CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 March 1974 to take no action on tenders submitted for 21 March 1974 in response to the invitation to tender for the export levy on husked long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3554/73

5. 4. 74                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 95/49
                                                                    II
                                              (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                        COMMISSION
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 21 March 1974
               to take no action on tenders submitted for 21 March 1974 in response to the
               invitation to tender for the export levy on husked long grained rice issued under
                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 3554/73
                                                             (74/ 1 91 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           Whereas    none    of the   tenders   submitted  make   it
COMMUNITIES,                                                             possible, given the present market situation for the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    rice in question , to fix a minimum levy in accordance
Economic Community ;                                                     with the criteria laid down in Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and (d)
                                                                         of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 ; whereas the invita­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                              tion to tender should therefore be discontinued ;
67/ EEC ( 1 ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
of Accession (2) ;                                                       are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                         ment Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                                   Ai'ticle 1
3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the                         No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted for
conditions for the application of the system of
                                                                         21 March 1974 in response to the invitation to tender
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular
Article 5(1 ) thereof ;                                                  for the export levy on husked long grained rice
                                                                         referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 3554/73 .
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on
husked long grained rice was issued under Commis­                                                  Article 2
sion Regulation ( EEC) No 3554/73 (5) of 21 December
 1973 ;                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Whereas Article 5(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73
allows the Commission to decide , in accordance with
                                                                         Done at Brussels, 21 March 1974 .
the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation
 No    359/67/EEC,        and    on     the    basis   of tenders
                                                                                                     For the Commission
 submitted, either to fix a minimum export levy, taking
 account in particular of the criteria laid down in                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
Article 3(1 ) (b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
 2737/73 , or to discontinue the invitation to tender ;                                          Member of the Commission
(>) OJ  No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14 .
(3) OJ  No   L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p . 13 .
(4) OJ  No   L 326, 27 . 11 . 1973 , p . 10 .
(5) OJ  No   L 361 , 29 . 12 . 1973 , p. 44 .