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Language: en
Date: 1974-05-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 May 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of husked long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 888/74

24. 5 . 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 141 / 15
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 2 May 1974
               fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of
                       husked long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 888/74
                                                         (74/264/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
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/
                                                                  higher than the minimum ;
67/EEC (') 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 the Act            present situation on the market for the rice in ques­
of Accession (2) ;                                                tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed as
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of husked
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                 long grained rice to which this minimum applies is
                                                                  700 metric tons ;
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2)                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
thereof ;                                                         are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   ment Committee for Cereals,
3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the
conditions for the application of the system of
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular
Article 5(1 ) thereof ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on
husked long grained rice was issued under Commis­                 The minimum export levy for husked long grained
sion Regulation (EEC) No 888/74 (5) of 16 April                   rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 2 May
1 974 ; whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6)             1 974 is hereby fixed at 70 units of account per metric
associated with this Regulation specified that the total          ton .
tonnage for which the export levy could be fixed was
approximately 7 000 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, 2 May 1974.
be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3(1 ) (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 .
(-') OJ No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. '
(3)  OJ No  L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973, p. 13 .
(«)  OJ No  L 326, 27 . 11 . 1973 , p. 10 .
(5 ) OJ No  L 104, 17. 4. 1974, p. 13 .
(6)  OJ No  C 43 , 17. 4. 1974, p. 4.