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Language: en
Date: 1974-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22 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 171 / 6                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             27 . 6 . 74
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 22 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
                                                           (74/305/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       — the economic aspect of the exports ;
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                     Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer or
Economic Community ;                                                 tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
                                                                     higher than the minimum ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/
67/ EEC (1 ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                 Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­               present situation on the market for the rice in ques­
tion (EEC) No 1129/74 (2) 0f 29 April 1974 ;                         tion that the minimum export should be fixed as
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of milled
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                    long grained rice to which this minimum applies is
                                                                     6 820 metric tons ;
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;           Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the                     ment Committee for Cereals,
conditions for the application of the system of
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Article 5(1 ) thereof ;
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on                                      Article 1
milled long grained rice was issued under Commis­
sion Regulation (EEC) No 994/74 (5 ) of 25 April                     The minimum export levy for milled long grained
 1974 ; whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6)               rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 22
associated with this Regulation modified 10 May                       May 1974 is hereby fixed at 64-9 units of account per
 1974 (7) specified that the total tonnage for which the              metric ton .
export levy could be fixed was approximately 40 000
metric tons ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73
                                                                     This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
 allows the Commission, in accordance with the proce­
dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 359/
 67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas,
 when this minimum levy is being fixed, account must                  Done at Brussels, 22 May 1974.
 be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3(l)(b) and
 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73, namely :                                                  For the Commission
 — the objectives of the common organization of the                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
      market in rice, namely to balance that market
     both as regards supplies and as regards trade, and                                    Member of the Commission
 (!) OJ No   174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No   L 128 , 10 . „5 . 1974, p. 20 .
 (3) OJ No   L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 .
 («) OJ No   L 326, 27 . 11 . 1973, p. 10 .
 (5) OJ No   L 113, 26. 4. 1974, p. 37.
 (6) OJ No   C 49 , 27 . 4 . 1974, p. 31 .
 (7) OJ No   C 54, 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 3 .