23.9.92 NoL279/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2748/92
of21September1992
onaninvitationtotenderfortherefundonexportofwhollymilledroundgrain
ricetocertainthirdcountries
No1431/76,forZonesItoVIandZoneVIIIexcluding
Guyana,MadagascarandSuriname,ofAnnextoRegula­
tion(EEC)No2145/92.
2.Theinvitationtotendershallbeopenuntil1July
1993.Duringthatperiodweeklyinvitationstotender
shallbeissuedandthedateforsubmissionoftenders
shallbedeterminedinthenoticeofinvitationtotender.
3.Theinvitationtotendershalltakeplaceinaccord­
ancewiththeprovisionsofRegulation(EEC)No584/75
andwiththefollowingprovisions.
Article2
Atendershallbevalidonlyifitcoversaquantityfor
exportofatleast50tonnesbutnotmorethan5000
tonnes.
Article3
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)
No584/75shallbeECU20pertonne.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No674/92(2),andinparticularArticle17thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1431/76
of21June1976layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonriceandcriteriaforfixingtheamount
ofsuchrefunds(3),andinparticularArticle4thereof,
Whereasexamination ofthebalancesheetshowsthat
exportableamountsofricearecurrentlyheldbypro­
ducers;whereasthissituationcouldaffectthenormal
development ofproducerpricesduringthe1992/93
marketingyear;
Whereas,inordertoremedythissituation,itisappro­
priatetomakeuseofexportrefundstozoneswhichmay
besuppliedbytheCommunity ;whereasthespecialsitu­
ationofthericemarketmakesitnecessarytolimitthe
quantitiesofricebenefitingfromtherefunds,andthere­
foretoapplyArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No1431/76
enablingtheamountofrefundtobefixedbytendering
procedure;
Whereasitshouldbestatedthattheprovisionsof
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No584/75of6March
1975layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
systemoftenderingforexportrefundsonrice(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No409/90(*),applytothis
invitationtotender;
Whereas,inordertoavoiddisturbancesonthemarketsof
theproducingcountries,themarketsofdestination
shouldbelimitedtoZonesItoVIandZoneVIII,
excludingGuyana,MadagascarandSuriname,notedin
AnnextoRegulation(EEC)No2145/92(6);
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Aninvitationtotenderisherebyopened,forthe
exportrefundreferredtoinArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)Article4
1.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofArticle21(1)of
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No3719/88Q,export
licencesissuedwithinjthisinvitationtotendershall,for
thepurposesofdeterminingtheirperiodofvalidity,be
consideredashavingbeenissuedonthedaythetender
wassubmitted .
2.Thelicencesshallbevalidfromtheirdateofissue,
withinthemeaningofparagraph 1,untiltheendofthe
thirdmonthfollowing.
Article5
TenderssubmittedmustreachtheCommissionthrough
theMemberStatesnotlaterthanoneandahalfhours
afterexpiryofthetimelimitforweeklysubmissionof
tendersaslaiddowninthenoticeofinvitationtotender.
Theymustbetransmittedinaccordancewiththetable
givenintheAnnex.
Ifnotendersaresubmitted,theMemberStatesshall
informtheCommissionaccordinglywithinthesametime
limitasthatgivenintheabovesubparagraph .(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
OOJNoL73,19.3.1992,p.7.
(3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.
(4)OJNoL61,7.3.1975,p.25.0OJNoL43,17.2.1990,p.21.
OOJNoL214,30.7.1992,p.20. OOJNoL331,2.12.1988,p.1.

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Article6
ThetimesetforsubmittingtendersshallbeBelgiantime.2.Whereamaximumexportrefundisfixed,anaward
shallbemadetothetendererortendererswhosetenders
areatorbelowthemaximumexportrefundlevel.
Article8
Thetimelimitforsubmissionoftendersforthefirst
partialinvitationtotendershallexpireon8October1992
at10a.m.
Thefinaldateforsubmissionoftendersisherebyfixedat
1July1993.
Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .Article7
1.Onthebasisoftenderssubmitted,theCommission
shalldecideinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inArticle27ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76:
—eithertofixamaximumexportrefund,takingaccount
ofthecriterialaiddowninArticles2and3ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1431/76,
—ornottotakeanyactiononthetenders.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21September1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
Weeklyinvitationtotenderfortherefundonexportofwhollymilledroundgrainriceto
certainthirdcountries
(Closingdateforthesubmissionoftenders(date/time))
1 2 3
Serialnumber
oftendersQuantities
intonnesAmountofexportrefund
inecupertonne
1
2
3
4
5
etc.