Commission Regulation (EC) No 2019/2000 of 25 September 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to all third countries
Date: 2000-09-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export, export refund, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2019/2000

of 25 September 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 opening an 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 European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2),

drawn up by the competent authorities of the Member
States stating that the products have left the territory of
the Community on board a vessel suitable for sea trans-
port may be considered to provide a sufficient guar-
antee.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the
granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be
taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98 (4), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2014/2000 (5), opens
an invitation to tender relating to the export of common
wheat to certain ACP States. The destinations laid down
in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 (6)
should therefore be amended.

refunds

requires

that, where

Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 of 15 April
the
1999 laying down common detailed rules for
application of the system of export refunds on agricul-
tural products (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1557/2000 (8),
vary
according to destination, payment of the refund be made
conditional, inter alia, on presentation of proof that the
product has been imported in its unaltered state into the
third country or into one of the third countries for
which the refund applies. That proof is required under
the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No
2014/2000 for exports of common wheat to certain
ACP States. Exports to other third countries, under the
invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No
1701/2000 are carried out under less favourable condi-
tions. The risk of fraud is therefore small. In order to
avoid obstructing these exports to other third countries,
proof of arrival should not be required. Certificates

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 313, 21.11.1998, p. 16.
(5) See page 23 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 195, 1.8.2000, p. 18.
(7) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.
(8) OJ L 179, 18.7.2000, p. 6.

Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 is amended as follows:

1. the title is replaced by the following:

‘opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the
export of common wheat
third countries except
certain ACP States’;

to all

2. Article 1(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.
The invitation to tender shall cover common wheat
for export to all third countries except ACP States listed in
Annex III.’;

3. the following Article 4a is added after Article 4:

‘Article 4a

Notwithstanding Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 800/1999 (*), proof of completion of customs formali-
ties for release for consumption shall not be required for
payment of refunds fixed in a contract awarded under this
tender,
in so far as the operator provides proof that a
quantity of at least 1 500 tonnes of cereal product have left
the customs territory of the Community on board a vessel
suitable for sea transport.

(*) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.’;

4. the title of Annex I is replaced by the following:

‘Weekly tender for the refund for the export of common
wheat to all third countries except certain ACP States:’;

5. the following Annex III is added:

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‘ANNEX III

Groups of ACP States signatories to the Lomé Convention

Group I

Group II

Group III

Mauritania
Mali
Niger
Senegal
Gambia
Guinea Bissau
Guinea
Cape Verde
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Côte-d'Ivoire
Ghana
Togo

Chad
Central African Republic
Benin
Cameroon
Equatorial Guinea
São Tomé and Príncipe
Gabon
Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo
Rwanda
Burundi
Burkina Faso

Seychelles
Comores
Madagascar
Mauritius
Angola
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
Botswana
Zimbabwe
Lesotho
Swaziland
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Eritrea’

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 25 September 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission