No L 61/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 7.3.75 REGULATION (EEC) No 583/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 6 March 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73 as regards the security to be lodged when tendering for the export levy for rice THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ 67/EEC (1) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza- tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 476/75 (3); Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 (}) of 8 October 1973 laying down general rules to be applied in the event of the rice market being disturbed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 477/75 (%), and in particular Article 4 thereof ; Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73 (3) of 23 November 1973 establishing the conditions for the application of the system of tendering for export levies for rice provides that secu- rity shall be lodged in an amount equal to 30 % of the export levy proposed by the tenderer concerned such amount not however to be less than six units of account per metric ton; Whereas this provision should be replaced by a more flexible arrangement ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage- ment Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73 is replaced by the following : ‘1. No tender shall be considered unless appro- priate security is lodged. The amount of this security shall be fixed in the Regulation relating to the opening of the relevant invitation to tender. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. . This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 6 March 1975. OJ No 174, 31. 7. 1967, p. 1. OJ No L 52, 28. 2. 1975, p. 31. O] No L 282, 9. 10. 1973, p. 13. OJ No L 52, 28. 2. 1975, p. 33. O] No L 326, 27. 11. 1973, p. 10. For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission