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Date: 1974-10-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 October 1974 fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on common wheat issued under Regulation (EEC) No 1840/74

24. 10 . 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 287/9
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                                                       COMMISSION
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 3 October 1974
                fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export levy on
                               common wheat issued under Regulation ( EEC) No 1840/74
                                                              (74/51 0/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           Regulation ( 7) specified that the total tonnage for
COMMUNITIES,                                                             which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­
                                                                         mately 600 000 metric tons ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                         Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3130/ 73
                                                                         allows the Commission , in accordance with the proce­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                              dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 1 20 /
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                      67/ EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas,
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­                  when this minimum levy is being fixed , account must
lation ( EEC) No 1 996/74 (-) ;                                          be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3(1 ) (b) and
                                                                         (d ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 , namely :
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
 1 968 /73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules
to be applied in the event of the cereals market being                   — the objectives of the common organization of the
disturbed , as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                                market in cereals, namely to balance that market
2632/73 (4 ), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;                       both as regards supplies and as regards trade, and
                                                                         — the economic aspect of the exports ;
 Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
31 30/73 (5 ) of 16 November 1973 establishing the
conditions for the application of the system of
tendering for export levies on cereals, and in parti­                    Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3130/ 73
cular Article 5(1 ) thereof ;                                            stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer or
                                                                         tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
                                                                         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 ( h) of 16 July 1974 ; whereas
the notice of invitation to tender associated with this                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
                                                                         present situation on the market for the cereal in ques­
(') OJ No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 / 67 .                            tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed as
(') Oj No L 209 , 31 . 7 . 1974, p. 1 .                                  shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage to which
(') O'l No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1 973 , p. 10 .                               this minimum applies is 9 500 metric tons ;
(•») 0 | No L 272 , 29 . 9 . 1 973 , p . | 8 .
(*) O'l No L 319 , 20 . II . 197 ^ p. Ml .
( h) O'l No I. 193 , 17 . 7 . 1974, p. 10 .                              (-) O ) No C 84, 17 . 7 . 1974, p. 2 .
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Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                               Article 2
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Cereals,                                This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                            Done at Brussels, 3 October 1974 .
                       Article 1
                                                                                   For the Commission
The minimum export levy for common wheat fixed
on the basis of tenders submitted for 3 October 1974
                                                                                      P.J. LARDINOIS
is hereby fixed at 27-50 units of account per metric
ton .                                                                           Member of the Commission