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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1430/80

OF 6 JUNE 1980

ON THE OPENING OF AN INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE REFUND FOR THE EXPORT OF BARLEY TO POLAND , CZECHOSLOVAKIA , HUNGARY , ROMANIA , BULGARIA AND THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1547/79 ( 2 ) ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2746/75 OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR GRANTING EXPORT REFUNDS ON CEREALS AND CRITERIA FOR FIXING THE AMOUNT OF SUCH REFUNDS ( 3 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS THERE IS AN EXPORTABLE SURPLUS OF BARLEY ON THE COMMUNITY MARKET ; WHEREAS , SO THAT IT CAN BE EXPORTED UNDER THE MOST FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS , AN INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE EXPORT REFUND SHOULD BE OPENED ; WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE SITUATION ON THE WORLD CEREALS MARKET , AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF KEEPING BETTER CONTROL OF THE REFUND AMOUNT TO BE GRANTED AND OF THE QUANTITIES TO BE EXPORTED , THE INVITATION TO TENDER SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO EXPORTS TO POLAND , CZECHOSLOVAKIA , HUNGARY , ROMANIA , BULGARIA AND THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ;

WHEREAS DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM OF TENDERING FOR FIXING EXPORT REFUNDS WERE ADOPTED IN COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 279/75 ( 4 ) , AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2944/78 ( 5 ) ; WHEREAS AMONG THE OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART OF TENDERERS IS THAT OF LODGING AN APPLICATION FOR AN EXPORT LICENCE ; WHEREAS COMPLIANCE WITH THIS OBLIGATION MAY BE ENSURED BY REQUIRING TENDERERS TO LODGE A TENDERING SECURITY OF 12 ECU PER TONNE WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR TENDERS ;

WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ENSURE EQUAL TREATMENT TO ALL CONCERNED , IT IS NECESSARY TO SPECIFY THAT ALL LICENCES ISSUED BE VALID FOR EQUAL LENGTHS OF TIME ;

WHEREAS , FOR THE PROPER RUNNING OF AN INVITATION TO TENDER FOR EXPORT REFUNDS , A MINIMUM REPRESENTATIVE QUANTITY MUST BE SPECIFIED AS WELL AS THE TIME LIMIT AND FORM OF COMMUNICATION OF THE TENDERS SUBMITTED TO THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR CEREALS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . TENDERS SHALL BE INVITED FOR THE EXPORT REFUND PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 5 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2746/75 .

2 . THE INVITATION TO TENDER SHALL RELATE TO BARLEY FOR EXPORT TO POLAND , CZECHOSLOVAKIA , HUNGARY , ROMANIA , BULGARIA AND THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC .

3 . THE INVITATION SHALL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 30 JUNE 1981 . DURING THIS PERIOD WEEKLY AWARDS SHALL BE MADE , FOR WHICH THE TIME LIMITS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF TENDERS SHALL 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 1 000 TONNES .

ARTICLE 3

THE TENDERING SECURITY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 279/75 SHALL BE 12 ECU PER TONNE .

ARTICLE 4

1 . BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 9 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 193/75 ( 6 ) , EXPORT LICENCES ISSUED UNDER ARTICLE 8 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 279/75 SHALL , FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETEMINING THEIR PERIOD OF VALIDITY , BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN ISSUED ON THE DAY ON WHICH THE TENDER WAS SUBMITTED .

2 . EXPORT LICENCES ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INVITATION TO TENDER SHALL BE VALID FROM THEIR DATE OF ISSUE , AS DEFINED IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH , UNTIL THE END OF THE FOURTH MONTH FOLLOWING THAT OF ISSUE .

ARTICLE 5

THE TENDERS SUBMITTED MUST REACH THE COMMISSION THROUGH THE INTERMEDIARY OF MEMBER STATES AT THE LATEST ONE AND A HALF HOURS AFTER EXPIRY OF THE PERIOD FOR THE WEEKLY SUBMISSION OF TENDERS AS SPECIFIED IN THE NOTICE OF INVITATION TO TENDER . THEY MUST BE COMMUNICATED IN THE FORM INDICATED IN THE ANNEX .

IF NO TENDERS ARE RECEIVED , MEMBER STATES SHALL SO INFORM THE COMMISSION WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT INDICATED IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH .

ARTICLE 6

THE TIME LIMITS FIXED FOR THE SUBMISSION OF TENDERS SHALL BE :

- BROUGHT FORWARD BY ONE HOUR IN IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE PERIOD IN WHICH SUMMER TIME DOES NOT APPLY IN THOSE MEMBER STATES ,

- EXTENDED BY ONE HOUR IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES WHEN THE LATTER ARE APPLYING SUMMER TIME .

ARTICLE 7

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE 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 , 6 JUNE 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT

( 1 ) OJ NO L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 188 , 26 . 7 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , P . 78 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 31 , 5 . 2 . 1975 , P . 8 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 351 , 15 . 12 . 1978 , P . 16 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 25 , 31 . 1 . 1975 , P . 10 .

ANNEX

WEEKLY TENDER FOR THE REFUND FOR THE EXPORT OF BARLEY TO POLAND , CZECHOSLOVAKIA , HUNGARY , ROMANIA , BULGARIA AND THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

TIME LIMIT FOR THE SUBMISSION OF TENDERS ( DATE/TIME )

1*2*3*

NUMBER OF TENDER*QUANTITY IN TONNES*AMOUNT OF EXPORT REFUND IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PER TONNE*

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ETC .