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Language: en
Date: 1974-05-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 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 994/74

No L 145/26                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           30. 5. 74
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 16 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 994/74
                                                         (74/279/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 Regula­            present situation on the market for the rice in ques­
tion (EEC) No 1129/74 (2) of 29 April 1974 ;                      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 9 064-6 metric tons ;
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market
being disturbed and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;         Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  ment Committee for Cereals,
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 994/74 (5) of 25 April                   The minimum export levy for milled long grained
                                                                  rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 16
 1 974 ; whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6),
amended 1 0 May 1 974 (7) associated with this Regula­            May 1974 is hereby fixed at 64-9 units of account per
                                                                  metric ton .
tion specified that the total tonnage for which the
export levy could be fixed was approximately 40 000
metric tons ;                                                                             Article 2
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73            This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
allows the Commission, in accordance with the proce­
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, 16 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
(•)  OJ  No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(') OJ   No L 128, 10. 5. 1974, p. 20.
(*) OJ   No L 282, 9. 10. 1973, p. 13.
(«)  OJ  No L 326, 27. 11 . 1973, p. 10.
(»)  OJ  No  L 113, 26. 4. 1974, p. 37.
(*)  OJ  No C 49, 27. 4. 1974, p. 31 .
P)   OJ  No C 54, 10. 5. 1974, p. 3.