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REGULATION (EEC)No1735/70OFTHECOMMISSION
of26August1970
onastandinginvitationtotendertodeterminetheexportrefundonrawcanesugar
producedduringthe1969/70marketingyear
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;Whereas,tosimplifyadministrative arrangements ,
provisionshouldbemadeforaminimumquantity
pertender;
Whereas,inviewofthesituationonthesugar
market,specialrulesshouldbelaiddownforthe
periodofvalidityofexportlicences;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforSugar;\
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
MemberStatesshallissueastandinginvitationto
tendertodeterminetherefundonexportsto
countriesinEurope,AfricaandAsiaofrawcane
sugarproducedduringthe1969/70marketingyear.
Duringtheperiodofvalidityofthatstanding
invitation,theyshallissuepartialinvitationsto
tender.HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC1of18December1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1253/70,2andinparticular
Articles11(2),17(4)and38thereof;
Whereasitwouldseemappropriate,inviewof
Communitysugarsurplusesandpotentialoutletson
certaininternational sugarmarkets,toissuean
invitationtotendertodeterminetherefundson
exportstocertaindestinationsofrawcanesugar
producedduringthe1969/70marketingyear;
Whereasgeneralanddetailedrulesconcerningthe
tenderingproceduretodeterminetheexportrefund
onsugararecontainedinCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No766/683of18June1968layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsonsugar,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2488/69,4andin.
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No394/705of2
March1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar;
Whereas,tomakeitpossibleforexportcontractsto
beconcludedonacontinuousbasis,astanding
invitationtotendershouldbeissued,validuntila
datetobedeterminedatalaterstageandproviding
fortheissueofpartialinvitationstotendereach
weekwhichwouldnotnecessitatetheadoptionof
specificCommunityprovisions;Artiee2
Thestandinginvitationto.tenderandthepartial
invitationsshallbeorganisedinaccordancewith
Article4ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68,the
provisionsofRegulation (EEC)No394/70andthe
followingprovisions .
Article3
Thestandinginvitationtotendershallremainvalid
untiladatetobedeterminedatalaterstage.
1OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
Article42OJNoL143,1.7.1970,p.1.
3OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
4OJNoL314,15.12.1969,p.12.
5OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.1.Theperiodduringwhichtendersmaybe
submittedinresponsetothefirstpartialinvitation:

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(b)theamountoftheproposedrefundisshownper
100kilogrammesofstandardqualityrawcane
sugar.
Article6
MemberStatesshallimmediately notifythe
Commissionoftenderssubmittedinresponsetoa
partialinvitationtotender.
Article7(a)shallbeginonthedayonwhichthenoticeofthe
standinginvitationtotenderispublishedinthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
and
(b)shallendat10.00a.m.onthefirstWednesday
followingthetenthdayaftersuchpublication .
2.Theperiodduringwhichtendersmaybe
submittedinresponsetothesecondandsubsequent
partialinvitationstotender:
(a)shallbeginonthefirstworkingdayfollowingthe
endoftheprecedingperiodand
(b)shallendat10.00a.m.ontheWedensdayofthe
followingweek.
3.However,bywayofderogationfromparagraph
2(b),theperiodforsubmittingtendersshallnotend
onWednesday4,11and18November1970buton
theTuesdayprecedingthesedatesat10.00a.m.
4.DuringtheperiodinwhichSummerTimeisin
forceinItaly,theperiodslaiddowninthepreceding
paragraphsshallbeunderstoodtobeextendedby
onehourinthatMemberState.Exportlicencesissuedinconnectionwithapartial
invitationtotendershallbevalidfromthedateof
issueuntiltheendofthefifthmonthfollowingthe
monthofissue.
Article8
BywayofderogationfromArticle3(2)(c)of
Regulation (EEC)No394/70theweightofthe
quantitytobeexportedasindicatedinthetender
shallbeexpressedtelquel.
Article9Article5
Atendershallbevalidonlyif:ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .(a)itrelatestoanamountofnotlessthan500
metrictons,and
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
FrancoM.MALFATTI