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Language: en
Date: 1974-06-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 8 May 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of husked long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 888/74

8 . 6.74                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 152/15
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 8 May 1974
                  fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of husked long
                                     grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 888/74
                                                             (74/284/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        — the objectives of the common organization of
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                             the market in rice, namely to balance that market
                                                                           both as regards supplies and as regards trade, and
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                          — the economic aspect of the exports ;
 European Economic Community;
                                                                       Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/
 EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization                    73 stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer
 of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act                     or tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
 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
 thereof;                                                              of husked long grained rice to which this minimum
                                                                       applies is 2 300 ;
 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 tender­               are in accordance with the Opinion of the
ing for export levies on rice, and in particular Article               Management Committee for Cereals,
 5 ( 1 ) thereof;
 Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
on husked long grained rice was issued under
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 888/74 (5) of
 16 April 1974, whereas the notice of invitation to                                           Article 1
tender (6) associated with this Regulation specified
that the total tonnage for which the export levy                      The minimum export levy for husked long grained
 could be fixed was approximately 7 000 metric tons ;                 rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 8
                                                                      May 1974 is hereby fixed at 58-9 units of account
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/                  per metric ton.
73 allows the Commission, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No                                            Article 2
359/67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas,
when this minimum levy is being fixed, account
must be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
( 1 ) (b) and (d ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 ,
namely :
                                                                      Done at Brussels, 8 May 1974.
O     OJ  No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(2)   OJ  No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                                                             For the Commission
(3)   OJ  No L 282 , 9 . 10. 1973 , p. 13 .
(4)   OJ  No L 326, 27. 11 . 1973 , p . 10.                                                            P. J. LARDINOIS
(5)   OJ  No L 104, 17. 4. 1974, p. 13 .
(6)   OJ  No C 43 , 17. 4. 1974, p. 4.                                                           Member of the Commission