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Language: en
Date: 1974-03-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 March 1974 to take no action on tenders submitted for 14 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

22. 3 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 77/39
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 14 March 1974
                 to take no action on tenders submitted for 14 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/ 142/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas none of the tenders submitted makes 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                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act
                                                                       are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 of Accession (2) ;                                                    ment Committee for Cereals,
 Having regard to Council Regualtion (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
 3197/73 (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                       14 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 rice 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                  Done at Brussels, 14 March 1974.
 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 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.
(3) 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.