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Language: en
Date: 1974-02-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 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

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                                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 50/37
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                                                     COMMISSION
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 7 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
                                                            (74/93/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73
COMMUNITIES,                                                         allows the Commission, in accordance with the proce­
                                                                     dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 359/
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas,
Economic Community ;                                                 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 :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/
67/EEC ( ! ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act              — the objectives of the common organization of the
of Accession (2) ;                                                       market in rice, namely to balance that market
                                                                         both as regards supplies and as regards trade, and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2737/73(3)        g October 1973 laying down general                — the economic aspect of the exports ;
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73
3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the                     stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer or
conditions for the application of the system of                      tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular               higher than the minimum ;
Article 5(1 ) thereof ;
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on
milled long grained rice was issued under Commis­                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
sion Regulation (EEC) No 3553/73 (5) of 21 December                  present situation on the market for the rice in ques­
1973 ; whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6)                tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed as
associated with this Regulation specified that the total             shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of milled
tonnage for which the export levy could be fixed was                 long grained rice to which this minimum applies is
approximately 20 000 metric tons ;                                   36-6 tons ;
(!) 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 .                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
(4) OJ No   L 326, 27 . 11 . 1973 , p . 10 .
(5) OJ No   L 361 , 29 . 12. 1973 , p . 41 .                         are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
(6) OJ No   C 5 , 17. 1 . 1974, p . 1 .                              ment Committee for Cereals,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION                                                       Article 2
                                                          This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
                      Article 1
                                                           Done at Brussels, 7 February 1974.
                                                                                   For the Commission
The minimum export levy for milled long grained
rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 7
                                                                                     P. J. LARDINOIS
February 1974 is hereby fixed at 270 units of account
per metric ton .                                                               Member of the Commission