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Language: en
Date: 1974-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 June 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of husked long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 888/74

12 . 7 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 189/ 13
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 13 June 1974
                fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of husked
                                 long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 888/74
                                                          (74/334/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      — the objectives of the common organization of the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                           market in rice, namely to balance that market
                                                                        both as regards supplies and as regards trade ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               — the economic aspect of the exports ;
Economic Community;
                                                                    Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/                      73 stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer
EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization                  or tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or
of the market in rice, as last amended by Regulation                higher than the minimum ;
(EEC) No 1129/74 (2) of 29 April 1974 ;
                                                                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2737/                  present situation on the market for the rice in
73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general rules                  question that the minimum export levy should be
to be applied in the event of the rice market being                 fixed as shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of
disturbed, and in particular Article 4 ( 2) thereof;                husked lortg grained rice to which this minimum
                                                                    applies is 100 metric tons ;
Having * regard to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 establishing                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
the conditions for the application of the system of                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                    ment Committee for Cereals,
tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular
Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy
on husked long grained rice was issued under                                                Article 1
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 888/74 (5 ) of
16 April 1974; whereas the notice of invitation to                  The minimum export levy for husked long grained
tender (6), amended 10 May 1974 (7), associated with                rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for
this Regulation, specified that the total tonnage for                13 June 1974 is hereby fixed at 45-6 units of account
which the export levy could be fixed was approxi­                    per metric ton.
mately 30 000 metric tons ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/                This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
73 allows the Commission, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation                     Done at Brussels, 13 June 1974.
No 359/67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ;
whereas, when this minimum levy is being fixed,                                                  For the Commission
account must be taken of the criteria set out in
                                                                                                    P. J. LARDINOIS
Article 3 ( 1 ) (b ) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
2737/73 , namely :                                                                           Member of the Commission
0)   OJ   No 174, 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.
(8)  OJ   No L 104, 17. 4. 1974, p. 13 .
(6)  OJ   No C 43 , 17. 4. 1974, p. 4.
(7)  OJ   No C 54, 10. 5 . 1974, p. 3 .