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Language: en
Date: 1975-02-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31 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

18 . 2 . 75                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 44/21
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 31 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/ 1 13/ 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                        10 000 metric tons ;
being disturbed , and in particular Article 4 (2)
thereof ;                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                           ate in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                           ment Committee for Cereals,
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                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof ;
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on                                             Article 1
husked long grain rice was issued under Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 3037/74 (5 ) of 2 December 1974,                       The minimum export levy for husked long grain rice
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3251 /74 (6) ;                           fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 31 January
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (7), as                         1975 is hereby fixed at five units of account per
amended on 30 December 1 974 (s), associated with                          metric ton .
this Regulation specified that the total tonnage for
which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­
                                                                                                   Article 2
mately 25 000 metric tons ;
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,                           Done at Brussels, 31 January 1975 .
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 :                                                       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, and                                         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 .
(6)  OJ   No L 346, 24. 12 . 1974, p . 38 .
( 7) OJ   No C 1 52, 3 . 1 2 . 1 974, p. 6 .
(8)  OJ   No C 160 , 30 . 12. 1974, p . 11 .