CELEX: 31974D0462
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 July 1974 issuing a Standing Invitation to Tender for the export of 50 000 metric tons of common wheat held by the Netherlands intervention agency

No L 249/ 18                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             12. 9 . 74
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                                              (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                      COMMISSION
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 10 July 1974
               issuing a Standing Invitation to Tender for the export of 50 000 metric tons of
                              common wheat held by the Netherlands intervention agency
                                                   (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
                                                             (74/462/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        better assessment of the tender lodged by the
COMMUNITIES,                                                          tenderer ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 (5) of
Economic Community ;                                                  19 July 1973 laying down general rules to be applied
                                                                      in the event of the cereals market being disturbed, as
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                           last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 676/74 (6),
67/EEC (1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                    provided for the possibility of fixing an export levy ;
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­               whereas, according to Article 3 (4) of that Regulation*
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular Article               this levy may be subject to advance fixing ;
7 (5) thereof ;
                                                                      Whereas it is possible to make a proper assessment of
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                       a tender only if the tender is linked with the export
376/70 (3) of 27 February 1970 laying down the proce­                 levy applicable on the day on which it is lodged ;
dure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by               whereas, in order to take account of this, the rules of
the intervention agencies, as last amended by Regula­                 Article 5 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 376/70 should be
tion (EEC) No 129/73 (4), and in particular Article 5                 applied to the export levy by analogy and the applica­
( 1 ) and (7) thereof ;                                               tion of all the provisions made under this Article
                                                                      should be extended to the export levy ;
Whereas the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its
communication of 26 June 1974 informed the                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Commission of the intention of the Netherlands inter­                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
vention agency to issue an invitation to tender for the               ment Committee for Cereals,
export of 50 000 metric tons of common wheat ;
Whereas under Article 5 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No
376/70 it may be provided that a tender shall only be                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
valid if it is accompanied by an application for an
export licence and by an application for advance
                                                                                               Article 1
fixing of the refund for the destination in question ;
whereas the intention of this provision is to allow for
                                                                      The Netherlands intervention agency may, under the
(>)   OJ No  117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                           conditions hereinafter laid down, issue a standing invi­
(2)   OJ No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. 8 .
(3)   OJ No  L 47, 28 . 2. 1970, p. 49.                               (5) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973, p. 10.
(")   OJ No  L 17, 20 . 1 . 1973, p. 17.                              (6) OJ No L 83, 28 . 3 . 1974, p. 3 .
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tation to tender for the export of common wheat held         — for advance fixing of the refund for the destination
by it.                                                            in question or
                                                             — for advance fixing of the export levy. In this case
                        Article 2                                 the provisions made under Article 5 (5) of Regula­
                                                                  tion (EEC) No 376/70 shall apply.
The invitation to tender refers to a quantity of 50 000
metric tons of common wheat which is stored at
                                                                                     Article 4
Rotterdam .
                                                              The Netherlands intervention agency shall lay down
                        Article 3                             in the notice of invitation to tender the dates on
                                                              which tenders may be submitted.
 1 . The minimum selling price is to be fixed for
Rotterdam in accordance with Article 5 (7) of Regula­         There must be at least 10 days between publication of
tion (EEC) No 376/70.                                         the notice of invitation to tender and the first date
                                                              laid down for submission of tenders. The last date on
2.     Tenders must be made for this port.                    which tenders may be submitted is 20 December
                                                              1974.
The tenders shall be for common wheat :
— which is in harbour silos from which it can be                                     Article 5
     loaded directly onto a seagoing vessel or canal
     barge                                                    This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the
or
                                                              Netherlands .
— which is supplied undischarged at the place of
     embarkation at the port.                                 Done at Brussels, 10 July 1974.
 3. In cases where an export refund or levy is appli­
                                                                                       For the Commission
 cable on the day on which tenders are lodged, the
 tenders shall be valid only if they are accompanied by                                    The President
 an application for an export licence lodged by the
 tenderer and a corresponding application :                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI