CELEX: 31998R2563
Language: en
Date: 1998-11-27 00:00:00
Title: 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

L 320/40              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                28. 11. 98
                                    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
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                                 Article 4
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              The subsidy documents issued in the context of this
Community,                                                         tendering procedure shall, for the purposes of deter-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of             mining their period of validity, be considered as having
22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the                 been issued on the final day of the period for the submis-
market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No          sion of tenders.
2072/98 (2), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 (3)                                          Article 5
lays down detailed rules for exports of rice to Réunion;
                                                                   Tenders must reach the Commission via the Member
Whereas examination of the supply situation on the                 States not later than one and a half hours after expiry of
island of Réunion shows a shortage of rice; whereas, in            the deadline for weekly submission of tenders as laid
view of the availability of rice on the Community market,          down in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be
Réunion should be allowed to obtain supplies on that               transmitted in accordance with the table given in the
market; whereas, because of the special situation of               Annex.
Réunion, it is appropriate to limit the quantities to be
delivered and, therefore, to fix the amount of the subsidy         If no tenders are submitted, Member States shall inform
by tendering procedure;                                            the Commission accordingly within the same deadline as
                                                                   that given in the proceeding paragraph.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Cereals,                                                                      Article 6
                                                                   The time laid down for submitting tenders shall be
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                       Belgian time.
                           Article 1
                                                                                            Article 7
1. A tendering procedure is hereby opened for the
subsidy for consignments of husked long grain rice falling         1. On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission
within CN code 1006 20 98, referred to in Article 10(1) of         shall decide in accordance within the procedure laid
Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, to Réunion.                            down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95:
2. The tendering procedure referred to in paragraph 1              — either to fix a maximum subsidy,
shall be open until 24 June 1999. During that period,              — or not to take any action on the tenders.
weekly invitations to tender shall be made for which the
date for submission of tenders shall be set out in the             2. Where a maximum subsidy is fixed, an award shall
notice of invitation to tender.                                    be made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders are at
                                                                   or below the maximum subsidy level.
3. The tendering procedure shall take place in accord-
ance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/87
and this Regulation.                                                                        Article 8
                           Article 2                               The deadline for submission of tenders for the first partial
                                                                   invitation to tender shall expire on 10 December 1998 at
A tender shall be admissible only if it covers a quantity of       10 a.m.
at least 50 tonnes but not more than 3 000 tonnes.
                                                                   The final date for submission of tenders shall be 24 June
                                                                   1999.
                           Article 3
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.
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
(2) OJ L 265, 30. 9. 1998, p. 4.                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
(3) OJ L 261, 7. 9. 1989, p. 8.                                    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 Réunion
                                  Deadline for the submission of tenders (date/time)
                      1                        2                                      3
              Serial numbers              Quantities                         Amount of subsidy
                of tenderers               (tonnes)                           in ecu per tonne
                      1
                      2
                      3
                      4
                      5
                     etc.