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Language: en
Date: 1974-05-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 April 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3553/73

No L 136/4                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             20. 5 . 74
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 18 April 1974
               fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled
                             long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3553 /73
                                                         (74/236/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         both as regards supplies and as regards trade,
COMMUNITIES,                                                           and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       — the economic aspect of the exports ;
European Economic Community;
                                                                   Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/                     73 stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer
EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common                              or tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
organization of the market in rice, as last amended                higher than the minimum ;
by the Act of Accession (2);
                                                                   Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      present situation on the market for the rice in
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                  question that the minimum export levy should be
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                fixed as shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2)                   milled long grained rice to which this minimum
thereof;                                                           applies is 8 338 metric tons ;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the
conditions for the application of the system of                    Management Committee for Cereals,
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular
Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy
on milled long grained rice was issued under                                              Article 1
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3553/73 (5) of 21
December 1973 ; whereas the notice of invitation to                The minimum export levy for milled long grained
tender (6) associated with this Regulation specified               rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 18
that the total tonnage for which the export levy                   April 1974 is hereby fixed at 95 units of account per
could be fixed was approximately 20 000 metric                     metric ton .
tons ;
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/                                      Article 2
73 allows the Commission, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No                 This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
359/67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas,
when this minimum levy is being fixed, account
must be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 ( 1 )          Done at Brussels, 18 April 1974.
(b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 ,
namely :                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                              P. J. LARDINOIS
— the objectives of the common organization of the
      market in rice, namely to balance that market                                     Member of the Commission
H     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. 41 .
 (6 ) OJ No C 5 , 17. 1 . 1974, p. 1 .