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Language: en
Date: 1974-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 February 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3553/73

7. 3 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 65/21
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 28 February 1974
                fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of
                       milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3553/73
                                                         (74/ 129/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
                                                                   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 milled
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       long grained rice to which this minimum applies is
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                  379 metric tons ;
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;         Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                    ment Committee for Cereals,
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
milled long grained rice was issued under Commis­
sion Regulation (EEC) No 3553/73 (5) of 21 December                The minimum export levy for milled long grained
                                                                   rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 28
 1973 ; whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6)
associated with this Regulation specified that the total           February 1974 is hereby fixed at 269 units of account
tonnage for which the export levy could be fixed was               per metric ton .
approximately 20 000 metric tons ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73
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, 28 February 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  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(*) OJ  No  L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 .
(«) OJ  No  L 326, 27. 11 . 1973, p. 10 .
(5) OJ  No  L 361 , 29 . 12. 1973, p. 41 .
(*) OJ  No  C 5, 17. 1 . 1974, p. 1 .