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Language: en
Date: 1974-05-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 May 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 813/74

30 . 5 . 74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 145/23
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                                                  COMMISSION
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 16 May 1974
               fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of
                        milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 813/74
                                                         (74/277/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    fied that the total tonnage for which the export levy
COMMUNITIES,                                                      could be fixed was approximately 60 000 metric tons ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73
Economic Community ;                                              allows the Commission, in accordance with the proce­
                                                                  dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 359/
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                       67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas,
67/EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                when this minimum levy is being fixed, account must
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­            be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3(1 ) (b) and
tion (EEC) No 1129/74 of 29 April 1 974 (2) ;                     (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73, namely :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      — the objectives of the common organization of the
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                     market in rice, namely to balance that market
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                   both as regards supplies and as regards trade, and
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;
                                                                  — the economic aspect of the exports ;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
31 97/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the                 Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73
conditions for the application of the system of                   stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer or
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular            tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
Article 5(1 ) thereof ;                                           higher than the minimum ;
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on
milled long grained rice was issued under Commis­                 Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
sion Regulation (EEC) No 81 3/74 (5) of 5 April 1974 ;            present situation on the market for the rice in ques­
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6) amended            tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed as
10 May 1974 (7) associated with this Regulation speci­            shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of milled
                                                                  long grained rice to which this minimum applies is
 ') OJ  No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .                             5 000 metric tons ;
 2) OJ  No  L 128 , 10 . 5. 1974, p. 20.
 3) OJ  No  L 282, 9 . 10. 1973, p. 13 .
 <) OJ  Na  L 326, 27. 11 . 1973, p. 10 .                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 5) OJ  No  L 96, 6. 4. 1974, p. 11 .
 b) OJ  No  C 39, 6. 4. 1974, p. 35.                              are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 7) OJ  No  C 54, 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 3.                            ment Committee for Cereals,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                     Article 2
                                                          This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
                     Article 1
                                                           Done at Brussels, 16 May 1974.
                                                                                  For the Commission
The minimum export levy for milled long grained
rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 16
                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
May 1974 is hereby fixed at 49-9 units of account per
metric ton .                                                                   Member of the Commission