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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 milled long grain rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 2666/74

28 . 11 . 74                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 318 / 23
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 14 November 1974
                fixing the minimum levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled
                              long grain rice issued under Regulation ( EEC) No 2666/74
                                                         (74/585/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     when this minimum levy is being fixed, account must
COMMUNITIES,                                                       be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and
                                                                   (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 , namely :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                               — the objectives of the common organization of the
                                                                        market in rice, namely to balance that market
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                             both as regards supplies and as regards trade ;
67/ EEC ( l ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­              — the economic aspect of the exports ;
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1129/74 of 29 April 1974 (2) ;
                                                                   Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer or
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                  tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                higher than the minimum ;
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2)
thereof ;
                                                                   Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
                                                                   present situation on the market for the rice in ques­
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed as
3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the                   shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of milled
conditions for the application of the system of                    long grain rice to which this minimum applies is 468
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular             metric tons ;
Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof ;
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on             Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 milled long grain rice was issued under Commission                are in accordance with the Opinion of . the Manage­
 Regulation (EEC) No 2666/74 (5) of 21 October 1974 ;               ment Committee for Cereals,
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6) associated
with this Regulation , specified that the total tonnage
 for which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­
 mately 10 000 metric tons ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73
 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,                                          Article 1
 (') OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
 (2). OJ No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 .                          The minimum export levy for milled long grain rice
 (3) OJ No L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 .                           fixed  on  the   basis of  tenders  submitted      for   14
 h) OJ No L 326, 27. 11 . 1973, p. 10.
  5) OJ No L 285, 22. 10 . 1974, p . 16 .                           November 1974 is hereby fixed at 64-1 units of
 (<>) OJ No C 129 , 22. 10 . 1974, p. 7 .                           account per metric ton .
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                                                  Article 2
           This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
           Done at Brussels, 14 November 1974.
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                             Member of the Commission