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Language: en
Date: 1975-01-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 9 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

25 . 1 . 75                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 20/45
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 9 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
                                                           (75/59/ 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 levy should be fixed as
 tion (EEC) No 1 129/74 (2) 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                        6 400 metric tons ;
 2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 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)                    are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 thereof ;                                                           ment Committee for Cereals,
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 3197/73 (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 9 January
 1 974 ; whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6)              1 975 is hereby fixed at 20-5 units of account per
 associated with this Regulation specified that the total            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 taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and          Done at Brussels, 9 January 1975.
(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 .
(b) OJ   No  C 152, 3 . 12. 1974, p. 6.