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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2563/98
of 27 November 1998
on a tendering procedure for the subsidy on consignments of husked long grain
rice to Runion
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of
22 December 1995 on the common organisation of themarket in rice (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2072/98 (2), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 (3)
lays down detailed rules for exports of rice to Runion;
Whereas examination of the supply situation on the
island of Runion shows a shortage of rice; whereas, inview of the availability of rice on the Community market,Runion should be allowed to obtain supplies on thatmarket; whereas, because of the special situation ofRunion, it is appropriate to limit the quantities to bedelivered and, therefore, to fix the amount of the subsidyby tendering procedure;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. A tendering procedure is hereby opened for the
subsidy for consignments of husked long grain rice fallingwithin CN code 1006 20 98, referred to in Article 10(1) ofRegulation (EC) No 3072/95, to Runion.
2. The tendering procedure referred to in paragraph 1
shall be open until 24 June 1999. During that period,weekly invitations to tender shall be made for which thedate for submission of tenders shall be set out in thenotice of invitation to tender.
3. The tendering procedure shall take place in accord-
ance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/87and this Regulation.
Article 2
A tender shall be admissible only if it covers a quantity of
at least 50 tonnes but not more than 3 000 tonnes.
Article 3
The security referred to in Article 7(3)(a) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2692/89 shall be ECU 30 per tonne.Article 4
The subsidy documents issued in the context of this
tendering procedure shall, for the purposes of deter-mining their period of validity, be considered as havingbeen issued on the final day of the period for the submis-sion of tenders.
Article 5
Tenders must reach the Commission via the Member
States not later than one and a half hours after expiry ofthe deadline for weekly submission of tenders as laiddown in the notice of invitation to tender. They must betransmitted in accordance with the table given in theAnnex.
If no tenders are submitted, Member States shall inform
the Commission accordingly within the same deadline asthat given in the proceeding paragraph.
Article 6
The time laid down for submitting tenders shall be
Belgian time.
Article 7
1. On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission
shall decide in accordance within the procedure laiddown in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95:
— either to fix a maximum subsidy,
— or not to take any action on the tenders.
2. Where a maximum subsidy is fixed, an award shall
be made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders are ator below the maximum subsidy level.
Article 8
The deadline for submission of tenders for the first partial
invitation to tender shall expire on 10 December 1998 at10 a.m.
The final date for submission of tenders shall be 24 June
1999.
Article 9
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.
(1) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 265, 30. 9. 1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 261, 7. 9. 1989, p. 8.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
Weekly invitation to tender for the subsidy for consignments of husked long grain rice to Runion
Deadline for the submission of tenders (date/time)
1 2 3
Serial numbers
of tenderersQuantities
(tonnes)Amount of subsidy
in ecu per tonne
1
2
3
4
5
etc.