CELEX: 31979R2361
Language: en
Date: 1979-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2361/79 of 26 October 1979 on an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to the countries of Zone IV

No L 270/24                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              27 . 10 . 79
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2361 /79
                                                         of 26 October 1979
                on an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to the
                                                        countries of Zone IV
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      ment Committee for Cereals,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                                          Article 1
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2),
                                                                       1 . Tenders shall be invited for the export refund
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                        provided for in Article 5 of Regulation ( EEC) No
 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general                       2746/75 .
 rules for granting export refunds on cereals and
 criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and              2.    The invitation to tender shall relate to common
 in particular Article 5 thereof,                                     wheat for export to the countries of Zone IV as
                                                                      defined in Annex I to Regulation ( EEC) No 1124/77.
 Whereas there is an exportable surplus of common
 wheat on the Community market ; whereas, so that it                  3.    The invitation shall remain open until 31
 can be exported under the most favourable conditions,               January 1980 . During this period weekly awards shall
 an invitation to tender for the export refund should be              be made, the time limits for the submission of tenders
 opened ; whereas, for the sake of better control over                to be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to
                                                                      tender .
 the refund amount to be granted and the quantities to
 be exported, the invitation to tender should be
 restricted to exports to Zone IV ;
                                                                                                Article 2
 Whereas detailed rules for the application of the                    A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount
 system of tendering for fixing export refunds have                   of not less than 1 000 tonnes .
 been adopted in Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
 279/75 (4), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
 2944/78 (5) ; whereas among the obligations of                                                 Article 3
 tenderers is that of lodging an application for an
 export licence ; whereas compliance with this obliga­
 tion may be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge a               The tendering security referred to in Article 3 of Regu­
 tendering security of 12 ECU per tonne when they                     lation (EEC) No 279/75 shall be 12 ECU per tonne .
 submit their tenders ;
                                                                                                Article 4
Whereas, in order to ensure equal treatment to all
 concerned, it is necessary to specify that all licences
 issued be valid for equal lengths of time ;                          1.    By way of derogation from the provisions of
                                                                     Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1 93/75 (6), export
                                                                      licences issued under Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC)
Whereas for the proper running of an invitation to                    No 279/75 shall , for the purpose of determining their
 tender for export refunds a minimum representative                   period of validity, be deemed to have been issued on
quantity must be specified and the time limit and                    the day on which the tender was submitted .
 form of communication of the tenders submitted to
 the competent authorities ;                                         2.     Export licences issued in connection with this
                                                                      invitation to tender shall be valid from their date of
(!)  OJ No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           issue, as defined in the previous paragraph , until the
(2 ) OJ No  L  188 , 26 . 7. 1979, p. 1 .                            end of the third mbnth following that of issue .
(3)  OJ No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .
(4)  OJ No  L 31 , 5 . 2. 1975 , p. 8 .
(5)  OJ No  L 351 , 15 . 12. 1978 , p. 16 .                          ( 6) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 10 .
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                           Article 5                                                             Article 6
                                                                  The time limits fixed for the submission of tenders
                                                                  shall be :
The tenders submitted must reach the Commission
                                                                  — brought forward by one hour in Ireland and the
through the intermediary of Member States at the                      United Kingdom during the period in which
latest one and a half hours after expiry of the period                summer time does not apply in those Member
for the weekly submission of tenders as specified in                  States,
the notice of invitation to tender. They must be                  — extended by one hour in the other Member States
communicated in the form indicated in the Annex .
                                                                      when the latter are applying summer time.
                                                                                                 Article 7
If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
the Commission of this within the time limit indi­                following its publication in the Official Journal of
cated in the preceding paragraph .                                 the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels , 26 October 1979 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                   Vice-President
                                                           ANNEX
              Weekly tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to the countries of Zone IV
                                      Time limit for the submission of tenders (date/time)
                                               2
                      Number of             Quantity               Amount of export refund in national currency
                        tender             in tonnes                                per tonne
                           1
                           2
                           3
                           4
                           5
                         etc .