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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2292/79
of16October1979
onaninvitationtotenderfortherefundfortheexportofcommonwheattothe
People'sRepublicofChina
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Tendersshallbeinvitedfortheexportrefund
providedforinArticle5ofRegulation (EEC)No
2746/75.
2.Theinvitationtotendershallrelatetocommon
wheatforexporttothePeople'sRepublicofChina.
3.Theinvitationshallremainopenuntil31
January1980.Duringthisperiodweeklyawardsshall
bemade,thetimelimitsforthesubmissionoftenders
tobeasprescribedinthenoticeofinvitationto
tender.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
restrictedtoexportstothePeople'sRepublicof
China;
Whereasdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
systemoftenderingforfixingexportrefundshave
beenadoptedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
279/75(4),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2944/78(5);whereasamongtheobligationsof
tenderersisthatoflodginganapplicationforan
exportlicence;whereascompliancewiththisobliga­
tionmaybeensuredbyrequiringtendererstolodgea
tenderingsecurityof12ECUpertonnewhenthey
submittheirtenders;
Whereas,inordertoensureequaltreatmenttoall
concerned,itisncessarytospecifythatalllicences
issuedbevalidforequallengthsoftime;
Whereasfortheproperrunningofaninvitationto
tenderforexportrefundsaminimumrepresentative
quantitymustbespecifiedandthetimelimitand
formofcommunication ofthetenderssubmittedto
thecompetentauthorities ;Article2
Atendershallbevalidonlyifitrelatestoanamount
ofnotlessthan1000tonnes.
Article3
ThetenderingsecurityreferredtoinArticle3ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No279/75shallbe12ECUpertonne.
Article4
1.Bywayofderogationfromtheprovisionsof
Article9(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No193/75(6),export
licencesissuedunderArticle8(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
No279/75shall,forthepurposeofdeterminingtheir
periodofvalidity,bedeemedtohavebeenissuedon
thedayonwhichthetenderwassubmitted .
2.Exportlicencesissuedinconnectionwiththis
invitationtotendershallbevalidfromtheirdateof
issue,asdefinedinthepreviousparagraph,untilthe
endoftheseventhmonthfollowingthatofissue.(!)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(AOJNoL188,26.7.1979,p.1.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.78.
(<)OJNoL31,5.2.1975,p.8.
(5)OJNoL351,15.12.1978,p.16. (6)OJNoL25,31.1.1975,p.10.

19.10.79 NoL263/13 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
—broughtforwardbyonehourinIrelandandthe
UnitedKingdomduringtheperiodinwhich
summertimedoesnotapplyinthoseMember
States,
—extendedbyonehourintheotherMemberStates
whenthelatterareapplyingsummertime.Article5
ThetenderssubmittedmustreachtheCommission
throughtheintermediary ofMemberStatesatthe
latestoneandahalfhoursafterexpiryoftheperiod
fortheweeklysubmissionoftendersasspecifiedin
thenoticeofinvitationtotender.Theymustbe
communicated intheformindicatedintheAnnex.
Ifnotendersarereceived,MemberStatesshallinform
theCommission ofthiswithinthetimelimitindi­
catedintheprecedingparagraph .
Article6
Thetimelimitsfixedforthesubmission oftenders
shallbe:Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16October1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
WeeklytenderfortherefundfortheexportofcommonwheattothePeople'sRepublic
ofChina
Timelimitforthesubmissionoftenders(date/time)
1 2 3
Numberof
tenderQuantity
intonnesAmountofexportrefundinnationalcurrency
pertonne
1
2
3
4
5
etc.