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Date: 1974-09-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 8 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

10 . 9 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 247/ 17
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                                                      COMMISSION
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 8 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
                                                             (74/448/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/73
COMMUNITIES,                                                           allows the Commission , in accordance with the proce­
                                                                       dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 120/
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas,
Economic Community ;                                                   when this minimum levy is being fixed, account must
                                                                       be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                            (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73, namely :
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1 996/74 (2) ;                                         — the objectives of the common organization of the
                                                                           market in cereals, namely to balance that market
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                           both as regards supplies and as regards trade, and
 1 968 /73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being
disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                           — the economic aspect of the exports ;
2632/73 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;
Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
3130/73 (5) of 16 November 1973 establishing the                       Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3130/73
conditions for the application of the system of                        stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer or
tendering for export levies on cereals, and in parti­                  tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
cular Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof ;                                        higher than the minimum ;
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on
common wheat was issued under Commission Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1 840 /74 (6) of 16 July 1974 ; whereas
the notice of invitation to tender (7) associated with                 Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
this Regulation specified that the total tonnage for                   present situation on the market for the cereal in ques­
which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­                      tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed as
mately 600 000 metric tons ;                                           shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage to which
                                                                       this minimum applies is 50 000 metric tons ;
(>)  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. 1973 , p. 40 .
(4)  OJ  No   L 272, 29 . 9 . 1973 , p. 18 .                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
(5 ) OJ  No   L 319 , 20 . 11 . 1973 , p. 10 .
(b)  OJ  No   L 193 , 17 . 7 . 1974, p. 10 .                           are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
( 7) OJ  No  C 84, 17 . 7 . 1974, p. 2 .                               ment Committee for Cereals,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                 Done at Brussels, 8 August 1974.
                       Article 1
The minimum export levy for common wheat fixed
on the basis of tenders submitted for 8 August 1974 is
hereby fixed at 19-90 units of account per metric ton .                            For the Commission
                       Article 2                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .                               Member of the Commission