NoL352/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.12.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2963/78
of15December 1978
onaninvitationtotenderfortherefundfortheexportofcommonwheatto
ZonesI,II,III,VandVI
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Tendersshallbeinvitedfortheexportrefund
providedforinArticle5ofRegulation (EEC)No
2746/75.
2.Theinvitationtotendershallrelatetocommon
wheatforexporttoZonesI,II,III,VandVIas
definedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)No1124/77.
3.Theinvitationshallremainopenuntil17May
1979.Duringthisperiodweeklyawardsshallbe
made,thetimelimitsforthesubmissionoftendersto
beasprescribedinthenoticeofinvitationtotender.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1254/78(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2746/75of29October1975layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsoncerealsand
criteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),and
inparticularArticle5thereof,
Whereasthereisanexportablesurplusofcommon
wheatontheCommunitymarket;whereas,sothatit
canbeexportedunderthemostfavourableconditions,
aninvitationtotenderfortheexportrefundshouldbe
opened;whereas,forthesakeofbettercontrolover
therefundamounttobegrantedandthequantitiesto
beexported,theinvitationtotendershouldbe
restrictedtoexportstoZonesI,II,III,VandVIas
definedinAnnexItoCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No1124/77(4),
Whereasdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
systemoftenderingforfixingexportrefundshave
beenadoptedinCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
279/75(5),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2944/78(6);whereasamongtheobligationsof
tenderersisthatoflodginganapplicationforan
exportlicence;whereascompliancewiththisobliga­
tionmaybeensuredbyrequiringtendererstolodgea
tenderingsecurityof10unitsofaccountpertonne
whentheysubmittheirtenders;
Whereas,inordertoensureequaltreatmenttoall
concerned,itisnecessarytospecifythatalllicences
issuedbevalidforequallengthsoftime;
Whereasfortheproperrunningofaninvitationto
tenderforexportrefundsaminimumrepresentative
quantitymustbespecifiedandthetimelimitand
formofcommunication ofthetenderssubmittedto
thecompetentauthorities ;Article2
Atendershallbevalidonlyifitrelatestoanamount
ofnotlessthan1000tonnes.
Article3
ThetenderingsecurityreferredtoinArticle3ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No279/75shallbe10unitsofaccount
pertonne.
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.
(2)OJNoL156,14.6.1978,p.1.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.78.
(4)OJNoL134,28.5.1977,p.53.
(5OJNoL31,5.2.1975,p.8.
(o)OJNoL351,15.12.1978,p.16. (7)OJNoL25,31.1.1975,p.10.

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Article5 Article6
Thetimelimitsfixedforthesubmission oftenders
shallbe:
—broughtforwardbyonehourinIrelandandthe
UnitedKingdomduringtheperiodinwhich
summertimedoesnotapplyinthoseMember
States,
—extendedbyonehourintheotherMemberStates
whenthelatterareapplyingsummertime.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .ThetenderssubmittedmustreachtheCommission
throughtheintermediary ofMemberStatesatthe
latestoneandahalfhoursafterexpiryoftheperiod
fortheweeklysubmissionoftendersasspecifiedin
thenoticeofinvitationtotender.Theymustbe
communicated intheformindicatedintheAnnex.If
notendersarereceived,MemberStatesshallinform
theCommission ofthiswithinthetimelimitindi­
catedintheprecedingparagraph .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15December1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
WeeklytenderfortherefundfortheexportofcommonwheattoZonesI,II,III,VandVI
Timelimitforthesubmissionoftenders(date/time)
1 2 3
Numberof
tenderQuantity
intonnesAmountofexportrefundinnationalcurrency
pertonne
1
2
3
4
5
etc.