Commission Regulation (EC) No 2563/98 of 27 November 1998 on a tendering procedure for the subsidy on consignments of husked long grain rice to Réunion
Date: 1998-11-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Réunion, aid system, award of contract, export subsidy, rice

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2563/98

of 27 November 1998

on a tendering procedure for the subsidy on consignments of husked long grain
rice to R(cid:130)union

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Article 4

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of
22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the
market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2072/98 (2), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 (3)
lays down detailed rules for exports of rice to R(cid:130)union;

Whereas examination of
the supply situation on the
island of R(cid:130)union shows a shortage of rice; whereas, in
view of the availability of rice on the Community market,
R(cid:130)union should be allowed to obtain supplies on that
market; whereas, because of
the special situation of
R(cid:130)union, it is appropriate to limit the quantities to be
delivered and, therefore, to fix the amount of the subsidy
by tendering procedure;

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. A tendering procedure is hereby opened for the
subsidy for consignments of husked long grain rice falling
within CN code 1006 20 98, referred to in Article 10(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, to R(cid:130)union.

The tendering procedure referred to in paragraph 1
2.
shall be open until 24 June 1999. During that period,
weekly invitations to tender shall be made for which the
date for submission of tenders shall be set out in the
notice of invitation to tender.

3.
The tendering procedure shall take place in accord-
ance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/87
and this Regulation.

Article 2

A tender shall be admissible only if it covers a quantity of
at least 50 tonnes but not more than 3 000 tonnes.

Article 3

The subsidy documents issued in the context of this
tendering procedure shall,
for the purposes of deter-
mining their period of validity, be considered as having
been issued on the final day of the period for the submis-
sion of tenders.

Article 5

Tenders must reach the Commission via the Member
States not later than one and a half hours after expiry of
the deadline 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, Member States shall inform
the Commission accordingly within the same deadline as
that given in the proceeding paragraph.

Article 6

The time laid down for submitting tenders shall be
Belgian time.

Article 7

1. On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission
shall decide in accordance within the procedure laid
down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95:

— either to fix a maximum subsidy,
— or not to take any action on the tenders.

2. Where a maximum subsidy is fixed, an award shall
be made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders are at
or below the maximum subsidy level.

Article 8

The deadline for submission of tenders for the first partial
invitation to tender shall expire on 10 December 1998 at
10 a.m.

The final date for submission of tenders shall be 24 June
1999.

The security referred to in Article 7(3)(a) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2692/89 shall be ECU 30 per tonne.

Article 9

(1) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 265, 30. 9. 1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 261, 7. 9. 1989, p. 8.

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 27 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Weekly invitation to tender for the subsidy for consignments of husked long grain rice to R(cid:130)union

Deadline for the submission of tenders (date/time)

1

Serial numbers
of tenderers

2

Quantities
(tonnes)

3

Amount of subsidy
in ecu per tonne

1

2

3

4

5

etc.