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Language: en
Date: 1974-05-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 April 1974 to take no action on tenders submitted for 18 April 1974 in response to the invitation to tender for the export levy on milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 813/74

20. 5 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 136/3
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 18 April 1974
              to take no action on tenders submitted for 18 April 1974 in response to the invitation
              to tender for the export levy on milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC)
                                                           No 813 /74
                                                          (74/235/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas none of the tenders submitted make it
COMMUNITIES,                                                        possible, given the present market situation for the
                                                                    rice in question, to fix a minimum levy in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 3
European Economic Community;                                        ( 1 ) (b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 ;
                                                                    whereas the invitation to tender should therefore be
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/                      discontinued;
EEC i1) of 25 July 1967 on the common
organization of the market in rice, as last amended                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
by the Act of Accession (2);                                        are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                    Management Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
being disturbed, and particular Article 4 (2) thereof;
                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the
                                                                    No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted
conditions for the application of the system of
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular              for 18 April 1974 in response to the invitation to
Article 5 ( 1) thereof;                                             tender for the export levy on milled long grained
                                                                    rice referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 813/74.
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy
on milled long grained rice was issued under
                                                                                            Article 2
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 813/74 (5) of 5
April 1974;
                                                                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Whereas Article 5 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/
73 allows the Commission to decide, in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of
Regulation No 359/67/EEC, and on the basis of                       Done at Brussels, 18 April 1974.
tenders submitted, either to fix a minimum export
levy, taking account in particular of the criteria laid                                      For the Commission
down in Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and ( d) of Regulation (EEC)                                        P. J. LARDINOIS
No 2737/73 , or to discontinue the invitation to
tender;                                                                                   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 96, 6. 4. 1974, p. 11 .