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Language: en
Date: 1975-01-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 December 1974 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

8 . 1 . 75                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 4/ 17
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 12 December 1974
               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/ 19/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3197/73
COMMUNITIES,                                                            stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer or
                                                                        tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   higher than the minimum ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359 /                            Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                     present situation on the market for the rice in ques­
tion of the market in rice , as last amended by Regula­                 tion that the minimum export levys should be fixed as
tion (EEC) No 11 29/74 (-') of 29 April 1974 ;                          shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of husked
                                                                        long grain rice to which this minimum applies is
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            3 500 metric tons ;
2737/73 (3 ) of 8 October 1 973 laying down general
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
being disturbed , and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;             are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                        ment Committee for Cereals ,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
31 97/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the
conditions for the application of the system of                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular
Article 5 (1 ) thereof ;
                                                                                                Article 1
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on
husked long grain rice was issued under Commission                      The minimum export levy for husked long grain rice
Regulation ( EEC) No 3037/74 (5 ) of 2 December                         fixed   on  the  basis  of  tenders   submitted for  12
 1974 ; whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6)                  December 1974 is hereby fixed at 20 units of account
associated with this Regulation specified that the total                per metric ton .
tonnage for which the export levy could be fixed was
approximately 10 000 metric tons ;
                                                                                                Article 2
Whereas Article 5 (1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3197/73
allows the Commission , in accordance with the proce­                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
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 be
                                                                        Done at Brussels, 12 December 1974 .
taken of the criteria set out in Article 3(1 ) (b) and (d )
of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 , namely :
— the objectives of the common organization of the                                                 For the Commission
       market in rice, namely to balance that market
                                                                                                     P. J. LARDINOIS
      both as regards supplies and as regards trade,
— the economic aspect of the exports ;                                                         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  C 1 52, 3 . 1 2 . 1974, p. 6 .