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Language: en
Date: 1974-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 June 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 813/74

No L 189/ 12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              12 . 7 . 74
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 13 June 1974
                fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long
                                     grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 813/74
                                                          (74/333 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      — the objectives of the common organization of the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                           market in rice, namely to balance that market
                                                                        both as regards supplies and as regards trade ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               — the economic aspect of the exports ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/                      Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/
EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization                  73 stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer
of the market in rice, as last amended by Regulation                or tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
(EEC) No 1129/74 of 29 April 1974 (2);                              higher than the minimum ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2737/                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general rules                  present situation on the market for the rice in
to be applied in the event of the rice market being                 question that the minimum export levy should be
disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof;                 fixed as shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of
                                                                    milled long grained rice to which this minimum
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC)                        applies is 1 800 metric tons ;
No 3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing
the conditions for the application of the system of                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular              are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof;                                            ment Committee for Cereals,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
on milled long grained rice was issued under Com­
mission Regulation (EEC) No 813/74 (5) of 5 April                                           Article 1
 1974, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1367/
74 of 31 May 1974 (6); whereas the notice of invi­                  The minimum export levy for milled long grained
tation to tender (7), amended on 1 June 1974 (8),                   rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for
associated with this Regulation, specified that the                 13 June 1974 is hereby fixed at 40 units of account
total tonnage for which the export levy could be                    per metric ton.
fixed was approximately 60 000 metric tons ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/                This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
73 allows the Commission, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation                     Done at Brussels, 13 June 1974.
No 359/67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ;
whereas, when this minimum levy is being fixed,                                                    For the Commission
account must be taken of the criteria set out in
                                                                                                     P. J. LARDINOIS
Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/'
73 , namely:                                                                                  Member of the Commission
0)   OJ No   174, 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 96, 6. 4. 1974, p. 11 .
(6)  OJ No   L 147, 1 . 6. 1974, p. 52.
(7 ) OJ No   C 39, 6. 4 . 1974, p. 35 .
 (8) OJ No   C 63 , 1 . 6. 1974, p. 11