# C_2004325EN.01000701.xml

| 31.12.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 325/7 |
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31.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 325/7

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Notice of invitation to tender for the reduction in the import duty on sorghum originating in third countries

(2004/C 325/04)

I.   SUBJECT

| 1. | A tendering procedure is opened for the reduction in the import duty on sorghum falling within CN code 1007 00 90 originating in third countries. |
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A tendering procedure is opened for the reduction in the import duty on sorghum falling within CN code 1007 00 90 originating in third countries.

| 2. | The quantity for which the import duty may be reduced is 200 000 tonnes. |
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The quantity for which the import duty may be reduced is 200 000 tonnes.

| 3. | The tendering procedure will be conducted in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 2275/2004 (1). |
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The tendering procedure will be conducted in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 2275/2004 (1).

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II.   TIME LIMITS

| 1. | The period during which tenders may be submitted in response to the first weekly invitation will begin on 7 January and expire on 13 January 2005 at 10 a.m. |
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The period during which tenders may be submitted in response to the first weekly invitation will begin on 7 January and expire on 13 January 2005 at 10 a.m.

| 2. | For the subsequent weekly invitations to tender the period for the submission of tenders will start on Friday each week and end on the following Thursday at 10 a.m.
  This notice is published for the purposes of the present invitation to tender only. Until such time as it is amended or replaced, its terms will apply to each weekly award held during the period of validity of this invitation.

  However, the submission of tenders will be suspended for weeks in which there is no meeting of the Management Committee for Cereals. |
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For the subsequent weekly invitations to tender the period for the submission of tenders will start on Friday each week and end on the following Thursday at 10 a.m.

This notice is published for the purposes of the present invitation to tender only. Until such time as it is amended or replaced, its terms will apply to each weekly award held during the period of validity of this invitation.

However, the submission of tenders will be suspended for weeks in which there is no meeting of the Management Committee for Cereals.

However, the submission of tenders will be suspended for weeks in which there is no meeting of the Management Committee for Cereals.

III   TENDERS

| 1. | Tenders must be submitted in writing and delivered no later than the dates and times indicated in Title II, either by personal delivery against a receipt, by registered mail, by telex, by fax or by telegram, to the following address:





  Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria (FEGA) |
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| C/Beneficencia 8 |
| E-28004 Madrid |
| telex 234 27 FEGA E |
| Fax (34) 91 521 98 32, (34) 91 522 43 87 |

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Tenders must be submitted in writing and delivered no later than the dates and times indicated in Title II, either by personal delivery against a receipt, by registered mail, by telex, by fax or by telegram, to the following address:

Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria (FEGA)

C/Beneficencia 8

E-28004 Madrid

telex 234 27 FEGA E

Fax (34) 91 521 98 32, (34) 91 522 43 87

Tenders not submitted by telex, fax or telegram must be enclosed in two sealed envelopes, one being inserted inside the other. The inner envelope must be marked ‘Tender under invitation to tender for the reduction in the import duty on sorghum — Regulation (EC) No 2275/2004’.

Once submitted, no tender may be withdrawn before the Member State concerned has informed the tenderer of the result of the tender.

| 2. | The tender, as well as the proof and statement referred to in Article 6(3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1839/95 (2), must be worded in the official language or one of the official languages of the Member State whose competent authority receives the tender. |
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The tender, as well as the proof and statement referred to in Article 6(3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1839/95 (2), must be worded in the official language or one of the official languages of the Member State whose competent authority receives the tender.

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IV.   TENDERING SECURITY

The tendering security must be made out in favour of the competent authority concerned.

V.   AWARD OF CONTRACTS

Award of the contract will establish:

| (a) | the right to the issue in the Member State in which the tender is submitted of an import licence specifying the reduction in the import duty referred to in the tender and awarded for the quantity concerned; |
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the right to the issue in the Member State in which the tender is submitted of an import licence specifying the reduction in the import duty referred to in the tender and awarded for the quantity concerned;

| (b) | the obligation to apply in the Member State referred to in point (a) for an import licence for that quantity. |
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(b)

the obligation to apply in the Member State referred to in point (a) for an import licence for that quantity.

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(1)  OJ L 396, 31.12.2004.

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(2)  OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4.

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