CELEX: 31974R1227
Language: en
Date: 1974-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1227/74 of the Commission of 17 May 1974 on an invitation to tender for the export levy for milled round grained rice

18 . 5 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 135/ 1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 1227 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 17 May 1974
                  on an invitation to tender for the export levy for milled round grained rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        quantity as well as the period during which tenders
COMMUNITIES,                                                          can be lodged and the form of the communication of
                                                                      tenders lodged with the competent authorities ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                      arc in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                           ment Committee for Cereals ,
67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice , as last amended by Regula­
tion ( EEC) No 1 1 29/74 (-1 ) ;
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
2737/ 73 (-') of 8 October 1 973 laying down general
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                                           Artie c 1
being disturbed , and in particular Article 4(2) thereof ;
                                                                       1.    An invitation to tender shall be issued for the
Whereas, having taken into account the current situa­                 export levy provided for in Article 2(1 ), first indent of
tion on the rice market, an invitation should be                      Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2737 / 73 .
issued , for milled round grained rice, to tender for the
export levy provided for in Article 2(1 ) first indent of             2.     The   invitation shall  relate to    milled  round
Regulation ( EEC) No 2737/ 73 ;                                       grained rice .
Whereas the detailed rules relating to the tendering                  3 . The invitation is open until 19 July 1974.
procedure to fix the export levy are contained in                     During this period weekly invitations shall be issued
Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 31 97/ 73 (4 ) of 23                  for which the time limits for lodging of offers shall be
November 1973 establishing the conditions for the                     laid down in the notice of the tender .
application of the system of tendering for export
levies for rice ;
                                                                      4.     By way of derogation from Article I (2) of Regula­
                                                                      tion ( EEC) No 3197/73 , the period which is required
Whereas the objective of the tendering procedure can
                                                                      between publication of the notice of tender and the
be attained only if the successful tenderer fulfils all
the commitments entered              into at    the  moment of
                                                                      first date fixed for the deposit of tenders shall be 10
                                                                      days .
lodging his tender ; whereas among these commit­
ments is the obligation to lodge an application for an
export licence ; whereas the security for tender                                              Article 2
exacted when the tender is lodged can ensure that this
obligation is respected ; whereas in default this secu­               A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount
rity shall not be released if such an application has                 of not less than 20 metric tons .
not been made ;
Whereas tin. smooth working of a procedure for                                                Art idc 3
tenden ne ror export levies must be ensured ; whereas
to this end it is appropriate to prescribe a minimum                  When the commitment mentioned          in Article 2 (3 ) ( b)
                                                                      of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3197 / 73 is  not respected the
(')  OJ  No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967. p . 1 .
(-)  OJ  No  L 1 28 , K ), v 1974, p . 20 .                           export licence shall not be             issued and , in
(3 ) OJ  No  L 2 82, 9 . |(). 197 }, p . 13 .                         consequence , the security exacted     under the provi­
(■•) OJ  No  L 326 , 27 . 11 . 1973 , p . K ).                        sions of Article 3 of that Regulation shall be forfeit.
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                         Article 4                             latest one and a halt hours after the end of the period
                                                               for the weekly lodging of tenders as provided for in
1 . When the obligation to export has not been                 the notice of the tender. They must be communicated
fulfilled, the, security mentioned in Article 3(1 ) of         in the form indicated in the Annex .
Regulation ( EEC) No 3197/73 shall be forfeit in
respect of a quantity equal to the difference between :       When there are no tenders , Member States shall
(a) 93 % of the net quantity indicated on the export           inform the Commission of this within the time limit
    licence , and                                              indicated in the preceding paragraph .
(b) the net quantity actually exported .
2.     However, if the exported quantity is less than                                   Art ici c 6
7 % of the net quantity indicated on the licence, the
security shall be forfeit in totality.                         During the period in which Summer Time applies in
                                                               Italy, the times fixed for the lodging of offers shall be
3. On request by the titular holder, Member States             regarded in that Member State as extended by one
may release parts of the security in proportion to the         hour. During the period during which Summer Time
quantities of product for which the proof of export, in        does not apply in the United Kingdom and in
accordance with Article 7(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No          Ireland, the times fixed for the lodging of offers shall
3197/73 , has been delivered and in so far as that proof       be regarded in those Member States as brought
provides evidence that a quantity equal to at least 7 %        forward by one hour.
of the net quantity indicated on the licence has been
exported .
                                                                                        Article 7
                         Article 5
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
The tenders lodged must reach the Commission                   following its publication in the Official Journal of
through the intermediary of Member States at the               the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 17 May 1974.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                             The President
                                                                        François-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                          ANNEX
                             Weekly tender for the export levy for milled round grained rice
                                              NOTICE OF TENDER No . . .
            Expiry of the period for lodging tenders ( date/time)
                      l                     2                                         3
              Numbering of the           Quantity                 Amount of export levy in national currency
                   tenders            in metric tons                           per metric ton
                      1
                      2
                      3
                      4
                      5
                    etc .