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Language: en
Date: 1975-01-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 December 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of husked long grain rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 2667/74

8 . 1 . 75                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 4/ 15
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 12 December 1974
               fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of
                          husked long grain rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 2667 / 74
                                                           (75/ 17/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73
COMMUNITIES,                                                          stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer or
                                                                      tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 higher than the minimum ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                           Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                   present situation on the market for the rice in ques­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­                tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed as
tion (EEC) No 1129/74 0 of 29 April 1974 ;                            shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of husked
                                                                      long grain rice to which this minimum applies is
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          3 100 metric tons ;
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
being disturbed , and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;           are in accordance with the Opinion ' of the Manage­
                                                                      ment Committee for Cereals ,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
31 97/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing the
conditions for the application of the system of                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tendering for export levies on rice , and in particular
Article 5(1 ) thereof ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on
husked long grain rice was issued under Commission                   The minimum export levy for husked long grain rice
Regulation (EEC) No 2667/74 (5) of 21 October 1974 ;                  fixed   on  the  basis  of  tenders  submitted for  12
whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6) associated             December 1974 is hereby fixed at 20 units of account
with this Regulation specified that the total tonnage                 per metric ton .
for which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­
mately 5 000 metric tons ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3197/73
allows the Commission , in accordance with the proce­                 This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
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 , 12 December 1974 .
be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3(1 ) (b) and
(d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 , namely :
— the objectives of the common organization of the                                               For the Commission
      market in rice, namely to balance that market
                                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
      both as regards supplies and as regards trade,
— the economic aspect of the exports ;                                                       Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No 179 , 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ  No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 .
 3   OJ  No L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 .
(4 ) OJ  No L 326, 27 . 11 . 1973 , p . 10 .
(5 ) OJ  No L 285 , 22 . 10 . 1974, p . 19 .
(6)  OJ  No C 129 , 22. 10 . 1974, p. 8 .