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REGULATION (EEC)No314/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of7February1975
onastandinginvitationtotendertodeterminesubsidiesontheimportationof
whiteandrawsugarwithoutauthorization toexportsubsequently freeoflevya
corresponding quantity
subsequentlyfreeoflevyaquantityequivalenttothat
imported;whereasinthelightofexperienceit
appearsdesirabletoconductsuchaninvitationto
tenderconcurrentlywiththatprovidedforinCommis­
sionRegulation(EEC)No3062/74(8)onastanding
invitationtotendertodeterminesubsidiesforimports
ofwhiteandrawsugar,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No313/75(9);whereas,moreover,Article4of
Regulation (EEC)No191/75providesthatimports
qualifyingforasubsidymaybewhollyorpartly
limitedtothedeficitregionsoftheCommunity ;
whereasitisthereforenecessary,havingregardtothe
provisionalfiguresforthesupplyofsugarinthe
Communityanditsvariousregions,tolimitimports
underthestandinginvitationtotendertothedeficit
regionsoftheCommunity ;
Whereascertainmeasuresshouldbeprovidedto
ensurethattheinvitationtotenderwilloperateas
effectivelyaspossible,andtoderogatefromoramend
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No2637/70(10)of23
December1970onspecialdetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationofthesystemofimportandexportlicences
andadvancefixingcertificatesforagricultural
products,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
38/75(u);
WhereastheOpinionoftheMonetaryCommitteehas
beensought;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC(*)of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2476/74(2),andinparticular
Articles11(2),16(5)and38thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
608/72(3)of23March1972layingdownrulestobe
appliedincasesofconsiderablepricerisesonthe
worldsugarmarket,andinparticularArticle3
thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
191/75(4)of21January1975concerninganaddi­
tionalquantityinrespectofthesubsidized 'importa­
tionofsugarandamendingRegulation (EEC)No
2931/74,andinparticularArticle4(2)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
974/71(5)of12May1971oncertainmeasuresof
conjunctural policytobetakeninagriculture
followingthetemporarywideningofthemarginsof
fluctuation forthecurrenciesofcertainMember
States,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3259/74(6),andinparticularArticle6thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2931/74(7)of
18November1974ontheintroductionofasubsidy
onimportsofwhiteandrawsugar,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No191/75,makesprovisionforthe
grantofasubsidyonsugarimportsandprescribesthe
procedureforsuchimports;whereasthatprocedure
consistsinaninvitationtotender;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No2931/74providesthat
tendersmaybeinvitedinrespectoftheimport
subsidywithoutanyautomaticentitlementtoexportHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Germany,Italy,theNetherlandsandtheUnited
Kingdomshallopenastandinginvitationtotenderin
respectofasubsidyontheimportationfromthird
countriesofwhiteandrawsugar,andduringthe
periodofvalidityofsuchstandinginvitationtotender
theyshallissuepartialinvitationstotender.(')OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL264,1.10.1974,p..70.
(3)OJNoL75,28.3.1972,p.5.
(4)OJNoL20,2.5.1.1975,p.39.
(5)OJNoL106,12.5.1971,p.1.
(b)OJNoL349,28.12.1974,p.10.
(7)OJNoL311,22.11.1974,p.8.(8)OJNoL324,4.12.1974,p.7.
(9)Seepage8ofthisOfficialJournal.
(,0)OJNoL283,29.12.1970,p.15.
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3.Notwithstanding paragraph2(b),thetimelimits
forthesubmissionoftenderswhichwouldnormally
expireonWednesday19MarchandWednesday30
April1975shallexpireat10a.m.onTuesday18
MarchandTuesday29April1975respectively .
4.DuringtheperiodofSummerTimeinItaly,the
timelimitslaiddownintheprecedingparagraphs
shallbeextendedbyonehourinthatMemberState.
OutsidetheperiodsofSummerTimeinIrelandand
intheUnitedKingdom,thetimelimitslaiddownin
theprecedingparagraphsshallbebroughtforwardby
onehourinthoseMemberStates.2.Animportsubsidymaybegrantedonlyin
respectofsugarintendedforfreecirculationandulti­
mateconsumption inoneoftheMemberStates
referredtoinArticle1andputupfortenderinthat
State.
'Ultimateconsumption'meansutilizationbythe
processingindustryorretailsale.
3.Ifontheoccasionofanypartialinvitationto
tenderitappearsfromthesupplyfiguresconcerninga
MemberStatenotmentionedinparagraph 1that,
havingregardtoitsproduction,importsandexports,
itssupplycannotbeconsideredensured,thatMember
Stateshallbeaddedtoparagraph 1;conversely,any
MemberStateinthereversesituationshallbedeleted.
Article2
Thestandinginvitationtotenderandthepartialinvi­
tationstotendershallbeconductedinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofRegulations (EEC)No2931/74
and(EEC)No191/75andwiththefollowingprovi­
sions.
Article3
1.TheMemberStatesconcernedshalldrawupa
noticeofthestandinginvitationtotender..Thisnotice
shallbepublishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuro­
peanCommunities .TheMemberStatesconcerned
mayalsopublishthenoticeoftheinvitationto
tender,orhaveitpublished,elsewhere.
2.Thenoticeoftheinvitationtotendershallindi­
cateinparticularthetermsoftheinvitation.
3.Thenoticeofstandinginvitationtotendershall
bepublishedonlyforthepurposeofopeningthatinvi­
tation.Thenoticeaspublishedmaybeamended
duringtheperiodofvalidityofthestandinginvitation
totender.Itshallbesoamendedifthetermsofthe
invitationtotenderareamendedduringthatperiod.
Article4
1.Theperiodforthesubmissionoftendersin
responsetothefirstpartialinvitation :
(a)shallbeginonthedayonwhichthenoticeofthe
standinginvitationtotenderispublishedinthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,
and
(b)shallexpireon12February1975at10a.m.
2.Theperiodduringwhichtendersmaybe
submittedinresponsetothesecondandtothe
subsequentpartialinvitations :
(a)shallbeginonthefirstworkingdayfollowingthe
dayonwhichtheprecedingperiodexpires,and
(b)shallexpireontheWednesdayofthefollowing
weekat10a.m.Article5
1.Tenders,whichmustbeinwriting,shalleither
bedeliveredbyhandagainstareceipttothecompe­
tentagencyoftheMemberStateinwhichthe
importedsugaristobeputintofreecirculation,or
addressedtothatagencybyregisteredletter,telexor
telegram.
2.Everytendermustindicate:
(a)theinvitationtowhichthetenderrelates;
(b)thenameandaddressofthetenderer;
(c)thequantityofwhiteorrawsugarasthecasemay
betobeimported.Inthecaseofrawsugar,the
quantitytobeimportedmustalsobeexpressedin
whitevaluebyreferencetoayieldcalculatedby
doublingthedegreeofpolarizationoftheraw
sugarandsubtracting 100;
(d)theamountofimportsubsidyproposedper100
kilogrammesofsugarexpressedinwhitevalue,in
thecurrencyoftheMemberStateoftheagencyto
whichthetenderissubmitted ;
(e)theMemberStateinwhoseterritorytheimported
sugaristobeputintofreecirculationandulti­
matelyconsumed .
3.Atendershallbevalidonlyif:
(a)thetotalquantityofsugartobeimportedisnot
lessthan500metrictons;
(b)proofisfurnishedbeforeexpiryofthetimelimit
forthesubmissionoftendersthatthetendererhas
lodgedthesecurityfortenderrequiredbyArticle
6;
(c)itincludesadeclarationbythetendererthatifhis
tenderissuccessfulhewillapplyforanimport
licenceinrespectofthequantityofproducttobe
imported.
4.Atendermaystipulatethatitistoberegarded
ashavingbeensubmittedonlyifthecontractawarded
relatestotheentirequantityindicatedinthetenderor
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5.Atenderwhichisnotsubmittedinaccordance
withtheprovisionsinthisArticle,orwhichcontains
termsotherthanthoseindicatedinthenoticeofinvi­
tationtotender,shallnotbetakenintoconsideration .
6.Oncesubmittedatendermaynotbewithdrawn .
Article6
1.Thesecurityrequiredfortheinvitationtotender
shallbe25unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesof
whitesugarorofrawsugarexpressedinwhitevalue.
2.Theamounttobeusedincalculatingthatpart
ofthesecuritywhichistobeforfeitshallbethree
unitsofaccountplus,wherethemaximumamountof
thesubsidyfixedinconnectionwiththepartialinvita­
tionforwhichthetenderwasacceptedislessthanthe
maximumamountofthesubsidyfixedforthelast
partialinvitationpriortothedateonwhichthe
validityofthelicenceexpires,thedifferencebetween
thosetwomaximumamounts .
3.Thetenderermaylodgethesecurityeitherin
cashorintheformofaguaranteebyanestablish­
mentcomplyingwithcriterialaiddownbythe
MemberStateinwhichthetenderissubmitted .
4.Exceptincasesofforcemajeure,thesecurity
requiredfortheinvitationtotendershallbereleased
onlyinrespectofthatquantity:
(a)forwhichthetenderer:
—hasnotwithdrawnhistender,and
—hascompletedcustomsimportformalities
undertheimportlicenceissuedfollowingthe
awardofacontract,theprovisionsofArticle
16ofRegulation (EEC)No1373/70(')aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2111/74(2)
toapplymutatismutandis;
(b)inrespectofwhichnoawardhasbeenmade.
Thesecurityshallbereleasedwithoutdelay.
5.Incaseofforcemajeure,thecompetent
authorityoftheMemberStateconcernedshall
determinethemeasuresnecessaryinviewofthe
circumstances invokedbythepartyconcerned .
Article7
1.Tendersshallbeexaminedinprivatebythe
competentagencyconcerned.Subjectasprovidedin
paragraph2,personspresentattheexaminationshall
beunderanobligationnottodiscloseanyparticulars
relatingthereto.
2.Tendersshallbecommunicated totheCommis­
sionwithoutdelayandinamannerwhichrespects
theanonymityoftheparticipants .Article8
1.Afterexaminingthetendersreceivedandhaving
regardinparticulartotheCommunity'spositionin
respectofsugarsuppliesandtothelevelsofsugar
pricesintheCommunityandontheworldmarket,
theCommission shallfix,inaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle40ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC,amaximumsubsidyforthepartialinvi­
tationtotenderinquestion.Itmayalternatively
decidetomakenoaward.
2.Afterexamination ofthetendersamaximum
quantityforthepartialinvitationtotendermaybe
fixedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
paragraph 1.
3.Inordertoachievecomparability between
tenders,andforthepurposeoftheawardofcontracts
byMemberStates,theamountproposedforthe
subsidyexpressedinanationalcurrencyshallbe
convertedintounitsofaccountbyapplyingtherele­
vantconversionratecurrentlyapplicableforpurposes
ofthecommonagriculturalpolicy,weightedbythe
coefficientasreferredtoinArticle4(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1463/73(3)aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2521/74(4)applicableintheMemberState
inwhichthesugaristobeputintofreecirculationon
thedayonwhichthemaximumamountofthe
subsidyisfixed.
Inaddition,priortosuchconversiontheamountof
thesubsidyindicatedinthetendershallbeadjusted.
Tocalculatetheadjustmentrequired,themaximum
sellingpricereferredinArticle12(1)(a),minusthe
interventionprice,shallbeconvertedintothenational
currency :
(a)usingtheconversionratecurrentlyapplicablefor
purposesofthecommonagriculturalpolicyin
respectofthecurrencyoftheMemberState
concerned,and
(b)usingtheratereferredtoin(a)weightedbythe
coefficientasreferredtovinArticle4(3)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1463/73applicableonthedayon
whichthemaximumamountofthesubsidyis
fixed.
Theamountoftheadjustmentshallbeequaltothe
differencebetweentheresultobtainedbymethod(a)
andthatobtainedbymethod(b).
Article9
1.Exceptwhereadecisionistakentomakeno
awardunderapartialinvitationtotender,andwithout
prejudicetotheprovisionsofparagraphs2and3,a
contractshallbeawardedtoeverytendererwhose
tenderdoesnotexceedthemaximumamountofthe
subsidy.
(')OJNoL158,20.7.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.5.(3)OJNoL146,4.6.1973,p.1.
(4)OJNoL270,5.10.1974,p.70.

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2.Thelicencereferredtoinparagraph 1(a)shall
beissuedbythecompetentagencyoftheMember
Stateinwhichthestatementofawardwasissued.
Applicationsforlicencesmustbesubmittedwithin10
daysfollowingthedayonwhichthetimelimitforthe
submissionoftendersexpires.
3.BywayofderogationfromArticle32(1)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2637/70,importlicencesissuedin
connectionwiththepresentinvitationtotendershall
bevalidfromthedateofissuewithinthemeaningof
Article8(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1373/70untilthe
endofthesecondmonthfollowingthatdate.2.Whereamaximumtonnagehasbeenfixedfora
partialinvitationtotender,acontractshallbeawarded
tothetendererwhosetenderquotesthelowest
subsidy.Ifthemaximumtonnageisnotfullycovered
bythataward,awardsshallbemadetoothertenderers
inascendingorderoftenderuntiltheentire
maximumtonnagehasbeenaccountedfor.
3.However,whereanawardtoaparticulartenderer
undertheprovisionsofparagraph2wouldresultin
themaximumtonnagebeingexceeded,thataward
shallbelimitedtosuchtonnageasIsstillavailable.
Wheretwoormoretenderersquotethesamesubsidy
andawardstoailofthemwouldresultinthe
maximumtonnagebeingexceeded,thetonnageavail­
ableshallbedividedamongtheminproportionto
thequantitiestenderedfor.\
4.Attherequestofthetendereralicenceissuedin
respectofwhitesugarunderparagraph 1(a)maybe
replacedbeforethe.completionofcustomsimport
formalitiesbyalicenceinrespectofrawsugar,and
viceversa.Suchnewlicencemaybeissuedonlyby
theagencywhichissuedtheoriginallicenceandonly
uponpresentationofthestatementofawardprovided
forinArticle10.Thenewlicenceshallcontainthe
sameinformation asthatshownintheoriginal
licenceexceptinrespectofthenatureandquantityof
theproducttobeimported.
Wherethenewlicencerelatesto:
—whitesugar,thequantitytobeindicatedinthe
licenceshallbethequantityofrawsugar
expressedinwhitevalueasindicatedinthestate­
mentofaward,
—rawsugar,thequantitytobeindicatedinthe
licenceshallbeexpressedinwhitevalueandshall
beequaltothequantityofwhitesugarasindi­
catedintheoriginallicence.Article10
1.ThecompetentagencyoftheMemberState
concernedshallimmediatelynotifyallapplicantsof
theresultoftheirparticipation intheinvitationto
tender.Thatagencyshallalsosendsuccessful
tendererswithoutdelayastatementofaward.
2.Statements ofawardshallinteraliaindicate :
(a)theinvitationtowhichthetenderrelates;
(b)thetonnageinrespectofwhichthesubsidyhas
beenawarded,expressedinwhitevalue,andinthe
caseofrawsugarexpressedalsointelquelvalue;
(c)thesubsidytobegrantedper100kilogrammes of
sugar,expressedinwhitevalue;
(d)theMemberStateinwhoseterritorytheimported
sugaristobeputintofreecirculationandulti­
rnatelvconsumed . Article12
1.Theobligationsreferredtointhesecondindent
ofArticle11(1)(b)shallbethefollowing :
(a)whereasuccessfultenderersellstheimported
whitesugar,thepriceinthecontractofsaleshall
notexceed35-81unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesofproduct,exclusiveofpackaging,deliv­
eredcifintheMemberStateinwhichthesugaris
tobeputintofreecirculation ;
(b)wherethesuccessfultendererishimselftoprocess
tiieimportedwhitesugar,hemaygiveanunder­
takingthatsuchsugarwillbeprocessedinhis
ownworks.Failingsuchundertaking ,subpara­
graph(a)shallapply;
(c)wherethesuccessfultenderersellsimportedraw
sugartoarefineryortoasugarproducerfor
refining,thepriceinthecontractofsaleshallnot
exceed30-96unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesofstandardqualityrawsugar,exclusiveArticle11
1.Everysuccessfultenderershallhave:
(a)therighttotheissue,inrespectofthequantityof
producttobeimported,ofanimportlicenceindi­
catingthesubsidyspecifiedinthetender;
(b)theduty:
—toimportthatquantityintotheMemberState
inwhichitistobeputintofreecirculationas
indicatedinthestatementofaward,
—whenthesugarissoldforconsumption inthe
MemberStateinwhichitistobeputintofree
circulation ,tocomplywiththeobligations
specifiedinArticle12.
Therightsandobligationsarisingfromtheinvitation
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(b)ofthecontractoroftheundertakingreferredtoin
Article12.
Forthepurposesofpaymentofthesubsidyinrespect
ofrawsugartheimportedquantityofsuchsugarshall
beexpressedinwhitevaluebyreferencetotheeffec­
tiveyield.
2.Asuccessfultenderershallnotbecomefinally
entitledtothesubsidyuntilhehasfulfilledtherele­
vantobligations .
Artidc14
BywayofderogationfromArticle33(1)(a)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2637/70,thesecurityrequiredfor
purposesoftheimportlicenceshallbezerounitsof
accountper100kilogrammesnet.
Article15
AnArticle30basfollowsisinsertedinRegulation
(EEC)No2637/70:
Article30b
ForthepurposesofArticle11(1)(a)ofRegulation
(EEC)No314/75,Section20oftheimportlicence
shallspecify,bymeansofoneofthefollowing
endorsements ,therateofimportsubsidy,
expressedinthecurrencyoftheMemberState
issuingthelicence:ofpackaging,deliveredcifintheMemberStatein
whichtherefinedsugaristobeputintofreecircu­
lation.Thecontractshallalsocontainaclause
wherebytherefinerortheproducerwho
purchasesthesugarforrefiningundertakestosell
therefinedsugaratapricenotexceeding35-81
unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ofproduct,
exclusiveofpackaging,ex-refineryorex-factory,
noaccountbeingtakenofanytransportcosts
betweenthefrontieroftheMemberStateinwhich
thesugaristobeputintofreecirculationandthe
placeofrefining;
(d)wherethesuccessfultendererisarefinerora
producerrefiningtheimportedsugarheshallgive
anundertakingtoselltherefinedsugarataprice
notexceeding35-81unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesofproduct,exclusiveofpackaging ,ex­
refineryorex-factory,noaccountbeingtakenof
anytransportcostsbetweenthefrontierofthe
MemberStateinwhichthesugaristobeputinto
freecirculationandtheplaceofrefining.
Inaddition,inthecasesreferredtoin(a)and(c)
above,thetenderershallincludeinhiscontractof
saleaclausestipulatingthattheimportedsugarmust
beultimatelyconsumedintheMemberStatein
whichitisputintofreecirculation .
2.Inaddition,inthecasesreferredtoinparagraph
1(c)and(d),wherearefinerorproducerintendsto
selltherefinedsugaratapricewhiçhistovary
accordingtotheoriginandpriceoftheimportedraw
sugarconcernedheshallgiveanundertakingthat
whencalculatingsuchsellingpricehewillnotexceed
themaximumpricereferredtoinparagraph 1(d)in
respectofthatpartoftherefinedwhitesugarcorres­
pondingtotherawsugarimportedundertheinvita­
tiontotender."subventiona1importationapplicable...par100
kg"
"Einfuhrsubvention ...je100kg
"importsubsidyapplicable :...per100kg"
"sovvenzione allimportazione applicabile ...per
100kg"
"invoersubsidie...per100kg ,
"tilskudtilindforsel...pr100kg".Article13
1.Thesubsidyinrespectofthequantityputinto
freecirculationshallbepaidwithoutdelaytothe
tendererbytheMemberStatewhichissuedtheinvita­
tiontotender,inthecurrencyofthatMemberState,
uponproduction :
(a)ofproofthattheobligationspecifiedinthefirst
indentofArticle11(1)(b)hasbeencomplied
with.Suchproofshallbefurnishedbyproduction
ofcopyNo1oftheimportlicenceandofcopy
No1ofanyextractorextractsfromlicences
bearingattributionsinaccordancewithArticle8
ofRegulation (EEC)No1373/70enteredbythe
MemberStateinwhichtheproductistobeput
intofreecirculation asindicatedinthetender;Article16
MemberStatesconcernedshalltakeallmeasuresto
ensurethenecessarysupervisionoftheimplementa­
tionofthisRegulationandtherecoveryofallorpart
ofthesubsidyiftheobligationsenteredintoby
tenderersarenotcompliedwith.Thesumstobeso
recoveredshallbedeterminedbyreferencetothe
amountbywhichthemaximumpricesspecifiedin
Article12areexceeded .
Article17
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8February
1975.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7February1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission