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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1701/1999
of 30 July 1999
openingan invitation to tender for the refund or the tax for the export of barley to all third
countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92of30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market incereals(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No1501/95of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for theapplication of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on thegranting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to betakenintheeventofdisturbanceonthemarketforcereals(
3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98(4), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,
(1)Whereas,inviewofthecurrentsituationonthecerealsmarket, an invitation should be opened, in respect ofbarley to tender for the export refund or tax providedfor in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95;
(2)Whereas the detailed procedural rules governing invita-tions to tender are as regards the fixing of the exportrefund, or export tax in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95;whereas the commitments on the part of the tendererinclude an obligation to lodge an application for anexportlicence;whereascompliancewiththisobligationmay be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge atendering security of EUR 12 per tonne when theysubmit their tenders;
(3)Whereasitisnecessarytoprovideforaspecificperiodof validity for licences issued under that invitation totender; whereas that period of validity must meet theneedsoftheworldmarketforthe1999/2000marketingyear;
(4)Whereas,inordertoensurethatallthoseconcernedaretreated equally, it is necessary to lay down that theperiod of validity of the licences issued should beidentical;
(5)Whereas,inordertoensurethesmoothoperationoftheexporttenderingprocedureitisappropriatetoprescribeaminimumquantitytobetenderedforandatimelimitand form for the communication of tenders submittedto the competent authorities;
(6)Whereas the measures provided for in this RegulationareinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagementCommittee for Cereals,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Tenders shall be invited for the export refund and/or
export tax provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No1501/95.
2. The tendering procedure shall concern barley for export
to all third countries.
3. The invitation shall remain open until 25 May 2000.
Duringthisperiodweeklyawardsshallbemade,forwhichthequantities and the time limits for the submission of tendersshall be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to tender.
Article 2
A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount of not
less than 1000 tonnes.
Article 3
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle5(3a)ofRegulation(EC)No
1501/95 shall be euro 12 per tonne.
Article 4
1. NotwithstandingArticle21(1)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No3719/88layingdowncommondetailedrulesfortheapplication of the system of import and export licences andadvance fixing certificates for agricultural products(
5), export
licencesissuedunderArticle81(1)ofRegulation(EC)No150/95 shall, for the purpose of determining their period ofvalidity,bedeemdtohavebeenissuedonthedayonwhichthetender was submitted.
2. Exportlicencesissuedinconnectionwiththeinvitations
totenderpursuanttothisRegulationshallbevalidfromtheirdate of issue, as defined in paragraph 1, until the end of thefourth month following that of issue.
Article 5
1. TheCommissionshalldecide,pursuanttotheprocedure
laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92:
— tofixamaximumexportrefund,takingaccountinpartic-
ularofthecriterialaiddowninArticle1ofRegulation(EC)No 1501/95, or
— tofixaminimumexporttax,takingintoaccountinpartic-
ular the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC)No 1501/95, or
— to make no award.
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 313, 21.11.1998, p. 16. (5) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
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2. Where a maximum export refund is fixed, the contract
shall be awarded to the tenderer or tenderers whose bids areequaltoorlowerthanthemaximumrefund,aswellastothetenderer or tenderers whose bid relates to an export tax.
3. Whereaminimumexporttaxisfixed,acontractshallbe
awarded to any tenderer whose tender indicates a rate of taxequal to or more than such minimum export tax.
Article 6
Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the
intermediaryMemberStates,atthelatestoneandahalfhoursafterexpiryoftheperiodfortheweeklysubmissionoftendersasspecifiedinthenoticeofinvitationtotender.TheymustbecommunicatedintheformindicatedinAnnexI,tothetelexor
fax numbers in Annex II.
If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform the
Commission of this within the time limit indicated in thepreceding paragraph.
Article 7
The time limits fixed for the submission of tenders shall cor-
respond to Belgian time.
Article 8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingits
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 30 July 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX I
Weekly tender for the refund or the tax for the export of barley to all third countries
(Regulation (EC) No 1701/1999)
(Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time))
1 2 3
A B
Number of tenderer Quantity in tonnesAmount of export tax in
EUR/tonneAmount of export refund in
EUR/tonne
1
2
3
etc.
ANNEX II
The only numbers to use to call Brussels (DG VI-C-1) are:
—telex: 22037AGRECB,
22070AGRECB(Greekcharacters),
—fax: 2952515,
2964956.