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Language: en
Date: 1974-06-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 8 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 813/74

8 . 6. 74                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 152/ 17
                                                         COMMISSION DECISION
                                                              of 8 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 813 /74
                                                                (74/286/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,
                                                                               and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                                 — the economic aspect of the exports ;
 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 the Act                        or tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
 of Accession (2 );                                                       higher than the minimum ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC )                                Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
 No 2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down                             present situation on the market for the rice in ques­
 general rules to be applied in the event of the rice                     tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed
 market being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2 )                 as shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of milled
 thereof;                                                                 long grained rice to which this minimum applies is
                                                                          3 000 ;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
the conditions for the application of the system of                       are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular                    ment Committee for Cereals,
Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof;
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
 1974 ; whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6)                                            Article 1
associated with this Regulation specified that the
total tonnage for which the export levy could be                          The minimum export levy for milled long grained
fixed was approximately 30 000 metric tons ;                              rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 8 May
                                                                          1974 is hereby fixed at 60-5 units of account per
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/                      metric ton .
73 allows the Commission in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation
No 359/67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ;                                                     Article 2
whereas, when this minimum levy is being fixed ,
account must be taken of the criteria set out in Ar­                      This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
ticle 3 ( 1 ) (b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/
73 , namely :
                                                                          Done at Brussels, 8 May 1974.
C)   OJ  No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No   L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                                                                For the Commission
( 3) OJ  No   L 282 , 9 . 10. 1973 , p. 13 .
(4)  OJ  No   L 326, 27 . 11 . 1973 , p . 10 .                                                            P. J. LARDINOIS
(5)  OJ  No   L 96, 6. 4. 1974, p. 11 .
( 6) OJ  No  C 39, 6. 4. 1974, p. 35 .                                                               Member of the Commission