NoL140/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.5.85
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1391/85
of28May1985
openinganinvitationtotenderfortherefundfortheexportofcommonwheat
tocountriesofzonesI,IIa),III,IVa)andb),V,VI,VIIandtheGerman
DemocraticRepublic
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketincereals('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1018/84(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2746/75of29October1975layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsoncerealsandcriteriafor
fixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),andinparticular
Article5thereof,
Whereas,inviewofthecurrentsituationonthe
cerealsmarket,aninvitationshouldbeopenedin
respectofcommonwheattotenderfortheexport
refundprovidedforinArticle5ofRegulation(EEC)
No2746/75;whereas,inordertoensuresupply,the
invitationtotenderforexportshouldbelimitedto
zonesI,IIa),III,IVa)andb),V,VI,VIIandthe
GermanDemocraticRepublic;
Whereasthedetailedproceduralrulesgoverning
invitationstotenderare,asregardsthefixingofthe
exportrefund,inCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
279/75(4),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2944/78(*);whereasthecommitments onthepartof
thetendererincludeanobligationtolodgeanapplica­
tionforanexportlicence;whereascompliancewith
thisobligationmaybeensuredbyrequiringtenderers
tolodgeatenderingsecurityof12ECUpertonne
whentheysubmittheirtenders;
Whereas,inordertoensurethatallthoseconcerned
aretreatedequally,itisnecessarytolaydownthatthe
periodofvalidityofthelicencesissuedshouldbe
identical;whereas,however,aspecialperiodofvalidity
shouldbelaiddownforexportstothePeople's
RepublicofChina;
Whereas,inordertoensurethesmoothoperationof
thetenderingprocedure,itisappropriatetoprescribe
aminimumquantitytobetenderedforandatime
limitandformforthecommunication oftenders
submittedtothecompetentauthorities ;WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Tendersshallbeinvitedfortheexportrefund
providedforinArticle5ofRegulation(EEC)No
2746/75.
2.Theinvitationtotendershallrelatetocommon
wheatforexporttothecountriesofzonesI,IIa),III,
IVa)andb),V,VI,VIIandtheGermanDemocratic
Republic.
3.Theinvitationshallremainopenuntil26June
1986.Duringthisperiodweeklyawardsshallbemade,
forwhichthequantitiesandthetimelimitsforthe
submissionoftendersshallbeasprescribedinthe
noticeofinvitationtotender.
Article2
Atendershallbevalidonlyifitrelatestoanamount
ofnotlessthan1000tonnes.
Article3
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle3ofRegulation
(EEC)No279/75shallbe12ECUpertonne.
Article4
1.Notwithstanding Article21(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3183/80(6),exportlicencesissuedunder
Article8(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No279/75shall,for
thepurposeofdeterminingtheirperiodofvalidity,be
deemedtohavebeenissuedonthedayonwhichthe
tenderwassubmitted .
2.Exportlicencesissuedinconnectionwiththe
invitationtotenderpursuanttothisRegulationshall
bevalidfromtheirdateofissue,asdefinedinpara­
graph1,untiltheendofthefourthmonthfollowing
thatofissue.
However,forexportstothePeople'sRepublicof
China,licencesshallbevalidfromtheirdateofissue
asdefinedinparagraph 1untiltheendofthesixth
monthfollowing.(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.0OJNoL107,19.4.1984,p.1.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.78.
(4)OJNoL31,5.2.1975,p.8.0OJNoL351,15.12.1978,p.16. (")OJNoL388,13.12.1980,p.1.

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3.Forthepurposesofapplyingparagraph2,
licencesissuedinconnectionwiththisinvitationto
tendershallbear,inspace1,9,astatementofthelast
dayofvaliditycalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovi­
sionsofthefirstsubparagraph ofparagraph2.They
shallalsobear,inspace18,astatementofthelastday
ofvaliditycalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisions
ofthesecondsubparagraph ofparagraph2;forthis
purpose,oneofthefollowingstatementsshallbe
enteredinspace18:
—'Sidstegyldighedsdag vedudførseltilDenkine­
siskeFolkerepublik :,Forordning (EØF)nr.
1391/85.'
—'LetzterGültigkeitstag beiAusfuhrindieVolks­
republikChina:,Verordnung (EWG)Nr.
1391/85.'
—'ΣεπερίπτωσηεξαγωγήςπροςτηΛαϊκήΔημο­
κρατίατηςΚίνας,τελευταίαημέραισχύος:
,Κανονισμός (ΕΟΚ)αριθ.1391/85.'Article5
1.Notwithstanding Article5ofRegulation(EEC)
No279/75,theCommission shalldecide,underthe
procedurelaiddowninArticle26ofRegulation(EEC)
No2727/75:
—tofixamaximumexportrefund,takingaccountin
particularofthecriterialaiddowninArticles2
and3ofRegulation(EEC)No2746/75,or
—tomakenoaward.
2.Whereamaximumexportrefundisfixed,a
contractshallbeawardedtoanytendererwhosetender
indicatesarateofrefundequaltoorlessthansuch
maximumexportrefund.
Article6
TenderssubmittedmustreachtheCommission
throughtheintermediaryMemberStates,atthelatest
oneandahalfhoursafterexpiryoftheperiodforthe
weeklysubmissionoftendersasspecifiedinthenotice
ofinvitationtotender.Theymustbecommunicated
intheformindicatedintheAnnex.
Ifnotendersarereceived,MemberStatesshallinform
theCommission ofthiswithinthetimelimitindi­
catedintheprecedingparagraph.
Article7
Thetimelimitsfixedforthesubmissionoftenders
shallcorrespondtoBelgiantime.
Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .—'IncaseofexporttothePeoplesRepublicof
China,lastdayofvalidity:,Regulation
(EEC)No1391/85.'
—'Encasdexportationverslarépubliquepopulaire
deChine,dernierjourdevalidité:,règle­
ment(CEE)n°1391/85.
—'IncasodiesportazioneversolaRepubblicapopo­
larediCina,ultimogiornodivalidità:,
Regolamento (CEE)n.1391/85.
—'IngevalvanuitvoernaardeVolksrepubliek China,
laatstegeldigheidsdag :,Verordening (EEG)
nr.1391/85.
Wherethelicenceisusedafterthedategiveninspace
19,itshallcarrytheobligationtoexporttothe
People'sRepublicofChina.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28May1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

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ANNEX
Weeklytenderfortherefundfortheexportofcommonwheattocountriesof
zonesI,IIa),III,IVa)andb),V,VI,VIIandtheGermanDemocraticRepublic
(Closingdateforthesubmissionoftenders(date/time))
1 2 3
NumberoftendererQuantity
intonnesAmountofexportrefund
innationalcurrencypertonne
1
2
3
4
5
etc.