Commission Regulation (EC) No 2428/95 of 16 October 1995 on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to certain third countries
Date: 1995-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export, export licence, export refund, rice, third country













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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2428/95 of 16 October 1995 on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to certain third countries  


Official Journal L 249 , 17/10/1995 P. 0019 - 0021 





COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2428/95 of 16 October 1995 on an invitation to  tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to certain  third countriesTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of  the market in rice  (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1530/95  (2), and in particular  Article 14 thereof, Whereas examination of the balance sheet shows that exportable amounts of rice are currently held  by producers; whereas this situation could affect the normal development of producer prices during  the 1995/96 marketing year; Whereas, in order to remedy this situation, it is appropriate to make use of export refunds to  zones which may be supplied by the Community; whereas the special situation of the rice market  makes it necessary to limit the quantities of rice benefiting from the refunds, and therefore to  apply Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 enabling the amount of refund to be fixed by  tendering procedure; Whereas it should be stated that the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March  1975 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of tendering for export refunds  on rice  (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95  (4), apply to this invitation to  tender; Whereas, in order to avoid disturbances on the markets of the producing countries, the invitation  to tender should be limited to certain zones specified in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC)  No 2145/92  (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3304/94  (6); Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1.  An invitation to tender is hereby opened, for the refund on  export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice referred to in Article 14 of Regulation  (EEC) No 1418/76, for Zones I, II  (c), IV, V, VI and VIII (except Guyana, Madagascar and  Suriname), as specified in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92. 2.  The invitation to tender shall be open until 27 June 1996. During that period weekly  invitations to tender shall be issued and the date for submission of tenders shall be determined in  the notice of invitation to tender. 3.  The invitation to tender shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)  No 584/75 and with the following provisions. Article 2 A tender shall be valid only if it covers a quantity for export of at least 50 tonnes  but not more than 5  000 tonnes. Article 3 The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 shall be ECU 20 per  tonne. Article 4 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No  3719/88  (7), export licences issued within this invitation to tender shall, for the purposes of  determining their period of validity, be considered as having been issued on the day the tender was  submitted. 2.  The licences shall be valid from their date of issue, within the meaning of paragraph 1, until  the end of the third month following. Article 5 Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the Member States not later than  one and a half hours after expiry of the time limit for weekly submission of tenders as laid down  in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be transmitted in accordance with the table given  in the Annex. If no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall inform the Commission accordingly within the  same time limit as that given in the above subparagraph. Article 6 The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian time. Article 7 1.  On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission shall decide in accordance with  the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76: -  either to fix a maximum export refund, taking account of the criteria laid down in Article 14 of  Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76, -  or not to take any action on the tenders. 2.  Where a maximum export refund is fixed, an award shall be made to the tenderer or tenderers  whose tenders are at or below the maximum export refund level. Article 8 The time limit for submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to tender  shall expire on 26 October 1995 at 10 a.m. The final date for submission of tenders is hereby fixed at 27 June 1996. Article 9 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the  Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 October 1995. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission  ANNEX >START OF GRAPHIC>Weekly invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly  milled medium grain and long grain A rice to certain third countries (Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time))   1 Serial number of tenders 2 Quantities in tonnes 3 Amount of export refund in ecu per tonne    1   2   3   4   5   etc.     >END OF GRAPHIC>