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Language: en
Date: 1974-07-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27 June 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 813/74

No L 196/30                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              19 . 7. 74
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 27 June 1974
               fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled
                               long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 813/74
                                                         (74/372/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     — the objectives of the common organization of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                           market in rice, namely to balance that market
                                                                       both as regards supplies and as regards trade;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community;                                       — the economic aspect of the exports;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/                     Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/
EEC (x) of 25 July 1967 on the common                              73 stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer
organization of the market in rice, as last amended                or tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
by the Act of Accession (2);                                       higher than the minimum;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                  present situation on the market for the rice in
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                question that the minimum export levy should be
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2)                   fixed as shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of
thereof;                                                           milled long grained rice to which this minimum
                                                                   applies is 2 350 metric tons ;
Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
conditions for the application of the system of                    are in accordance with the Opinion of the
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular             Management Committee for Cereals,
Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy
on milled long grained rice was issued under                                               Article 1
Commission Regulation (EEC ) No 813/74 (5) of
5 April 1974, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)                 The minimum export levy for milled long grained
No 1367/74 of 31 May 1974 (6); whereas the notice                  rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for
of invitation to tender (7), amended on 1 June                     27 June 1974 is hereby fixed at 40 units of account
1974 (8), associated with this Regulation specified                per metric ton.
that the total tonnage for which the export levy
could be fixed was approximately 60 000 metric
tons ;                                                                                     Article 2
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/
73 allows the Commission, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No                 Done at Brussels, 27 June 1974.
359/67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy; whereas,
when this minimum levy is being fixed, account                                              For the Commission
must be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 ( 1 )
                                                                                               P. J. LARDINOIS
 (b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73,
namely:                                                                                 Member of the Commission
 (») OJ No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3)  OJ No  L 282, 9. 10. 1973, p. 13 .
 (4) OJ No  L 326 , 27. 11 . 1973 , p . 10.
 (5) OJ No  L 96, 6. 4. 1974, p. 11 .
 (#) OJ No  L 147, 1 . 6. 1974, p. 52 .
( 7) OJ No  C 39, 6. 4. 1974, p. 35 .
(8)  OJ No  C 63, 1 . 6. 1974, p. 11 .