31975R0700

18 . 3 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 69 / 11

REGULATION ( EEC) No 700/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 17 March 1975 supplementing Regulation ( EEC) No 585/75 on the opening of an invitation to tender for the levy and the refund for the export of wholly milled long grain rice to third countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN agricultural policy, since monetary compensatory COMMUNITIES, amounts to not apply in the rice sector ; whereas it is therefore desirable to make provision for the effects of the monetary situation to be taken into account in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European respect of each tender and to supplement accordingly Economic Community ; Commission Regulation (EEC) No 585/75 ( 10) of 6 March 1975 on the opening of an invitation to tender for the levy and/or the refund for the export of wholly Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ milled long grain rice to third countries ; 67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation tion ( EEC) No 476 / 75 (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 being disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 477/75 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 366/ A rticle 1 67/ EEC (5) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules for export refunds on rice and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds , as last amended by Regu­ An Article 9a as follows is inserted in Regulation lation ( EEC) No 478 / 75 ( 6), and in particular Article ( EEC) No 585/ 75 : 3a thereof ; 'The rates used for converting into units of account tenders as submitted in national curren­ Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of cies and for converting into national currencies respectively Commission Regulation ( EEC) No the maximum refund or minimum levy as fixed in 31 97/73 ( 7) of 23 November 1973 establishing the units of accounts shall be : conditions for the application of the system of tendering for export levies on rice, as last amended by — in the case of currencies held at any given Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 583 /75 (8), and moment within a band of 2-25 % , the central Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 584/ 75 (9) of 6 rate ; March 1 975 laying down detailed rules for the applica­ tion of the system of tendering for export refunds on — in all other cases the average spot exchange rice provides that invitations to tender for the export rate during a period running from the levy and /or refund shall be open on equal terms to all Wednesday of one week to the Tuesday of the persons established within the Community ; whereas, following week , such latter week being that in by reason of the differing monetary circumstances in the course of which the period for the submis­ the various Member States , satisfaction of this condi­ sion of tenders expires .' tion cannot be ensured by the application of the exchange rates applicable for purposes of the common

Article 2 (') OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 31 . ( 3 ) OJ No L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 . 4 ) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2 . 1975, p. 33 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day (5 ) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967 , p . 34 . following its publication in the Official Journal of ( 6) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2 . 1975 , p. 34. the European Communities. ( 7) OJ No L 326, 27 . 11 . 1973 , p . 10 . ( 8) OJ No L 61 , 7 . 3 . 1975, p. 24. 9) OJ No L 61 , 7 . 3 . 1975, p. 25 . ( I0) OJ No L 61 , 7 . 3 . 1975, p. 28 .

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 17 March 1975 . For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission