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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2281/2000
of 13 October 2000
on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled round grain rice to certain
third countries
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
December1995onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinrice(
1),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No1667/2000(2),
and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Examinationofthebalancesheetshowsthatexportable
amounts of rice are currently held by producers. Thissituation could affect the normal development ofproducer prices during the 2000/01 marketing year.
(2)In order to remedy this situation, it is appropriate tomake use of export refunds to zones which may besuppliedbytheCommunity.Thespecialsituationofthericemarketmakesitnecessarytolimitthequantitiesofricebenefitingfromtherefunds,andthereforetoapplyArticle13ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95enablingtheamount of refund to be fixed by tendering procedure.
(3)It should be stated that the provisions of CommissionRegulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March 1975 layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesystemoftenderingforexportrefundsonrice(
3),aslastamended
by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(4), apply to this invita-
tion to tender.
(4)In order to avoid disturbances on the markets of theproducing countries, the markets of destination shouldbe limited to Zones I to VI, excluding Turkey andHungary,andZoneVIII,excludingGuyana,MadagascarandSurinam,notedintheAnnextoCommissionRegu-lation(EEC)No2145/92(
5),asamendedbyRegulation
(EC) No 3304/94(6).
(5)Pursuant to Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC)No2808/98of22December1998layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationoftheagrimonetarysystemforthe euro in agriculture(
7), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1410/1999(8), amounts quoted in tenders
submittedinresponsetoinvitationstotenderorganisedunderaninstrumentformingpartofthecommonagri-culturalpolicymustbeexpressedineuro;Article5(1)ofthatRegulationprovidesthatinsuchcasestheoperativeevent for the agricultural exchange rate is the final dayfor the submission of tenders; Paragraphs 3 and 4 of
that Article specify the operative events applicable toadvances and securities.
(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. An invitation to tender is opened for the refund on
export of wholly milled round grain rice falling within CNcodes10063061and10063092,referredtoinArticle13ofRegulation (EC) No 3072/95, for Zones I to VI (except forTurkey and Hungary) and for Zone VIII (except for Guyana,MadagascarandSurinam),asspecifiedintheAnnextoRegula-tion (EEC) No 2145/92.
2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 28 June
2001.Duringthatperiodweeklyinvitationstotendershallbeissued and the date for submission of tenders shall be deter-mined in the notice of invitation to tender.
3. The invitation to tender shall take place in accordance
with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 and withthe following provisions.
Article 2
A tender shall be admissible only if it covers a quantity for
exportofatleast50tonnesbutnotmorethan3000tonnes.
Article 3
The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
584/75 shall be EUR 30 per tonne.
Article 4
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 23(1) of
CommissionRegulation(EC)No1291/2000(
9),exportlicences
issuedwithinthisinvitationtotendershall,forthepurposesofdetermining their period of validity, be considered as havingbeen issued on the day the tender was submitted.
2. Thelicencesshallbevalidfromtheirdateofissue,within
themeaningofparagraph1,untiltheendofthefourthmonthfollowing.(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 61, 7.3.1975, p. 25.
(4) OJ L 35, 15.2.1995, p. 8.
(5) OJ L 214, 30.7.1992, p. 20.
(6) OJ L 341, 30.12.1994, p. 48.
(7) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36.
(8) OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 53. (9) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
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Article 5
Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the
MemberStatesnotlaterthanoneandahalfhoursafterexpiryofthetimelimitforweeklysubmissionoftendersaslaiddowninthenoticeofinvitationtotender.Theymustbetransmittedin accordance with the table given in the Annex.
Ifnotendersaresubmitted,theMemberStatesshallinformthe
Commission accordingly within the same time limit as thatgiven in the above subparagraph.
Article 6
The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian time.
Article 7
1. Onthebasisoftenderssubmitted,theCommissionshall
decideinaccordancewiththeprocedurereferredtoinArticle22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95:— either to fix a maximum export refund, taking account of
thecriterialaiddowninArticle13ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95,
— or not to take any action on the tenders.
2. Whereamaximumexportrefundisfixed,anawardshall
be made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders are at orbelow the maximum export refund level.
Article 8
The time limit for submission of tenders for the first partial
invitation to tender shall expire on 26 October 2000 at 10a.m.
Thefinaldateforsubmissionoftendersisherebyfixedat28
June 2001.
Article 9
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 13 October 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
Weekly invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries
(Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time))
1 2 3
Serial number
of tenderersQuantities
in tonnesAmount of export refund
in euro per tonne
1
2
3
4
5
etc.