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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2032/2004

of 26 November 2004         

opening a tendering procedure for the refund on export of wholly milled and parboiled long-grain B rice to certain third countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 14(3) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.   A tendering procedure opened for the refund on export as referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 for wholly milled and parboiled long-grain B rice falling within CN code 1006 30 67.

The tendering procedure shall be restricted to the following destinations:

2.   The tendering procedure shall be open until 23 June 2005. During that period regular invitations to tender shall be issued and the date for submission of tenders shall be laid down in the notice of invitation to tender.

3.   The tendering procedure shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 and this Regulation.

Article 2

A tender shall be admissible only if it covers a quantity for export of at least 50 tonnes but not more than 3 000 tonnes.

Article 3

The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 shall be EUR 30 per tonne.

Article 4

1.   As an exception to Article 23(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (5), export licences issued under this tendering procedure shall, for the purposes of determining their period of validity, be considered as having been issued on the day the tender was submitted.

2.   The licences shall be valid from their date of issue, within the meaning of paragraph 1, until the end of the fourth month following.

Article 5

Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the Member States not later than one and a half hours after expiry of the time limit for the submission of tenders as laid down in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be transmitted in accordance with the model given in the Annex.

If no tenders are lodged, Member States shall inform the Commission within the time limit referred to in the first paragraph.

Article 6

1.   On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission shall decide in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003:

2.   Where a maximum export refund is fixed, a contract shall be awarded to any tenderer whose tender specifies a rate of refund not exceeding such maximum export refund.

Article 7

The closing date for the submission of tenders for the first regular invitation to tender shall be 16 December 2004 at 10.00 (Brussels time).

The final date for submission of tenders is hereby fixed at 23 June 2005.

Article 8

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 November 2004.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96.

(2)OJ L 61, 7.3.1975, p. 25. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/2002 (OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 18).

(3)OJ L 214, 30.7.1992, p. 20. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3304/94 (OJ L 341, 30.12.1994, p. 48).

(4)OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1250/2004 (OJ L 237, 8.7.2004, p. 13).

(5)OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.

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ANNEX

Tendering procedure for the refund on export of wholly milled and parboiled long-grain B rice to certain third countries

Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time): ...

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(*1)  Quantities referred to in Article 2(2)(e) of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75.

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