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Language: en
Date: 1974-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30 May 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled round grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 1227/74

27. 6 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 171 / 13
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 30 May 1974
               fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of
                     milled round grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 1227/74
                                                          (74/309/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 0 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 milled
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                  round grained rice to which this minimum applies is
                                                                   1 5 374 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
milled round grained rice was issued under Commis­                 The minimum export levy for milled round grained
sion Regulation (EEC) No 1227/74(5) of 17 May                      rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 30
1974 ; whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6)              May 1974 is hereby fixed at 65 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 30 000 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, 30 May 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 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 135, 18 . 5. 1974, p. 1 .
(6  OJ  No C 58 , 18 . 5. 1974, p. 29 .