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Language: en
Date: 1974-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 June 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

No L 189/24                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               12. 7 . 74
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 20 June 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
                                                           (74/344/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) (b)
COMMUNITIES ,                                                       and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 , namely:
                                                                    — the objectives of the common organization of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                       the market in rice, namely to balance that market
pean Economic Community ;                                                 both as regards supplies and as regards trade ;
                                                                    — the economic aspect of the exports ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/
EEC (1 ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization
of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act of                Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation No 3197/73
Accession (2);                                                      stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer or
                                                                    tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
                                                                    higher than the minimum ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                  present situation on the market for the rice in
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof;            question that the minimum export levy should be
                                                                     fixed as shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                      husked long grained rice to which this minimum
3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the                     applies is 700 metric tons;
conditions for the application of the system of tender­
ing for export levies on rice, and in particular Article             Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
5 ( 1 ) thereof;                                                     are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                     ment Committee for Cereals,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy
on husked long grained rice was issued under Com­
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
mission Regulation (EEC) No 888/74 (5 ) of 16 April
1974; whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6),
amended on 10 May 1974 (7), associated with this                                             Article 1
Regulation, specified that the total tonnage for which
the export levy could be fixed was approximately
30 000 metric tons ;                                                 The minimum export levy for husked long grained
                                                                      rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for
                                                                     20 June 1974 is hereby fixed at 40 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
                                                                     This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
(*)  OJ   No L 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .                             Done at Brussels, 20 June 1974 .
 (2) OJ   No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
 (3) OJ   No L 282, 9 . 10. 1973 , p. 13 .                                                         For the Commission
 (4) OJ   No L 326, 27. 11 . 1973 , p. 10.
 (5) OJ   No L 104, 17. 4. 1974, p. 13 .                                                            P. J. LARDINOIS
 (6) OJ   No C 43 , 17. 4. 1974, p. 4.
 (7) OJ   No C 54, 10. 5. 1974, p. 3 .                                                        Member of the Commission