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Language: en
Date: 1974-05-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 25 April 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 136/ 14                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             20. 5. 74
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 25 April 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
                                                         (74/245/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     — the objectives of the common organization of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                           market in rice, namely to balance that market
                                                                       both as regards supplies and as regards trade,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                           and
European Economic Community;
                                                                  — the economic aspect of the exports ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/
EEC (x) of 25 July 1967 on the common                             Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/
organization of the market in rice, as last amended                73 stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer
by the Act of Accession (2);                                       or tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
                                                                   higher than the minimum;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2737/73 (3 ) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                 Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                present situation on the market for the rice in
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2)                   question that the minimum export levy should be
thereof;                                                           fixed as shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of
                                                                   milled long grained rice to which this minimum
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC)                       applies is 5 845 metric tons;
No 3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing
the conditions for the application of the system of                Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular             are in accordance with the Opinion of the
Article 5 (1 ) thereof;                                            Management Committee for Cereals,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy
on milled long grained rice was issued under                                              Article 1
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3553/73 (5) of 21
December 1973 ; whereas the notice of invitation to                The minimum export levy for milled long grained
tender (6) associated with this Regulation specified               rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 25
that the total tonnage for which the export levy                   April 1974 is hereby fixed at 77 units of account per
could be fixed was approximately 20 000 metric                     metric ton.
tons ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/               This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
73 allows the Commission, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No                 Done at Brussels, 25 April 1974.
359/67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy; whereas,
when this minimum levy is being fixed, account                                              For the Commission
must be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 (1 )                                       P. J. LARDINOIS
(b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 ,
namely:                                                                                 Member of the Commission
(!)  OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3)  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 .
(«)  OJ No  C 5, 17. 1 . 1974, p. 1 .