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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2317/2000
of 19 October 2000
opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to all third countries except
the United States and Canada
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92of30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market incereals(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No1501/95of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for theapplication of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on thegranting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to betakenintheeventofdisturbanceonthemarketforcereals(
3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98(4), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Inviewofthecurrentsituationonthecerealsmarket,an
invitation should be opened, in respect of barley totenderfortheexportrefundprovidedforinArticle4ofRegulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(2)The detailed procedural rules governing invitations totenderareasregardsthefixingoftheexportrefundinRegulation(EC)No1501/95.Thecommitmentsonthepart of the tenderer include an obligation to lodge anapplication for an export licence. Compliance with thisobligation may be ensured by requiring tenderers tolodge a tendering security of EUR 12 per tonne whenthey submit their tenders.
(3)Itisnecessarytoprovideforaspecificperiodofvalidityforlicencesissuedunderthatinvitationtotender.Thatperiod of validity must meet the needs of the worldmarket for the 2000/01 marketing year.
(4)In order to ensure that all those concerned are treatedequally, it is necessary to lay down that the period ofvalidity of the licences issued should be identical.
(5)In order to ensure the smooth operation of the exporttendering procedure it is appropriate to prescribe aminimum quantity to be tendered for and a time limitand form for the communication of tenders submittedto the competent authorities.
(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Tenders shall be invited for the export refund provided
for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
2. The tendering procedure shall concern barley for export
to all third countries except the United States and Canada.
3. The invitation shall remain open until 17 May 2001.
Duringthisperiodweeklyawardsshallbemade,forwhichthequantities and the time limits for the submission of tendersshall be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to tender.
Article 2
A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount of not
less than 1000 tonnes.
Article 3
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle5(3a)ofRegulation(EC)No
1501/95 shall be EUR 12 per tonne.
Article 4
1. NotwithstandingArticle23(1)ofCommissionRegulation
(EC) No 1291/2000 laying down common detailed rules fortheapplicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicencesandadvance fixing certificates for agricultural products(
5), export
licencesissuedunderArticle8(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1501/95 shall, for the purpose of determining their period ofvalidity,bedeemdtohavebeenissuedonthedayonwhichthetender was submitted.
2. Exportlicencesissuedinconnectionwiththeinvitations
totenderpursuanttothisRegulationshallbevalidfromtheirdate of issue, as defined in paragraph 1, until the end of thefourth month following that of issue.
Article 5
NotwithstandingArticle16ofCommissionRegulation(EC)No
800/1999(
6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1557/
2000(7),proofofcompletionofcustomsformalitiesforrelease
forconsumptionshallnotberequiredforpaymentofrefundsfixedinacontractawardedunderthistender,insofarastheoperatorprovidesproofthataquantityofatleast1500tonnesof cereal products have left the customs territory of theCommunity on board a vessel suitable for sea transport.
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1. (5) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. (6) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 313, 21.11.1998, p. 16. (7) OJ L 179, 18.7.2000, p. 6.
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Article 6
1. TheCommissionshalldecide,pursuanttotheprocedure
laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92:
— tofixamaximumexportrefund,takingaccountinpartic-
ularofthecriterialaiddowninArticle1ofRegulation(EC)No 1501/95, or
— to make no award.
2. Where a maximum export refund is fixed, the contract
shall be awarded to the tenderer or tenderers whose bids areequal to or lower than the maximum refund.
Article 7
Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the
intermediaryMemberStates,atthelatestoneandahalfhoursafterexpiryoftheperiodfortheweeklysubmissionoftendersasspecifiedinthenoticeofinvitationtotender.Theymustbe
communicatedintheformindicatedinAnnexI,tothetelexorfax numbers in Annex II.
If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform the
Commission of this within the time limit indicated in thepreceding paragraph.
Article 8
Thetimelimitsfixedforthesubmissionoftendersshallcorre-
spond to Belgian time.
Article 9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingits
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 19 October 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX I
Weekly tender for the refund for the export of barley to all third countries except the United States and Canada
(Regulation (EC) No 2317/2000)
(Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time))
1 2 3
Number of tenderer Quantity in tonnes Amount of export refund in EUR/tonne
1
2
3
etc.
ANNEX II
The only numbers to use to call Brussels (DG AGRI-C-1) are:—telex: 22037AGRECB,
22070AGRECB(Greekcharacters),
—fax: 2964956,
2952515.