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No174/30 OFFICIALJOURNALOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 31.7.67
REGULATION No364/67/EECOFTHECOUNCIL
of25July1967
layingdowngeneralrulesforinterventiononthemarketinrice
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1 HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC1of25July1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinrice,andinparticular
Articles5(4)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;1.InpursuanceofArticle5ofRegulationNo
359/67/EEC,alloffersforinterventionshallbemade
toaninterventionagencyinrespectofamarketing
centrechosenfromamongthethreecentres •nearest
totheplacewherethepaddyriceiswhentheofferis
made.
2.Thenearestmarketingcentresmeansthecentres
ttowhichthepaddyricecanbetransportedatthe
lowestcost.Thesetransportcostsshallbedetermined
bytheinterventionagency.
Article2Whereasthecreationofasinglemarketinrice
necessitates theapplication ofCommunity
intervention measures;whereasRegulationNo
359/67/EEClaysdownthatundercertainconditions
theinterventionagencies'mustbuyinpaddyrice
whichisofferedtothem;
Whereastheimplementation ofCommunity
interventionmeasuresrequirestakeovertobeeffected
byinterventionagenciesunderconditionswhichtake
accountoftheregionalisation ofprices;whereasto
thisendthepricetobepaidtothesellermustbethe
interventionpricevalidatagivenmarketingcentre
less,whereappropriate ,transportcosts;
Whereas,inorderthattheinterventionsystemcan
functionassimplyandeffectivelyaspossible,the
numberofmarketingcentresinrespectofwhichoffers
canbemadefromagivenlocalityshouldbelimited;
Whereaspaddyriceheldbytheinterventionagencies
shouldbeputonsalewithoutdiscrimination
betweenbuyersestablishedintheCommunityandat
pricelevelswhichdonothinderthenormal
developmentofmarketpricesintheCommunity ;
whereasthetenderingprocedurebestservesthatend;1.Theinterventionagenciesshalldecideonthe
placewherethepaddyriceistobetakenover.
2.Iftheinterventionagencydoesnottakeoverthe
paddyriceatthemarketingcentrespecifiedbythe
sellerbutattheplacewherethepaddyriceislocated,
thepricetobepaidshallbeequaltotheintervention
pricevalidforthemarketingcentreindicatedbythe
seller,lessthemostadvantageous transportcosts
betweentheplacewherethepaddyriceiswhenthe
offerismadeandthemarketingcentre.Thesecosts
shallbedeterminedbytheinterventionagency.
3.Iftheinterventionagencytakesoverthepaddy
riceelsewherethanatthemarketingcentreindicated
bythesellerandelsewherethanattheplacewhere
thepaddyriceiswhentheofferismade,thecostof
transportfromtheplacewherethepaddyriceisto
theplacewhereitistakenovershallbebornebythe
interventionagency.Inthatcasethepricetobepaid
tothesellershallbedeterminedinaccordancewith
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Article3 3.Ifthetenderssubmitteddonotreachtheactual
marketvaluetheinvitationtotendershallbe
cancelled.
Article41.Paddyriceheldbytheinterventionagencyshall
bedisposedofbyinvitationtotender:
(a)withaviewtoitsbeingre-marketed,onthebasis
ofpriceconditionswhicharedeterminedbefore
thebeginningoftheseasonandaresuchaswill
notcauseadeteriorationofthemarket;
(b)withaviewtoexportonthebasisofprice
conditionstobedeterminedcasebycase
accordingtomarkettrendsandrequirements .
2.Thetermsoftheinvitationtotendershall
ensureequalaccessandequaltreatmentforall
personsconcernedirrespectiveoftheplaceoftheir
establishment intheCommunity .TheCouncil,actinginaccordancewiththevoting
procedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)oftheTreaty
onaproposalfromtheCommission ,mayestablish
sellingproceduresotherthanthoselaiddownin
Article3,ifspecialcircumstances require.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1967.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25July1967.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.HOECHERL