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Language: en
Date: 1974-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 26 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

15 . 10 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 278 / 19
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 26 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/ 504/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 13 000 metric tons ;
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being
disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
2632/73 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;                are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      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 tender submitted for 26 September
the notice of invitation to tender (7) associated with                1974 is hereby fixed at 22 units of account per metric
this Regulation specified that the total tonnage for                  ton .
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
allows the Commission , in accordance with the proce­                 This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 120/
67/ EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas,
when this minimum levy is being fixed , account must                  Done at Brussels, 26 September 1974.
be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3(1 ) (b) and
(d) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 , namely :                                                For the Com miss ion
— 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 . 1973 , p. 10 .
(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 .
(7)  OJ  No  C 84, 17 . 7. 1974, p. 2 .