26.7.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL188/45
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1574/79
of25July1979
onastandinginvitationtotenderinordertodetermineexportrefundsforraw
canesugarproducedintheFrenchoverseasdepartments
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(J),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1396/78(2),andinparticular
Articles12(2),19(4)and34thereof,
Whereasthereareatpresentsurplusesofrawcane
sugarintheFrenchdepartmentsofReunionand
Guadeloupeanditiseconomically desirableforthe
Communitytoexportthissugarand,accordingly,to
openaninvitationtotenderforthepurpose;
Whereas,inordertodistinguishthesesurplusesfrom
otherrawcanesugarwhichcould,inprinciple,qualify
forexportrefunds,itshouldbelaiddownthatthe
customsexportformalitiesshouldbecompletedeither
inReunionorinGuadeloupe ;
Whereasthegeneralrulesgoverninginvitationsto
tenderforthepurposeofdeterminingexportrefunds
forsugarwerelaiddownbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No766/68of18June1968layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonsugar(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1489/76(4);
whereastherelevantrulesofapplicationwerelaid
downinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of
2March1970(5),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1467/77(');
Whereas,inviewofthepresentstateoftheworld
marketinsugar,itwouldbeadvisabletowaivecertain
rulesortimelimitslaiddowninRegulation(EEC)No
394/70orinCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
2990/76of9December1976onspecialdetailedrules
fortheapplicationofthesystemofimportandexport
licencesforsugar(7),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1367/78(8);
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Astandinginvitationtotendershallbeissuedto
determineexportrefundsforrawsugarobtainedfrom
caneharvestedintheCommunity .Duringtheperiod
ofvalidityofthestandinginvitation,partialinvitations
totendershallbeissued.
Article2
1.Thestandinginvitationtotenderandthepartial
invitationsshallbeorganizedinaccordancewithRegu­
lations(EEC)No766/68and(EEC)No394/70and
thefollowingprovisions.
2.Thestandinginvitationtotendershallremain
openuntiladatetobedeterminedlater.
Article3
1.Theperiodduringwhichtendersmaybe
submittedinresponsetothefirstpartialinvitationto
tender:
(a)shallbeginonthedayonwhichnoticeofthe
standinginvitationtotenderispublishedinthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ;
and
(b)shallendon8August1979at10a.m.
2.Theperiodsduringwhichtendersmaybe
submittedinresponsetoeachofthesubsequent
partialinvitationstotender:
(a)shallbeginonthefirstworkingdayfollowingthe
endoftheprecedingperiodforthesubmissionof
tendersinquestion;
and
(b)shallexpireat10a.m.ontheWednesdayofthe
followingweek.
3.Bywayofderogationfromparagraph2(b),the
periodsforsubmittingtenderswhicharetoend:
(a)onWednesday ,15August1979,shallendon
Tuesday,14August1979at10a.m.;
(b)onWednesday ,21November1979shallendon
Tuesday,20November1979at10a.m.;
(c)onWednesday ,2January1980shallendon
Thursday,3January1980at10a.m.(!)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.1.
(»)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
(*)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
(6)OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.
(7)OJNoL341,10.12.1976,p.14.
(*)OJNoL166,23.6.1978,p.24.

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Article8
ForthepurposesofthisRegulation :
—theperiodlaiddowninArticle7(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No394/70shallbereplacedbyaperiodof
10days,
—thepossibilityofcancellationlaiddownbyArticle
5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No193/75(J)shallnot
apply,
—thetendermustinclude,inadditiontothedetails
providedforinArticle3(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No394/70,theamountofthetenderingsecurity
tobeprovidedattheleastforthequantityofsugar
coveredbythetenderandmustexpressthat
amountinthecurrencyoftheMemberState
wherethetenderismade.Bywayofderogationfromparagraph2,thepartial
invitationtotenderscheduledforWednesday,26
December1979shallnotbeissued.
4.Thetimelimitsfixedintheprecedingpara­
graphsshallbe:
(a)broughtforwardbyonehourinIrelandandthe
UnitedKingdomoutsidetheperiodsofsummer
timeinthoseMemberStates;
(b)putbackbyonehourintheotherMemberStates
whentheyapplysummertime.
Article4
1.Atendershallbevalidonlyif:
—thequantityofrawsugartobeexportedisnotless
than500tonnes,
—theamountoftherefundproposedisstatedper
100kilogramsofrawsugarofstandardquality,
—itincludesadeclarationbythetendererthatthe
sugartobeexportedreferredtointhetenderisa
rawsugarobtainedfromcaneharvestedinthe
Communityinrespectofwhichthecustoms
exportformalitieswillbecompletedintheFrench
overseasdepartmentsofGuadeloupeorReunion.
2.BywayofderogationfromArticle3(2)(c)of
Regulation (EEC)No394/70,thequantitytobe
exportedreferredtointhetendershallbeexpressed
byweight*telquel'.
Article5
BywayofderogationfromArticle4(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No394/70,thetenderingsecurityshallbe
equalto3ECUper100kilogramsofrawsugartobe
exported.
Article6
WithoutprejudicetoArticle5ofRegulation(EEC)
No394/70,tendersshallbenotifiedimmediatelyand
anonymously totheCommission .
Article7
Oncethetendershavebeenexamined,amaximum
quantitymaybefixedbypartialinvitationtotender.Article9
1.Article9ofRegulation(EEC)No2990/76shall
notapplytorawsugartobeexportedinaccordance
withthisRegulation.
2.Exportlicencesissuedpursuanttoapartialinvita­
tiontotendershallbevalidfromthedateoftheir
issuetotheendofthefifthmonthfollowingthatin
whichthesaidtenderwasmade.
However,exportlicencesissuedpursuanttoapartial
invitationtotendermadeafter30April1980shallbe
validonlyuntil30September1980.
3.Bywayofderogationfromthefirstindentof
Article8(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No2990/76,the
securityrelatingtolicencesissuedforexports
pursuanttothisRegulationshallbe9ECUper100
kilogramsofrawsugar.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26July
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25July1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(»)OJNoL25,31.1.1975,p.10.