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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1431/80
of6June1980
onaninvitationtotenderfortherefundfortheexportofcommonwheatto
ZonesI,lib,V,VIandVila
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Tendersshallbeinvitedfortheexportrefund
providedforinArticle5ofRegulation (EEC)No
2746/75.
2.Theinvitationtotendershallrelatetocommon
wheatforexporttoZonesI,lib,V,VIandVila,as
definedinAnnexItoRegulation (EEC)No1124/77.
3.Theinvitationshallremainopenuntil30June
1981.Duringthisperiodweeklyawardsshallbe
made,thetimelimitsforthesubmissionoftendersto
beasprescribedinthenoticeofinvitationtotender.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1547/79(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2746/75of29October1975layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsoncerealsand
criteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),and
inparticularArticle5thereof,
Whereasthereisanexportablesurplusofcommon
wheatontheCommunitymarket;whereas,sothatit
canbeexportedunderthemostfavourableconditions,
aninvitationtotenderfortheexportrefundshouldbe
opened;whereas,forthesakeofbettercontrolover
therefundamounttobegrantedandthequantitiesto
beexported,theinvitationtotendershouldbe
restrictedtoexportstoZonesI,lib,V,VIandVilaas
definedinAnnexItoCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1124/77(4);
Whereasdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
systemoftenderingforfixingexportrefundshave
beenadoptedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
279/75(5),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2944/78(6);whereasamongtheobligationsof
tenderersisthatoflodginganapplicationforan
exportlicence;whereascompliancewiththisobliga­
tionmaybeensuredbyrequiringtendererstolodgea
tenderingsecurityof12ECUpertonnewhenthey
submittheirtenders;
Whereas,inordertoensureequaltreatmenttoall
concerned,itisnecessarytospecifythatalllicences
issuedbevalidforequallengthsoftime;
Whereas,fortheproperrunningofaninvitationto
tenderforexportrefunds,aminimumrepresentative
quantitymustbespecifiedandthetimelimitand
formofcommunication ofthetenderssubmittedto
thecompetentauthorities ;Article2
Atendershallbevalidonlyifitrelatestoanamount
ofnotlessthan1000tonnes.
Article3
ThetenderingsecurityreferredtoinArticle3ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No279/75shallbe12ECUpertonne.
Article4
1.Bywayofderogationfromtheprovisionsof
Article9(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No193/75(7),export
licencesissuedunderArticle8(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No279/75shall,forthepurposeofdeterminingtheir
periodofvalidity,bedeemedtohavebeenissuedon
thedayonwhichthetenderwassubmitted.
2.Exportlicencesissuedinconnectionwiththis
invitationtotendershallbevalidfromtheirdateof
issue,asdefinedinthepreviousparagraph,untilthe
endofthefourthmonthfollowingthatofissue.(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(*)OJNoL188,26.7.1979,p.1.
(})OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.78.
(♦)OJNoL134,28.5.1977,p.53.
(s)OJNoL31,5.2.1975,p.8.
(»)OJNoL351,15.12.1978,p.16. (7)OJNoL25,31.1.1975,p.10.

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—broughtforwardbyonehourinIrelandandthe
UnitedKingdomduringtheperiodinwhich
summertimedoesnotapplyinthoseMember
States,
—extendedbyonehourintheotherMemberStates
whenthelatterareapplyingsummertime.Article5
ThetenderssubmittedmustreachtheCommission
throughtheintermediaryofMemberStatesatthe
latestoneandahalfhoursafterexpiryoftheperiod
fortheweeklysubmissionoftendersasspecifiedin
thenoticeofinvitationtotender.Theymustbe
communicated intheformindicatedintheAnnex.
Ifnotendersarereceived,MemberStatesshallinform
theCommission ofthiswithinthetimelimitindi­
catedintheprecedingparagraph.
Article6
Thetimelimitsfixedforthesubmissionoftenders
shallbe:Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6June1980.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
WeeklytenderlortherefundfortheexportofcommonwheattoZonesI,lib,V,VIand
Vila
Timelimitforthesubmissionoftenders(date/time)
1 2 3
Numberof
tenderQuantity
intonnesAmountofexportrefundinnationalcurrency
pertonne
1
2
3\
4\
5\
etc.I