;                      39 ( 1 ) of the Treaty and in particular those set out in
whereas there is, however, concrete information to                   subparagraphs (c) (d) and (e) of that paragraph ;
indicate that, in the immediate future at least, demand              whereas in particular there is a risk that continued
for this product on the world market will continue to                exports might endanger Community supplies in the
be in excess of demand ;                                             months ahead and, as an indirect consequence, make
                                                                     it impossible to guarantee supplies of products
                                                                     processed from common wheat, and bread in parti­
Whereas prices on the world market are climbing                      cular, to consumers at a reasonable price ;
steadily ; whereas under these circumstances Commu­
nity traders will be encouraged, even if no refund is
payable, to dispose of their stocks of common wheat
outside the Community ;                                              Whereas it is, therefore, necessary to adopt with
                                                                     immediate effect special measures which would make
Whereas applications for export licences covering                    it possible to protect the Community interest, whereas
significant quantities of this product have been                     these measures should be adopted within the frame­
lodged, particularly in France, over the past few days ;             work of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2591 / 69 (3 ) of
whereas this development has caused a disquieting                     18 December 1969 defining the conditions for
increase in prices on the Community market which                     applying safeguard measures in the cereals sector ;
cannot be controlled by the usual market regulation                  whereas market conditions at the present time are
measures ;                                                           such that only a complete ban on the issue of export
                                                                     licences can improve the situation ;
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 / 67 .
 2 ) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 .                            ( 3 ) OJ No L 324, 27 . 12. 1969 , p. 1 .
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Whereas the Community s food aid commitments                                             Article 2
already mentioned mean that exports effected for that
purpose must be excluded from the safeguard arrange­              The provisions of Article 1 shall not apply to products
ments :                                                           mobilized for food-aid purposes in application of
                                                                  Article 22a of Regulation No 120/67/EEC.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                              Article 3
                         Article 1                                This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
No further export licences shall be issued for the
products falling within subheading 10.01 A of the                  Done at Brussels, 6 August 1973.
Common Customs Tariff. This provision shall apply
                                                                                           For the Commission
to licences applied for within the meaning of Article
6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 373/70 (J), as last amended                                        P. J. LARDINOIS
by Regulation (EEC) No 1796/73 (2), after 6 August
1973 .                                                                                 Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 158 , 20 . 7. 1970 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 183, 5 . 7. 1973 , p. 1 .