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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1883/97
of26September1997
openinganinvitationtotenderfortherefundorthetaxfortheexportof
commonwheattoCeuta,MelillaandcertainACPStates
3719/88aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
1404/97(6),provisionshouldbemadeforthereleasefor
consumptioninCeuta,MelillaortheACPState(s)laid
downinthisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Tendersshallbeinvitedfortheexportrefundand/or
exporttaxconcerningcommonwheat,asprovidedforin
Article4ofRegulation(EC)No1501/95.
2.ThecommonwheatmustbeexportedtoCeuta,
Melilla,toanACPStateortoseveralStateswithinoneof
thegroupsofACPStateslistedinAnnexI.
3.Theinvitationshallremainopenuntil18December
1997.Duringthisperiodweeklyawardsshallbemade,for
whichthequantitiesandthetimelimitsforthesubmis­
sionoftendersshallbeasprescribedinthenoticeofinvi­
tationtotender.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EC)No923/96(2),
HavingregardtoCommission Regulation (EC)No
1501/95of29June1995layingdowncertaindetailed
rulesfortheapplicationofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1766/92onthegrantingofexportrefundsoncerealsand
themeasurestobetakenintheeventofdisturbanceon
themarketforcereals(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No1259/97(4),andinparticularArticle4thereof,
Whereas,withaviewtosupplyingthemarketsofthe
ACPcountries,favouredpartnersoftheCommunity ,and
themarketsofCeutaandMelilla,significantquantitiesof
commonwheatarerequired;whereasthesemarketsare
usuallysuppliedonthebasisofregularcontractsto
ensurestablepricesforCeuta,MelillaandtheACPcoun­
triesoveracertainperiod;whereasitisthereforeneces­
sarytoissueaspecificinvitationtotendertoensurethat
usersinCeuta,MelillaandcertainACPStateshaveaccess
tocommonwheatunderconditionsappropriatetothe
highlycompetitivesituationontheworldmarket;
Whereasthedetailedproceduralrulesgoverninginvita­
tionstotenderareasregardsthefixingoftheexport
refund,orexporttaxinRegulation(EC)No1501/95;
whereasthecommitments onthepartofthetenderer
includeanobligationtolodgeanapplicationforan
exportlicence;whereascompliancewiththisobligation
maybeensuredbyrequiringtendererstolodgea
tenderingsecurityofECU12pertonnewhenthey
submittheirtenders;
Whereas,inordertoensurethesmoothoperationofthe
exporttenderingprocedureitisappropriatetoprescribea
minimumquantitytobetenderedforandatimelimit
andformforthecommunication oftenderssubmittedto
thecompetentauthorities;
Whereasprovisionshouldbemadeforasecuritylodg­
mentschemewhichensuresthattheaimsaremetwhile
avoidingexcessivecostsfortheoperators;
Whereas,inadditiontotheconditionslaiddownin
Article30ofCommission Regulation (EEC)NoArticle2
Atendershallbevalidonlyifitrelatestoanamountof
notlessthan500tonnesforCeutaandMelilla,ornotless
than1000tonnesfortheACPStateslistedinAnnexI.
Article3
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle5(3a)ofRegulation
(EC)No1501/95shallbeECU12pertonne.
Article4
1.Tendersshallonlybeadmissibleif:
—thetendererprovideswrittenprooffromanofficial
bodyinCeuta,MelillaorintheACPcountryof
destinationoracompanyhavingitsoverseassubsi­
diaryinCeuta,Melillaorthesaidcountry,thathehas
concludedforthequantityinquestionacommercial
supplycontractforcommonwheatforexportto
Ceuta,Melilla,toanACPStateortoseveralStates
(')OJL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
(3)OJL147,30.6.1995,p.7.
4OJL174,2.7.1997,p.10.(5)OJL331,2.12.1988,p.1.(jOJL194,23.7.1997,p.5.

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withinoneofthegroupsofACPstateslistedin
AnnexI.Thatcontractmaycoveronlythose
deliveriestobemadeduringtheperiodOctober1997
toFebruary1998forquantitiestraditionallysupplied;
suchproofshallbelodgedwiththecompetent
authoritiesatleasttwoworkingdaysbeforethedateof
thepartialinvitationtotenderagainstwhichthe
tenderistobesubmitted,
—theyareaccompaniedbyanapplicationforanexport
licenceforthedestinationinquestion.
Theproofprovidedforinthefirstindentshallalso
indicatethequalityprovidedforinthecontract,thetime
limitfordeliveryandthepriceterms.
TheMemberStateshallsendtheCommission acopyof
thesaidproofforthwith,forinformation .
2.Tendersmaynotexceedthequantitylaiddownin
thecommercialcontractsubmitted.Thetenderersmay
notsubmitsimultaneously severalbidsonthebasisofthe
samecontract .
Whentransmittingthetenderssubmitted,theMember
StatesshallinformtheCommission oftheabove,
mentioningifnecessarythenamesofthetenderers
involved .
Article5
1.ThelicenceobligestheoperatortoexporttoCeuta,
MelillaortheACPStateorStatesforwhichthelicence
applicationwassubmitted.However,forACPStatesand
uptoalimitof30%ofthequantityforwhichthe
licencewasissued,theoperatormayeffecthiscontractat
anotherdestinationonconditionthatitbelongstothe
samegroupofcountrieslistedinAnnexI.
2.Theexportlicencesshallbeissuedassoonasthe
successfultenderershavebeenselected.
3.Article9ofRegulation(EEC)No3719/88notwith­
standing,therightsderivingfromthelicencereferredto
inthisArticleshallnotbetransferable .
Article6
TheobligationtoexportandimportintoCeuta,Melillaor
oneofthecountriesofdestinationlistedinAnnexIshall
becoveredbyasecurityamountingtoECU20pertonne,
lodgeduponissueoftheexportlicence.
TheamountofECU20pertonnemustbereleased
within15workingdaysofthedateonwhichthe
successfultenderersuppliesproofofentryforconsump­
tionintoCeuta,MelillaortheACPStateorStatesreferred
toinArticle1(2).Thisproofshallbesuppliedin
accordancewithArticles18and47ofCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No3665/87(').
Article7
1.Notwithstanding Article21(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No3719/88,exportlicencesissuedunderArticle8(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1501/95shall,forthepurposeof
determiningtheirperiodofvalidity,bedeemedtohave
beenissuedonthedayonwhichthetenderwas
submitted .
2.SubjecttotheprovisionsofArticle1ofCommission
Regulation(EC)No1521/94(2)exportlicencesissuedin
connectionwiththeinvitationstotenderpursuanttothis
Regulationshallbevalidfromtheirdateofissue,as
definedinparagraph 1,untiltheendofthefourthmonth
followingthatofissue.
Article8
1.TheCommissionshalldecide,pursuanttothe
procedureslaiddowninArticle23ofRegulation(EEC)
No1766/92:
—tofixamaximumexportrefund,takingaccountin
particularofthecriterialaiddowninArticle1of
Regulation (EC)No1501/95,or
—tofixaminimumexporttax,takingintoaccountin
particularthecriterialaiddowninArticle1ofRegula­
tion(EC)No1501/95,or
—tomakenoaward.
2.Whereamaximumexportrefundisfixed,the
contractshallbeawardedtothetendererortenderers
whosebidsareequaltoorlowerthanthemaximum
refund,aswellastothetendererortendererswhosebid
relatestoanexporttax.
3.Whereaminimumexporttaxisfixed,acontract
shallbeawardedtoanytendererwhosetenderindicatesa
rateoftaxequaltoormorethansuchminimumexport
tax.
Article9
TenderssubmittedmustreachtheCommissionthrough
theintermediaryMemberStates,atthelatestoneanda
halfhoursafterexpiryoftheperiodfortheweekly
submissionoftendersasspecifiedinthenoticeofinvita­
tiontotender.Theymustbecommunicated intheform
indicatedinAnnexII,tothetelexorfaxnumbersin
AnnexIII.
Ifnotendersarereceived,MemberStatesshallinformthe
Commission ofthiswithinthetimelimitindicatedinthe
precedingparagraph.
Article10
Thetimelimitsfixedforthesubmissionoftendersshall
correspondtoBelgiantime.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
('OJL351,14.12.1987,p.1. 0OJL162,30.6.1994,p.47.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26September1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEXI
GroupsofACPStatessignatoriestotheLomeConvention
GroupI GroupII GroupIII
Mauritania Chad Seychelles
Mali CentralAfricanRepublic Comoros
Niger Benin Madagascar
Senegal Cameroon Mauritius
BurkinaFaso EquatorialGuinea Angola
Gambia SãoToméandPrincipe Zambia
Guinea-Bissau Gabon Malawi
Guinea Congo Mozambique
CapeVerde DemocraticRepublicofCongoNamibia
SierraLeone Rwanda Botswana
Liberia Burundi Zimbabwe
Côted'Ivoire Lesotho
Ghana Swaziland
Togo Djibouti
Ethiopia
\ IEritrea

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ANNEXII
WeeklytenderfortherefundorthetaxfortheexportofcommonwheattoCeuta,Melilla
andcertainACP-States
(Regulation(EC)No1883/97)
Closingdateforthesubmissionoftenders(date/time)
1 2 3
Number
oftendererQuantity
intonnesA B
Amount
ofexporttax
inECUpertonneAmount
ofexportrefund
inECUpertonne
1
2
3
etc.
ANNEXIII
TheonlynumberstousetocallBrussels(DGVI-C-1)are:
—telex:—22037AGRECB,
—22070AGRECB(Greekcharacters);
—fax: —2952515,
—2964956.