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Language: en
Date: 1974-05-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 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 848/74

No L 141 / 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             24. 5. 74
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 2 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 848/74
                                                             (74/263/ 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 ( 1 ) 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                      1 0 000 metric tons ;
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;             Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
                                                                       not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                        its 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
milled long grained rice was issued under Commis­
sion Regulation (EEC) No 848/74 (5) of 9 April 1974 ;                  The minimum export levy for milled long grained
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6) associated              rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 2 May
with this Regulation specified that the total tonnage                  1974 is hereby fixed at 35 units of account per metric
                                                                       ton .
for which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­
mately 30 000 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, 2 May 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
(1) OJ  No  174, 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 100 , 10 . 4.. 1974, p. 12.
(0) OJ  No  C 42, 1 1 . 4. 1 974, p. 1 3 .