31973R0201

No L 23 / 7 29 . 1 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 201 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 23 January 1973

authorizing the French intervention agency to restrict to specific uses the invitation to tender in respect of 40 000 tons of common wheat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, in order to avoid speculative purchases COMMUNITIES, by the trade, the French Republic has requested that the French intervention agency be authorized Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ to restrict to specific uses the invitation to tender pean Economic Community ; in respect of a maximum quantity of 40 000 tons of common wheat of high breadmaking quality ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organization of Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­ the market in cereals, as last amended by Regulation lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the (EEC) No 2429/72 (2), and in particular Article 7 Management Committee for Cereals ; (5 ) thereof;

Whereas in accordance with Article 3 (4) of Com­ mission Regulation (EEC) No 376/70 (3) of 27 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : February 1970 laying down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies, as last amended by Regulation Article 1 (EEC) No 129/73 (4), the invitation to tender may in exceptional cases, at the request of a Member Upon offering common wheat for sale on the State, be restricted to specific uses ; internal market the French intervention agency is authorized for the 1972/73 season to restrict the Whereas due to bad weather during the 1972 har­ invitation to tender for 40 000 tons of common vest, the common wheat harvested in certain parts wheat to use for the sole purpose of producing of France is of too low a quality for the production flour suitable for breadmaking. of flour suitable for breadmaking;

Whereas it is therefore necessary to turn this Article 2 common wheat harvested in those parts into wheat suitable for flour milling by mixing it with common This Regulation shall enter into force on the day wheat of high breadmaking quality available from following its publication in the Official Journal o/ the stocks of the intervention agency ; the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 23 January 1973 . For the Commission The President François-Xavier ORTOLI

(!) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67. (2) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p . 1 . (3) OJ No L 47, 28 . 2 . 1970, p. 49. ( 4) OJ No L 17, 20. 1 . 1973 , p . 17.