CELEX: 31971R0258
Language: en
Date: 1971-02-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 258/71 of the Commission of 4 February 1971 on a standing invitation to tender to determine the export refund on raw beet sugar

Official Journal of the European Communities                                      55
  5.2.71                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 29/29
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 258/71 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 4 February 1971
                  on a standing invitation to tender to determine the export refund on raw beet sugar
  THE    COMMISSION       OF      THE  EUROPEAN      COM­         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
  MUNITIES,                                                       are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                  Management Committee for Sugar;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community;
  Having     regard    to      Council   Regulation     No        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  1009/67/EEC1 of 18 December 1967 on the common
 organisation of the market in sugar, as last amended
 by Regulation (EEC) No 1253/70,2 and in particular                                       Article 1
 Articles 11 (2), 17 (4) and 38 thereof;
                                                                  Member States shall issue a standing invitation to
 "Whereas it is advisable, in view of sugar surpluses in          tender to determine the export refund on raw beet
 the Community and potential outlets on the                      sugar. Daring the period of validity of that standing
 international sugar market, to issue an invitation to           invitation they shall issue partial invitations to tender.
 tender to determine the export refund on raw beet
 sugar ;
 Whereas general and detailed rules concerning the                                        Article 2
 tendering procedure to determine export refunds on
 sugar are contained in Council Regulation (EEC) No              The standing invitation to tender and the partial
 766/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for            invitations to tender shall be organised in accordance
 granting export refunds on sugar,3 as last amended              with the provisions of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC)
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2488/69,4 and in                         No 766/68, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/705 of 2                    394/70 and the following provisions.
 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export
 refunds on sugar;
 Whereas, to make it possible for export contracts to                                     Article 3
 be concluded on a continuous basis, a standing
 invitation to tender should be issued, valid until a            Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 7, the
 date to be determined at a later stage, and providing           standing invitation to tender shall remain valid until
 for the issue of partial invitations to tender each             a date to be determined at a later stage.
 week;
 Whereas to simplify administrative arrangements,
 provision should be made for a minimum quantity                                         Article 4
 per tender;
                                                                 1.     The period during which tenders may be
 Whereas, in view of the situation on the sugar                  submitted in response to the first partial invitation
 market, there should be special rules on the period of          to tender :
 validity of export licences;
                                                                      ( a) shall begin on the day on which the standing
1  OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1 .                                      invitation to tender is published in the Official
2  OJ No L 143, 1.7.1970, p . 1 .                                    Journal of the European Communities and
3  OJ No L 143, 25.6.1968, p. 6.
4  OJ No L 314, 15.12.1969, p. 12.                               (b) shall end at 10.00 am on the first Wednesday
5  OJ No L 50, 4.3.1970, p . 1 .                                      following the tenth day after such publication.
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2. The period during which tenders may be                        2. By way of derogation from Article 3 (2) (c) of
submitted in response to the second and subsequent               Regulation (EEC) No 394/70, the quantity to be
partial invitations to tender :                                  exported indicated in the tender shall be expressed in
                                                                 weight tel quel.
( a) shall begin on the first working day following the                                              I
      end of the preceding period and
                                                                                           Article 6
( b ) shall end at 10.00 am on the Wednesday of the
      following week.                                            Member States shall immediately notify the
                                                                 Commission of tenders submitted in response to a
3 . However, by way of derogation from paragraph                 partial invitation to tender.
(2 ) (b), the period for submitting tenders shall not
end on Wednesday 2 June 1971 but on Tuesday 1                                              Article 7
June 1971 at 10.00 am.
4.      During the period in which Summer Time is in             Export licences issued in connection with a partial
                                                                 invitation to tender shall be valid from the date of
force in Italy, the periods laid down in the preceding           issue until the end of the fifth month following the
paragraphs shall be understood to be extended by                 month of issue.
one hour in that Member State.
                                                                 However, ; the period of validity of export licences
                                                                 issued in connection with partial invitations to tender
                          Article 5                              in response to which tenders may be submitted after
                                                                  7 April 1971 shall be limited to 30 September 1971 .
 1.     A tender shall be valid only if:
                                                                                         . Article 8
 ( a) it relates to a quantity of not less than 500 metric
       tons ; and
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
(b) the amount of the refund proposed is quoted per              following its publication in the Official Journal of
       100 kilogrammes of standard quality beet sugar.            the European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 4 February 1971 .
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                           The President
                                                                                     Franco M. MALFATTI