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Language: en
Date: 1975-02-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 February 1975 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of husked long grain rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3037/74

No L 48 /36                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               22. 2. 75
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 13 February 1975
               fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of
                          husked long grain rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3037/74
                                                          (75/ 134/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
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                        higher than the minimum ;
 67/ EEC (') 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 1 1 29/74 (2) ;                                      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 500
 rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                metric tons ;
 being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;         Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                    are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the                   ment Committee for Cereals,
 conditions for the application of the system of
 tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular
 Article 5(1 ) thereof ;                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on
 husked long grain rice was issued under Commission                                         Article 1
 Regulation (EEC) No 3037/74 (5) of 2 December 1974,
 as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3251 /74 (6) ;                   The minimum export levy for husked long grain rice
                                                                    fixed   on  the  basis  of  tenders . submitted   for  13
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (7), as last
 amended on 5 February 1975 (8), associated with this               February 1975 is hereby fixed at 4-682 units of
 Regulation specified that the total tonnage for which              account per metric ton .
 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, 13 February 1975.
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 179 , 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 .
Q)   OJ  No L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973, p. 13 .
(4 ) OJ  No L 326, 27 . 11 . 1973, p . 10 .
(5)  OJ  No L 323 , 3 . 12. 1974, p. 5 .
(6)  OJ  No L 346, 24. 12 . 1974, p. 38 .
(7)  OJ  No C 152, 3 . 12 . 1974, p. 6.
(8)  OJ  No C 27, 5 . 2. 1975, p. 2.