CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 March 1974 to take no action on tenders submitted for 7 March 1974 in response to the invitation to tender for the export levy on husked long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 3554/73

21 . 3 . 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 76/ 15
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 7 March 1974
                to take no action on tenders submitted for 7 March 1974 in response to the invi­
                tation to tender for the export levy on husked long grained rice issued under
                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 3554/73
                                                              (74/ 138/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                      -    -              Whereas none of the tenders submitted make it
COMMUNITIES,                                                            possible, given the present market situation for the
                                                                        rice in question , to fix a minimum levy in accordance
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   with the criteria laid down in Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and (d)
Economic Community ;                                                    of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 ; whereas the invita­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                             tion to tender should therefore be discontinued ;
67/EEC (.') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
of Accession (2) ;                                                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                        ment Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2)
thereof ;
                                                                                                 Article 1
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
31 97/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the                       No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted for
conditions for the application of the system of                         7 March 1974 in response to the invitation to tender
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular                  for the export levy on husked long grained rice
Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof ;                                               referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 3554/73 .
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on
husked long grained ride was issued under Commis­                                                 Article 2
sion Regulation (EEC) No 3554/73 (5) of 21 December
1973 ;                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73
allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation                     Done at Brussels, 7 March 1974.
No      359 / 67/ EEC,  and    on    the     basis    of   tenders
                                                                                                    For the Commission
submitted, either to fix a minimum export levy, taking
account in particular of the criteria laid down in                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
2737/73, or to discontinue the invitation to tender ;                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14. ■
(A OJ No L 282, 9. 10. 1973, p. 13.
 (4) OJ No L 326 , 27 . 11 . 1973 , p . 10 .
 (5 OJ No L 361 , 29 . 12. 1973 , p . 44.