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Language: en
Date: 1974-06-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 8 May 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 994/74

No L 152/ 16                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              8 . 6 . 74
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 8 May 1974
                fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long
                                    grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 994/74
                                                             (74/285/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         — the objectives of the common organization of the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                              market in rice, namely to balance that market
                                                                           both as regards supplies and as regards trade,
                                                                           and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community ;                                          — the economic aspect of the exports ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/                         Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/
EEC ( x ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization                   73 stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer
of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act                      or tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
of Accession ( 2 );                                                    higher than the minimum ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                      present situation on the market for the rice in
 rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                   question that the minimum export levy should be
 being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2)                      fixed as shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of
 thereof ;                                                             milled long grained rice to which this minimum
                                                                       applies is 2 728 ;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
conditions for the application of the system of tender­                are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ing for export levies on rice, and in particular Article               ment Committee for Cereals,
5 ( 1 ) thereof ;
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
on milled long grained rice was issued under
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 994/74 (5) of
 25 April 1974; whereas the notice of invitation to                                           Article 1
tender (6) associated with this Regulation specified
that the total tonnage for which the export levy                       The minimum export levy for milled long grained
 could be fixed was approximately 7 000 metric tons ;                  rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for
                                                                       8 May 1974 is hereby fixed at 70 units of account
 Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3197/                 per metric ton .
73 allows the Commission, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No
359/67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy; whereas ,                                            Article 2
when this minimum levy is being fixed, account
 must be taken of the criteria set out in Article                       This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
3 ( 1 ) (b ) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 ,
 namely :
                                                                       Done at Brussels, 8 May 1974.
(*)  OJ   No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ   No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.                                                             For the Commission
(3)  OJ   No L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 .
(4)  OJ   No L 326 , 27. 11 . 1973 , p. 10 .                                                             P. J. LARDINOIS
(5)  OI   No L 113 , 26. 4. 1974, p. 37.
(6)  OJ   No C 49, 27 . 4. 1974, p. 31 .                                                          Member of the Commission