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Language: en
Date: 1975-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 January 1975 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of husked long grain rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3037/74

28 . 1 . 75                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 21 / 27
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 16 January 1975
               fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of
                        husked long grain rice issued under Regulation ( EEC) No 3037/74
                                                          (75/68 / 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 Regula­               present situation on the market for the rice in ques­
tion (EEC) No 1 1 29/74 (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 grain rice to which this minimum applies is
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                  1 400 metric tons ;
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
Article 5(1 ) thereof ;                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on
husked long grain rice was issued under Commission                                           Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 3037/74 (5) of 2 December 1974,
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3251 /74 (6) ;                     The minimum export levy for husked long grain rice
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (7), as                   fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 16 January
amended on 30 December 1974 (8), associated with                     1975 is hereby fixed at 10-20 units of account per
                                                                     metric ton .
this Regulation specified that the total tonnage for
which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­
mately 25 000 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, 16 January 1975 .
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 ;                                      Member of the Commission
(»)  OJ  No 179, 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 .
(4)  OJ  No L 326, 27 . 11 . 1973 , p. 10 .
(5 ) OJ  No L 323, 3 . 12. 1974, p. 5 .
(b)  OJ  No L 346, 24. 12. 1974, p. 38 .
(7)  OJ  No C 152, 3. 12. 1974, p. 6.
(8)  OJ  No C 160, 30 . 12. 1974, p. 11 .