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5.2.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL29/29
REGULATION (EEC)No258/71OFTHECOMMISSION
of4February1971
onastandinginvitationtotendertodeterminetheexportrefundonrawbeetsugar
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforSugar;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
MemberStatesshallissueastandinginvitationto
tendertodeterminetheexportrefundonrawbeet
sugar.Daringtheperiodofvalidityofthatstanding
invitationtheyshallissuepartialinvitationstotender.
Article2THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC1of18December1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1253/70,2andinparticular
Articles11(2),17(4)and38thereof;
"Whereasitisadvisable,inviewofsugarsurplusesin
theCommunityandpotentialoutletsonthe
internationalsugarmarket,toissueaninvitationto
tendertodeterminetheexportrefundonrawbeet
sugar;
Whereasgeneralanddetailedrulesconcerningthe
tenderingproceduretodetermineexportrefundson
sugararecontainedinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
766/68of18June1968layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonsugar,3aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2488/69,4andin
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No394/705of2
March1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar;
Whereas,tomakeitpossibleforexportcontractsto
beconcludedonacontinuousbasis,astanding
invitationtotendershouldbeissued,validuntila
datetobedeterminedatalaterstage,andproviding
fortheissueofpartialinvitationstotendereach
week;
Whereastosimplifyadministrative arrangements ,
provisionshouldbemadeforaminimumquantity
pertender;
Whereas,inviewofthesituationonthesugar
market,thereshouldbespecialrulesontheperiodof
validityofexportlicences;Thestandinginvitationtotenderandthepartial
invitationstotendershallbeorganisedinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)
No766/68,theprovisionsofRegulation (EEC)No
394/70andthefollowingprovisions.
Article3
WithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofArticle7,the
standinginvitationtotendershallremainvaliduntil
adatetobedeterminedatalaterstage.
Article4
1.Theperiodduringwhichtendersmaybe
submittedinresponsetothefirstpartialinvitation
totender:
(a)shallbeginonthedayonwhichthestanding
invitationtotenderispublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesand
(b)shallendat10.00amonthefirstWednesday
followingthetenthdayaftersuchpublication .1OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
2OJNoL143,1.7.1970,p.1.
3OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
4OJNoL314,15.12.1969,p.12.
5OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.

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2.BywayofderogationfromArticle3(2)(c)of
Regulation (EEC)No394/70,thequantitytobe
exportedindicatedinthetendershallbeexpressedin
weighttelquel.
I
Article6
MemberStatesshallimmediately notifythe
Commissionoftenderssubmittedinresponsetoa
partialinvitationtotender.2.Theperiodduringwhichtendersmaybe
submittedinresponsetothesecondandsubsequent
partialinvitationstotender:
(a)shallbeginonthefirstworkingdayfollowingthe
endoftheprecedingperiodand
(b)shallendat10.00amontheWednesdayofthe
followingweek.
3.However,bywayofderogationfromparagraph
(2)(b),theperiodforsubmittingtendersshallnot
endonWednesday2June1971butonTuesday1
June1971at10.00am.
4.DuringtheperiodinwhichSummerTimeisin
forceinItaly,theperiodslaiddowninthepreceding
paragraphsshallbeunderstoodtobeextendedby
onehourinthatMemberState.Article7
Exportlicencesissuedinconnectionwithapartial
invitationtotendershallbevalidfromthedateof
issueuntiltheendofthefifthmonthfollowingthe
monthofissue.
However,;theperiodofvalidityofexportlicences
issuedinconnectionwithpartialinvitationstotender
inresponsetowhichtendersmaybesubmittedafter
7April1971shallbelimitedto30September1971.Article5
1.Atendershallbevalidonlyif:
.Article8
(a)itrelatestoaquantityofnotlessthan500metric
tons;and
(b)theamountoftherefundproposedisquotedper
100kilogrammesofstandardqualitybeetsugar.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4February1971.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
FrancoM.MALFATTI