NoL279/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.9.92
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2749/92
of21September1992
openinganinvitationtenderfortherefundonexportofwhollymilledmedium
grainandlonggrainAricetocertainthirdcountries
shallbeissuedandthedateforsubmissionoftenders
shallbedeterminedinthenoticeofinvitationtotender.
3.Theinvitationtotendershalltakeplaceinaccord­
ancewiththeprovisionsofRegulation(EEC)No584/75
andwiththefollowingprovisions.
Article2
Atendershallbevalidonlyifitcoversaquantityfor
exportofatleast50tonnesbutnotmorethan5000
tonnes.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No674/92(2),andinparticularArticle17thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1431/76
of21June1976layingdwngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonriceandcriteriaforfixingtheamount
ofsuchrefunds(3),andinparticularArticle4thereof,
Whereasexamination ofthebalancesheetshowsthat
exportableamountsofricearecurrentlyheldbypro­
ducers;whereasthissituationcouldaffectthenormal
developmentofproducerpricesduringthe1992/93
marketingyear;
Whereas,inordertoremedythissituation,itisappro­
priatetomakeuseofexportrefundstozoneswhichmay
besuppliedbytheComrtiunity ;whereasthespecialsitu­
ationofthericemarketmakesitnecessarytolimitthe
refunds,andthereforetoapplyArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1431/76enablingtherefundamounttobe
fixedbytenderingprocedure;
Whereasitshouldbestatedthattheprovisionsof
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No584/75of6March
1975layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
systemoftenderingforexportrefundsonrice(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No409/90(*),applytothis
invitationtotender;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,Article3
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)
No584/75shallbeECU20pertonne.
Article4
1.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofArticle21(1)of
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No3719/88Q,export
licencesissuedwithinthisinvitationtotendershall,for
thepurposesofdeterminingtheirperiodofvalidity,be
consideredashavingbeenissuedonthedaythetender
wassubmitted .
2.Thelicencesshallbevalidfromtheirdateofissue,
withinthemeaningofparagraph 1,untiltheendofthe
thirdmonthfollowing.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Aninvitationtotenderisherebyopened,forthe
exportrefundreferredtoinArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)
No1431/76,forZonesII(a),(b),(d)andIIIasspecifiedin
AnnextoRegulation(EEC)No2145/92(6).
2.Theinvitationtotendershallbeopenuntil1July
1993.DuringthatperiodweeklyinvitationstotenderArticle5
TenderssubmittedmustreachtheCommissionthrough
theMemberStatesnotlaterthanoneandahalfhours
afterexpiryofthetimelimitforweeklysubmissionof
tendersaslaiddowninthenoticeofinvitationtotender.
Theymustbetransmittedinaccordancewiththetable
givenintheAnnex.
Ifnotendersaresubmitted,theMemberStatesshall
informtheCommissionaccordinglywithinthesametime
limitasthatgivenintheabovesubparagraph .
Article6
ThetimesetforsubmittingtendersshallbeBelgiantime.(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.(jOJNoL73,19.3.1992,p.7.
(3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.
(4)OJNoL61,7.3.1975,p.25.0OJNoL43,17.2.1990,p.21.faOJNoL214,30.7.1992,p.20. f)OJNoL331,2.12.1988,p.1.

23.9.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL279/13
Article7 Article8
1.Onthebasisoftenderssubmitted,theCommission
shalldecideinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inArticle27ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76:
—eithertofixamaximumexportrefund,takingaccount
ofthecriterialaiddowninArticles2and3ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1431/76,
—ornottotakeanyactiononthetenders.
2.Whereamaximumexportrefundisfixed,anaward
shallbemadetothetendererortendererswhosetenders
areatorbelowthemaximumexportrefundlevel.Thetimelimitforsubmissionoftendersforthefirst
partialinvitationtotendershallbe10a.m.on8October
1992.
Thefinaldateforsubmissionoftendersisherebyfixedat
1July1993.
Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21September1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
Weeklyinvitationtotenderfortherefundonexportofwhollymilledmediumgrainand
longgrainAricetocertainthirdcountries
(Closingdateforthesubmissionoftenders(date/time))
1 2 3
Serialnumber
oftendersQuantities
intonnesAmountofexportrefund
inecupertonne
1
2
3
4
5
etc.