Commission Regulation (EC) No 2033/2004 of 26 November 2004 opening a tendering procedure for the refund on consignment of husked long-grain B rice to Réunion
Date: 2004-11-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Réunion, award of contract, export subsidy, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2033/2004

of 26 November 2004

opening a tendering procedure for the refund on consignment of husked long-grain B rice to
Réunion

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

grain B rice falling within CN code 1006 20 98, referred to in
Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of
the
29 September 2003 on the common organisation of
thereof,
market

in rice (1), and in particular Article 5(3)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Examination of the supply balance in Réunion indicates
that rice is in short supply. In view of the rice available
on the Community market, Réunion should be able to be
supplied with rice from the Community market by
granting a subsidy for consignments of rice intended
for consumption there. Because of Réunion's particular
circumstances, it is appropriate to limit the quantities to
be sent and thus fix the amount of
the subsidy by
tendering procedure.

It should be stated that Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2692/89 of 6 September 1989 laying down detailed
rules for exports of rice to Réunion (2) applies to this
tendering procedure.

Under Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2808/98 of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed
rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for
the euro in agriculture (3), amounts quoted in tenders
tender
submitted
to
organised under an instrument
the
common agricultural policy must be expressed in euro.

forming part of

invitations

response

to

in

(4)

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 to fix the amount
of the subsidy for the consignment to Réunion of husked long-

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96.
(2) OJ L 261, 7.9.1989, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1275/2004 (OJ L 241, 13.7.2004, p. 8).

(3) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1250/2004 (OJ L 237, 8.7.2004, p. 13).

2.
The tendering procedure shall be open until 23 June
2005. During that period regular invitations to tender shall
be issued and the date for submission of tenders shall be set
down in the notice of invitation to tender.

The tendering procedure shall take place in accordance

3.
with Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 and this Regulation.

Article 2

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

Article 3

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

Article 4

The subsidy documents issued under this tendering procedure
shall, for the purposes of determining their period of validity, be
considered as having been issued on the day the tender was
submitted.

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 the submission of tenders as laid
down in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be trans-
mitted in accordance with the model given in the Annex.

If no tenders are lodged, Member States shall
inform the
Commission within the time limit referred to in the first
paragraph.

Article 6

1.
On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission shall
decide in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
26(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003:

— either to fix a maximum subsidy,

— or not to take any action on the tenders.

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2. Where a maximum subsidy is fixed, an award shall be
made to the tenderer or
tenderers whose tenders do not
exceed the maximum subsidy.

Article 7

The closing date for the submission of tenders for the first
regular invitation to tender shall be 16 December 2004 at
10.00 (Brussels time).

The final date for submission of tenders is hereby fixed at
23 June 2005.

Article 8

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

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

Done at Brussels, 26 November 2004.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Tendering procedure for the subsidy on consignments of husked long-grain B rice to Réunion

Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time):

..........................................................................................................................

1

Serial numbers of tenderers

2

Quantity
in tonnes

3

Amount of consignment subsidy
(in euro per tonne)

1

2

3

4

5

etc.