CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 February 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of husked long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3554/73

7 . 3 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 65/ 19
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 21 February 1974
               fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of
                       husked long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3554/73
                                                           (74/ 127/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
                                                                     higher than the minimum ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/
67/EEC ( J ) 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
                                                                     shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of husked
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         long grained rice to which this minimum applies is
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                    1 420 metric tons ;
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;           Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                     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 ;
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on                                      Article 1
husked - long grained rice was issued under Commis­
sion Regulation (EEC) No 3554/73 (5) of 21 December                  The minimum export levy for husked long grained
                                                                     rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 21
1973 ; whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6)
associated with this Regulation specified that the total             February 1974 is hereby fixed at 230 units of account
                                                                     per metric ton .
tonnage for which the export levy could be fixed was
approximately 5 000 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, 21 February 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 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(2  OJ   No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(5) 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 . 44.
(6) OJ   No C 5, 17 . 1 . 1974, p . 2.