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Language: en
Date: 1974-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 September 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of husked long grain rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 1921/74

15 . 10 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 278 / 15
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 19 September 1974
               fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of
                           husked long grain rice issued under Regulation ( EEC) No 1921 /74
                                                              (74/ 500/ 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 1
Economic Community ;                                                     tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
                                                                         higher than the minimum ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/
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 the Act                   present situation on the market for the rice in ques­
of Accession (2) ;                                                       tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed as
                                                                         shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of husked
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             long grain rice to which this minimum applies is 200
2737/73 (3 ) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                       metric tons ;
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;               The Management Committee for Cereals has not deliv­
                                                                         ered an opinion within the time limit set by its
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                          Chairman ,
3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the
conditions for the application of the system of
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Article 5(1 ) thereof ;
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on                                           Article 1
husked long grain rice was issued under Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1 921 /74 (5 ) of 23 July 1974 ;                     The minimum export levy for husked long grain rice
                                                                         fixed   on  the  basis  of  tenders  submitted for  19
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6) associated
with this Regulation specified that the total tonnage                    September 1974 is hereby fixed at 58-60 units of
for which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­                    account per metric ton .
mately 4 000 metric tons ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas Article 5(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3 1 97/73
allows the Commission , in accordance with the proce­                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
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, 19 September 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  179 , 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 202 , 24 . 7 . 1974, p. 27 .
(fe) OJ  No  C 89 , 27 . 7 . 1974 , p . 6 .