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Language: en
Date: 1974-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 November 1974 fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export of husked long grain rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 2667/74

28 . 11 . 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 318/25
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 14 November 1974
               fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export of husked
                               long grain rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 2667/74
                                                           (74/586/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 (1) 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 Regula­              present situation on the market for the rice in ques­
tion (EEC) No 1129/74 (2) of 29 April 1974 ;                        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 husked
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                   long grain rice to which this minimum applies is 580
                                                                    metric tons ;
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market
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
                                                                    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 2667/74(5) of 21 October 1974 ;                 fixed   on  the  basis  of  tenders  submitted for 14
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6) associated           November 1974 is hereby fixed at 55-2 units of
with this Regulation specified that the total tonnage               account per metric ton .
for which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­
mately 5 000 metric tons ;                                                                  Article 2
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73              This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
allows the Commission in accordance with the proce­
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, 14 November 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 ;                                       Member of the Commission
(!) OJ   No  179 , 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 .
(3) OJ   No  L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 .
(«) OJ   No  L 326, 27. 11 . 1973, p. 10 .
(s) OJ   No  L 285, 22. 10 . 1974, p. 19 .
(*) OJ   No  C 129, 22 . 10 . 1974, p. 8 .