Commission Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005 of 6 July 2005 opening an invitation to tender for the refund on barley exports to certain third countries
Date: 2005-07-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, barley, export refund

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1058/2005

of 6 July 2005

opening an invitation to tender for the refund on barley exports to certain third countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(6)

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

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article
13(3) thereof,

Article 1

Pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, an

1.
invitation to tender for the export refund is hereby opened.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Given the present market situation for cereals, an invi-
tation to tender for the export refund on barley should
be opened in accordance with Article 4 of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying
down certain detailed rules
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 (2).

for

The tendering procedure rules to be followed for estab-
lishing export refunds are laid down in Regulation (EC)
No 1501/95. The requirements under that procedure
include an obligation to submit an application for an
export
licence and lodge a security. The rate of that
security should be established.

A specific period of validity must be set for the licences
this invitation to tender. That validity
issued under
period should be commensurate with world market
requirements for the 2005/06 marketing year.

To ensure that all parties are treated equally, all licences
issued should have the same period of validity.

2.
This invitation to tender shall cover barley for export to
Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Iraq, Israel,
Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen.

3.
The invitation to tender shall be open until 22 June 2006.
During that period, weekly awards shall be made. The quantities
and dates for submitting tenders shall be set out in the notice of
invitation to tender.

Notwithstanding Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95,
the time limit for submitting tenders for the first partial invi-
tation to tender shall be 14 July 2005.

Article 2

Tenders shall be valid only if they cover a quantity of at least
1 000 tonnes.

Article 3

The security referred to in Article 5(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No
1501/95 shall be EUR 12 per tonne.

Article 4

The satisfactory operation of tendering procedures for
exports requires that a minimum quantity be set, and
that
transmission for
tenders lodged with the competent authority be estab-
lished.

the time limit and means of

1.
Notwithstanding Article 23(1) of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1291/2000 (3), export licences issued in accordance
with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 shall,
for
the purpose of determining their period of validity, be
deemed to have been issued on the day on which the tender
was submitted.

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.
(2) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).

(3) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1741/2004 (OJ L 311, 8.10.2004, p. 17).

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licences issued under

the invitation to tender
2.
provided for in this Regulation shall be valid from their date
of issue within the meaning of paragraph 1 until the end of the
fourth month thereafter.

Article 5

Member States shall electronically send the Commission the
tenders submitted within one-and-a-half hours of the expiry
of the weekly time limit for lodging tenders, as laid down in
the notice of invitation to tender, using the form set out in the
Annex.

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

The times set for the submission of tenders shall correspond to
Belgian time.

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 6 July 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Form (*)

Award of the refund on barley exports to certain third countries

(Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005)

(Time limit for submission of tenders)

1

Numbering of tenderers

2

Quantity
(tonnes)

3

Export refund rate
(EUR/tonne)

1

2

3

etc.

(*) To be sent to DG AGRI (Unit D.2).