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Language: en
Date: 1974-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 November 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long grain rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 2666/74

23 . 11 . 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 312/ 33
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                                                     COMMISSION
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 7 November 1974
                fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of
                          milled long grain rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 2666/74
                                                            (74/ 567/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         ated with this Regulation , specified that the total
COMMUNITIES,                                                           tonnage for which the export levy could be fixed was
                                                                       approximately 10 000 metric tons ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;
                                                                       Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                           allows the Commission , in accordance with the proce­
 67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                   dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 359/
 tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­                67/ EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas,
 tion ( EEC) No 1129 /74 of 29 April 1 974 (2) ;                       when this minimum levy is being fixed , account must
                                                                       be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and
                                                                       (d) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2737/73 , namely :
 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                   — the objectives of the common organization of the
 being disturbed , and in particular Article 4 (2)                         market in rice, namely to balance that market
 thereof ;                                                                 both as regards supplies and as regards trade ;
 Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No                      — the economic aspect of the exports ;
 3197/73 (4 ) of 23 November 1973 establishing the
 conditions for the application of the system of
 tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular
 Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof ;                                             Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3197/73
                                                                       stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer or
                                                                       tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
 Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on                higher than the minimum ;
 milled long grain rice was issued under Commission
 Regulation (EEC) No 2666/ 74 (5 ) of 21 October 1974 ;
 whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6), associ­
                                                                       Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
 (')  OJ No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .                                present situation on the market for the rice in ques­
 (2 ) OJ No  L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 .                            tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed as
 (3 ) OJ No  L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 .                            shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of milled
 (4 ) OJ No  L 326, 27 . 11 . 1973 , p . 10 .
 (5 ) OJ No  L 28 5, 22. 10 . 1974, p . 16 .                            long grain rice to which this minimum applies is
 (6)  OJ No  C 129 , 22 . 10 . 1974, p. 7 .                             1715 metric tons ;
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Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                Article 2
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Cereals,                               This ' Decision is addressed to the Member States .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                           Done at Brussels, 7 November 1974 .
                      Article 1
                                                                                    For the Commission
The minimum export levy for milled long grain rice
fixed  on  the  basis of   tenders submitted   for  7
                                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
November 1974 is hereby fixed at 71-40 units of
account per metric ton .                                                        Member of the Commission