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Language: en
Date: 1974-03-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 March 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3553/73

No L 76/ 14                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            21 . 3 . 74
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 7 March 1974
                 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of
                        milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3553/73
                                                         (74/ 137/ 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 the Act             present situation on the market for the rice in ques­
 of Accession (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 milled
 2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                  long grained rice t6 which this minimum applies is
 rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                185 tons ;
 being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2)                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 thereof ;
                                                                    are 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 ;
                                                                                            Article 1
 Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on
 milled long grained rice was issued under Commis­
 sion Regulation (EEC) No 3553/73 (5) of 21 December                The minimum export levy for milled long grained
                                                                    rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 7
 1973 ; whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6)
                                                                    March 1974 is hereby fixed at 180 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 20 000 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                Done at Brussels , 7 March 1974.
 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 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(*) 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. 41 .
 6  OJ  No C 5, 17 . I. 1974, p . 1 .