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Language: en
Date: 1975-03-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 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 60 /22                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                6 . 3 . 75
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 20 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/ 150/ 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 1129/74 (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 180
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
                                                                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                       ment Committee for Cereals,
3 1 97/73 (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 3037/74 (5) of 2 December 1974,                   The minimum export levy for husked long grain rice
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3251 /74 (6) ;                         fixed   on  the  basis  of  tenders  submitted   for   20
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (7) as last                February 1975 is hereby fixed at 3-80 units of account
amended on 5 February 1975 (8), associated with this                  per metric ton .
Regulation specified that the total tonnage for which
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,                      Done at Brussels, 20 February 1975 .
when this minimum levy is being fixed, account must
be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and
(d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 , namely :                                                    Fur the Com mission
— 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 .
 3) 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.