Commission Regulation (EC) No 945/2001 of 15 May 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to all third countries except Poland and certain ACP States
Date: 2001-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export, export licence, export refund, third country

16.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 133/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 945/2001

of 15 May 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the
export of common wheat to all third countries except Poland and certain ACP States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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),

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 602/2001 (4), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 293/2001 (6), provides
for the opening of an invitation to tender for the export
refund provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
1501/95.

To cover possible subsequent requirements for common
wheat on the world market towards the close of the
2000/01 marketing year, that invitation to tender should
be extended until 31 May 2001.

Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 provides for a specific
period of validity for licences issued under that invita-
tion to tender, which must meet the needs of the world
market for the 2000/01 marketing year.

To ensure that exports of common wheat awarded
during the 2000/01 marketing year meet the needs of
this marketing year only, a shorter period of validity
should be fixed for the export
licences issued and
tenderers
should be required to complete customs
formalities by 30 June 2001 at the latest.

(5)

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

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

1. Article 1(3) is replaced by the following:

‘3.
The invitation shall remain open until 31 May 2001.
During this period weekly awards shall be made, for which
the quantities and the time limits for the submission of
tenders shall be as prescribed in the notice of invitation.’

2. Article 4(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.
Export licences issued in connection with the invita-
tions to tender pursuant to this Regulation shall be valid
from their date of issue, as defined in paragraph 1, until 30
June 2001. Tenderers shall attach to their tender a written
undertaking to complete the customs export formalities by
30 June 2001 at the latest.’

Article 2

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, 15 May 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(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 89, 29.3.2001, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 195, 1.8.2000, p. 18.
(6) OJ L 43, 14.2.2001, p. 10.