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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2178/1999
of 14 October 1999
opening an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long
grain A rice to certain European third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December1995onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinrice(
1),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2072/98(2),and
in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Examination of the balance sheet shows that exportable
amounts of rice are currently held by producers. Thissituation could affect the normal development ofproducer prices during the 1999/2000 marketing year.
(2)In order to remedy this situation, it is appropriate tomake use of export refunds to zones which may besuppliedbytheCommunity.Thespecialsituationoftherice market makes it necessary to limit the refunds, andtherefore to apply Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No3072/95 enabling the refund amount to be fixed bytendering procedure.
(3)It should be stated that the provisions of CommissionRegulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March 1975 layingdown detailed rules for the application of the system oftendering for export refunds on rice(
3), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(4), apply to this invita-
tion to tender.
(4)In order to avoid disturbances on the markets of theproducing countries, the invitation to tender should belimited to certain countries.
(5)Pursuant to Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC)No2808/98of22December1998layingdowndetailedrules for the application of the agrimonetary system forthe euro in agriculture(
5), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1410/1999(6), amounts quoted in tenders
submitted in response to invitations to tender organisedunder an instrument forming part of the common agri-culturalpolicymustbeexpressedineuro.Article5(1)ofthatRegulationprovidesthatinsuchcasestheoperativeevent for the agricultural exchange rate is the final dayfor the submission of tenders. Paragraphs 3 and 4 ofthat Article specify the operative events applicable toadvances and securities.
(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. An invitation to tender is hereby opened, for the refund
onexportofwhollymilledmediumgrainandlonggrainAriceto Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland andSlovenia.
2. The invitation to tender referred to in paragraph 1 shall
beopenuntil29June2000.Duringthatperiodweeklyinvita-tions to tender shall be issued and the date for submission oftenders shall be determined in the notice of invitation totender.
3. The invitation to tender shall take place in accordance
with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 and withthe following provisions.
Article 2
A tender shall be admissible only if it covers a quantity for
export of at least 50 tonnes but not more than 3000 tonnes.
Article 3
The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
584/75 shall be EUR 30 per tonne.
Article 4
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21(1) of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88(
7), export licences
issuedunderthisinvitationtotendershall,forthepurposesofdetermining their period of validity, be considered as havingbeen issued on the day the tender was submitted.
2. Thelicencesshallbevalidfromtheirdateofissue,within
themeaningofparagraph1,untiltheendofthefourthmonthfollowing that date.
Article 5
Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the
MemberStatesnotlaterthanoneandahalfhoursafterexpiryof the deadline for weekly submission of tenders as laid downin the notice of invitation to tender. They must be transmittedin accordance with the table given in the Annex.
Ifnotendersaresubmitted,theMemberStatesshallinformthe
Commissionaccordinglywithinthesamedeadlineasthatgivenin the above subparagraph.
(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 61, 7.3.1975, p. 25.
(4) OJ L 35, 15.2.1995, p. 8.
(5) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36.
(6) OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 53. (7) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
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Article 6
The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian time.
Article 7
1. On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission shall
decide in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95:
— either to fix a maximum export refund, taking account of
the criteria laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No3072/95,
— or not to take any action on the tenders.
2. Whereamaximumexportrefundisfixed,anawardshall
be made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders are at orbelow the maximum export refund level.Article 8
The deadline for submission of tenders for the first partial
invitation to tender shall be 10 a.m. on 28 October 1999.
The final date for submission of tenders is hereby fixed at 29
June 2000.
Article 9
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 October 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
Weekly invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to
certain European third countries
Deadline for the submission of tenders (date/time)
1 2 3
Serial number
of tenderersQuantities
in tonnesAmount of export refund
(in euro per tonne)
1
2
3
4
5
etc.