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Language: en
Date: 1976-02-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23 January 1976 to take no action on tenders submitted for 22 January 1976 in response to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EEC) No 2456/75

7. 2. 76                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 33/33
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 23 January 1976
                to take no action on tenders submitted for 22 January 1976 in response to the
                                invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EEC) No 2456/75
                                                               (76/ 180/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           cular of the criteria laid down in Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and
COMMUNITIES,                                                             (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73, or to discontinue
                                                                         the invitation to tender ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                      Whereas    none   of the tenders submitted       make    it
                                                                         possible, given the present market situation for the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/ EEC                       rice in question, to fix a maximum refund in accor­
of 25 July 1967 on the common organization of the                        dance with the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation                        of Regulation No 366/67/EEC or a minimum levy in
(EEC) No 668/75 (*),                                                     accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 3 ( 1 )
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             (b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 ; whereas
2737/73 of 8 October 1973 laying down general rules                      the invitation to tender should therefore be discon­
to be applied in the event of the rice market being                      tinued ;
disturbed (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
477/75 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof,                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 366/67/ EEC                       ment Committee for Cereals,
of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules for granting
export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
amount of such refunds (5), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 478/75 (6), and in particular Article 3a
thereof,                                                                                          Article 1
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                           No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted for
2456/75 of 26 September 1975 on an invitation to                          22 January 1976 in response to the invitation to
tender for the levy and/or the refund for the export of                  tender for the export levy and/or refund on milled
milled round grain rice to third countries (7), and in                   round grain rice referred to in Regulation (EEC) No
particular Article 9 ( 1 ) thereof,                                      2456/ 75.
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy                                               Article 2
and/or refund on milled round grain rice was issued
under Regulation (EEC) No 2456/75 ;                                      This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2456/75
allows the Commission to decide , in accordance with
                                                                          Done at Brussels, 23 January 1976.
the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation
No      359 / 67/ EEC,      and   on      the   basis   of tenders
                                                                                                    For the Commission
submitted, either to fix a maximum export refund,
taking account in particular of the criteria laid down                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation No 366/67/ EEC, or
to fix a minimum export levy, taking account in parti­                                          Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No   174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 .
(2)  OJ  No   L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 18 .
(3)  OJ  No   L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p . 13 .
(4 ) OJ  No   L 52, 28 . 2 . 1975 , p . 33 .
(5 ) OJ  No   174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 34.
(6)  OJ  No   L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 34.
( 7) OJ  No   L 251 , 27 . 9 . 1975, p. 13 .