EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.10.2000 L260/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2285/2000
of 13 October 2000
on a tendering procedure for the subsidy on consignments of husked long grain rice to Réunion
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December1995onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinrice(
1),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No1667/2000(2),
and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89(3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1453/1999(4), lays
down detailed rules for exports of rice to Réunion.
(2)Examination of the supply situation on the island ofRéunionshowsashortageofrice.Inviewoftheavail-ability of rice on the Community market, Réunionshould be allowed to obtain supplies on that market.BecauseofthespecialsituationofRéunion,itisappro-priatetolimitthequantitiestobedeliveredand,there-fore, to fix the amount of the subsidy by tenderingprocedure.
(3)Pursuant to Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC)No2808/98of22December1998layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationoftheagrimonetarysystemforthe euro in agriculture(
5), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1410/1999(6), 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 ofthat Article specify the operative events applicable toadvances and securities.
(4)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance 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 falling within CNcode 10062098, referred to in Article 10(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 3072/95, to Réunion.
2. Thetenderingprocedurereferredtoinparagraph1shall
beopenuntil28June2001.Duringthatperiod,weeklyinvita-tionstotendershallbemadeforwhichthedateforsubmissionoftendersshallbesetoutinthenoticeofinvitationtotender.
3. The tendering procedure shall take place in accordance
withtheprovisionsofRegulation(EEC)No2692/89andthisRegulation.
Article 2
A tender shall be admissible only if it covers a quantity of at
least 50 tonnes but not more than 3000 tonnes.
Article 3
The security referred to in Article 7(3)(a) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2692/89 shall be EUR 30 per tonne.
Article 4
Thesubsidydocumentsissuedinthecontextofthistendering
procedureshall,forthepurposesofdeterminingtheirperiodofvalidity,beconsideredashavingbeenissuedonthefinaldayofthe period for the submission of tenders.
Article 5
TendersmustreachtheCommissionviatheMemberStatesnot
laterthanoneandahalfhoursafterexpiryofthedeadlineforweekly submission of tenders as laid down in the notice ofinvitation to tender. They must be transmitted in accordancewith the table given in the Annex.
If no tenders are submitted, Member States shall inform the
Commissionaccordinglywithinthesamedeadlineasthatgivenin the proceeding paragraph.
Article 6
The time laid down for submitting tenders shall be Belgian
time.
Article 7
1. Onthebasisoftenderssubmitted,theCommissionshall
decide in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95:
— either to fix a maximum subsidy,
— or not to take any action on the tenders.
(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 261, 7.9.1989, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 167, 2.7.1999, p. 19.
(5) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36.
(6) OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 53.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.10.2000 L260/202. Where a maximum subsidy is fixed, an award shall bemade to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders are at orbelow the maximum subsidy level.
Article 8
The deadline for submission of tenders for the first partialinvitation to tender shall expire on 26 October 2000 at 10a.m.Thefinaldateforsubmissionoftendersshallbe28June2001.
Article 9
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third dayfollowing 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
ANNEX
Weekly invitation to tender for the subsidy for consignments of husked long grain rice to Réunion
Deadline for the submission of tenders (date/time)
1 2 3
Serial numbers
of tenderersQuantities
(tonnes)Amount of subsidy
(in euro per tonne)
1
2
3
4
5
etc.