27.9.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL251/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2306/94
of26September1994
openinganinvitationtotenderfortherefundonexportofwhollymilled
mediumgrainandlonggrainAricetocertainthirdcountries
shallbeissuedandthedateforsubmissionoftenders
shallbedeterminedinthenoticeofinvitationtotender.
3.Theinvitationtotendershalltakeplaceinaccord­
ancewiththeprovisionsofRegulation(EEC)No584/75
andwiththefollowingprovisions.
Article2
Atendershallbevalidonlyifitcoversaquantityfor
exportofatleast50tonnesbutnotmorethan5000
tonnes.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
1869/94(2),andinparticularArticle17thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1431/76
of21June1976layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonriceandcriteriaforfixingtheamount
ofsuchrefunds(3),andinparticularArticle4thereof,
Whereasexamination ofthebalancesheetshowsthat
exportableamountsofricearecurrentlyheldbypro­
ducers;whereasthissituationcouldaffectthenormal
developmentofproducerpricesduringthe1994/95
marketingyear;
Whereas,inordertoremedythissituation,itisappro­
priatetomakeuseofexportrefundstozoneswhichmay
besuppliedbytheCommunity ;whereasthespecialsitu­
ationofthericemarketmakesitnecessarytolimitthe
refunds,andthereforetoapplyArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1431/76enablingtherefundamounttobe
fixedbytenderingprocedure;
Whereasitshouldbestatedthattheprovisionsof
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No584/75of6March
1975layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
systemoftenderingforexportrefundsonrice(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No409/90(*),applytothis
invitationtotender;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Aninvitationtotenderisherebyopened,forthe
exportrefundreferredtoinArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)
No1431/76,forZonesII(a),(b),(d)andIIIasspecifiedin
AnnextoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2145/92(6).
2.Theinvitationtotendershallbeopenuntil29June
1995.DuringthatperiodweeklyinvitationstotenderArticle3
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)
No584/75shallbeECU20pertonne.
Article4
1.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofArticle21(1)of
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No3719/88Q,export
licencesissuedwithinthisinvitationtotendershall,for
thepurposesofdeterminingtheirperiodofvalidity,be
consideredashavingbeenissuedonthedaythetender
wassubmitted .
2.Thelicencesshallbevalidfromtheirdateofissue,
withinthemeaningofparagraph 1,untiltheendofthe
thirdmonthfollowing.
Article5
TenderssubmittedmustreachtheCommissionthrough
theMemberStatesnotlaterthanoneandahalfhours
afterexpiryofthetimelimitforweeklysubmissionof
tendersaslaiddowninthenoticeofinvitationtotender.
Theymustbetransmittedinaccordancewiththetable
givenintheAnnex.
Ifnotendersaresubmitted,theMemberStatesshall
informtheCommissionaccordinglywithinthesametime
limitasthatgivenintheabovesubparagraph .
Article6
ThetimesetforsubmittingtendersshallbeBelgiantime.(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL197,30.7.1994,p.7.
(3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.
(4)OJNoL61,7.3.1975,p.25.0OJNoL43,17.2.1990,p.21.
(ÓOJNoL214,30.7.1992,p.20. oOJNoL331,2.12.1988,p.1.

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Article7
1.Onthebasisoftenderssubmitted,theCommission
shalldecideinaccordancewiththeprocedurereferredto
inArticle27ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76:
—eithertofixamaximumexportrefund,takingaccount
ofthecriterialaiddowninArticles2and3ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1431/76,
—ornottotakeanyactiononthetenders.
2.Whereamaximumexportrefundisfixed,anaward
shallbemadetothetendererortendererswhosetenders
areatorbelowthemaximumexportrefundlevel.Article8
Thetimelimitforsubmissionoftendersforthefirst
partialinvitationtotendershallbe10a.m.on13October
1994.
Thefinaldateforsubmissionoftendersisherebyfixedat
29June1995.
Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26September1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
Weeklyinvitationtotenderfortherefundonexportofwhollymilledmediumgrainand
l°nggrainAricetocertainthirdcountries
(Closingdateforthesubmissionoftenders(date/time))
1 2 3
Serialnumber
oftendersQuantities
intonnesAmountofexportrefund
inecupertonne
1
2
3
4
5
etc.