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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1701/2000
of 31 July 2000
openingan invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to all third
countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92of30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market incereals(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1510/
2000(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No1501/95of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for theapplication of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on thegranting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to betakenintheeventofdisturbanceonthemarketforcereals(
3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98(4), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Inviewofthecurrentsituationonthecerealsmarket,an
invitation should be opened, in respect of commonwheat to tender for the export refund provided for inArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(2)The detailed procedural rules governing invitations totenderasregardsthefixingoftheexportrefund,arelaiddown in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. The commit-mentsonthepartofthetendererincludeanobligationto lodge an application for an export licence. Compli-ance with this obligation may be ensured by requiringtenderers to lodge a tendering security of EUR 12/twhen they submit their tenders.
(3)Itisnecessarytoprovideforaspecificperiodofvalidityforlicencesissuedunderthatinvitationtotender.Thatperiod of validity must meet the needs of the worldmarket for the 2000/2001 marketing year.
(4)In order to ensure that all those concerned are treatedequally, it is necessary to lay down that the period ofvalidity of the licences issued should be identical.
(5)In order to ensure the smooth operation of the exporttendering procedure it is appropriate to prescribe aminimum quantity to be tendered for and a time limitand form for the communication of tenders submittedto the competent authorities.
(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Tenders shall be invited for the export refund provided
for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
2. The tendering procedure shall concern common wheat
for export to all third countries.
3. The invitation shall remain open until 17 May 2001.
Duringthisperiodweeklyawardsshallbemade,forwhichthequantities and the time limits for the submission of tendersshall be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to tender.
Notwithstanding Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95,
thetimelimitforthesubmissionoftendersforthefirstpartialinvitation to tender shall be 3 August 2000.
Article 2
A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount of not
less than 1000 tonnes.
Article 3
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle5(3a)ofRegulation(EC)No
1501/95 shall be EUR 12/t.
Article 4
1. NotwithstandingArticle21(1)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No3719/88(
5),layingdowncommondetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicencesandadvance fixing certificates for agricultural products, exportlicencesissuedunderArticle8(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1501/95 shall, for the purpose of determining their period ofvalidity,bedeemedtohavebeenissuedonthedayonwhichthe tender was submitted.
2. Exportlicencesissuedinconnectionwiththeinvitations
totenderpursuanttothisRegulationshallbevalidfromtheirdate of issue, as defined in paragraph 1, until the end of thefourth month following that of issue.
Article 5
1. TheCommissionshalldecide,pursuanttotheprocedure
laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92:
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 174, 13.7.2000, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 313, 21.11.1998, p. 16. (5) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
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— tofixamaximumexportrefund,takingaccountinpartic-
ularofthecriterialaiddowninArticle1ofRegulation(EC)No 1501/95,
— to make no award.
2. Where a maximum export refund is fixed, the contract
shall be awarded to the tenderer or tenderers whose bids areequal to or lower than the maximum refund.
Article 6
Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the
intermediaryMemberStates,atthelatestoneandahalfhoursafterexpiryoftheperiodfortheweeklysubmissionoftendersasspecifiedinthenoticeofinvitationtotender.TheymustbecommunicatedintheformindicatedinAnnexI,tothetelexor
fax numbers in Annex II.
If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform the
Commission of this within the time limit indicated in thepreceding paragraph.
Article 7
Thetimelimitsfixedforthesubmissionoftendersshallcorre-
spond to Belgian time.
Article 8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingits
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 31 July 2000.
For the Commission
Pedro SOLBES MIRA
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX I
Weekly tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to all third countries
[Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000]
(Closingdateforthesubmissionoftenders(date/time))
1 2 3
Numberoftenderer Quantityintonnes AmountofexportrefundinEUR/t
1
2
3
etc.
ANNEX II
The only numbers to use to call Brussels (DG AGRI-C-1) are:—telex 22037AGRECB,
22070AGRECB(Greekcharacters),
—fax 2964956,
2952515.