CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 February 1974 to take no action on tenders submitted for 14 February 1974 in response to the invitation to tender for the export levy on husked long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3554/73

7. 3 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 65/ 17
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 14 February 1974
              to take no action on tenders submitted for 14 February 1974 in response to the
              invitation to tender for the export levy on husked long grained rice issued under
                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 3554/73
                                                           (74/ 125/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas    none of the     tenders   submitted make   it
COMMUNITIES,                                                         possible, given the present market situation for the
                                                                     rice in question, to fix a minimum levy in accordance
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                with the criteria laid down in Article 3(1 ) (b) and (d)
Economic Community ;                                                 of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 ; whereas the invita­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                          tion to tender should therefore be discontinued ;
67/EEC ( !) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act               Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
of Accession (2) ;                                                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                     ment Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;                                   Article 1
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                      No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted for
3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the
                                                                     14 February 1974 in response to the invitation to
conditions for the application of the system of                      tender for the export levy on husked long grained rice
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular               referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 3554/73.
Article 5(1 ) thereof ;
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on                                        Article 2
husked long grained rice was issued under Commis­
sion Regulation (EEC) No 3554/73 (5) of 21 December                  This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
 1973 ;
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73
allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with                  Done at Brussels, 14 February 1974.
the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation
No     359/67/EEC,       and    on     the   basis  of  tenders
                                                                                                For the Commission
submitted, either to fix a minimum export levy, taking
account in particular of the criteria laid down in                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
Article 3(1 ) (b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
2737/73, or to discontinue the invitation to tender ;                                       Member of the Commission
 (i) 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 361 , 29 . 12. 1973 , p. 44.