CELEX: 31982R1959
Language: en
Date: 1982-07-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1959/82 of 16 July 1982 on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled long grain rice to certain third countries

No L 212/36                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             21 . 7 . 82
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1959/82
                                                            of 16 July 1982
                on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled long grain
                                                    rice to certain third countries
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        (EEC) No 1431 /76, for Zones I to VI of Annex I to
  COMMUNITIES,                                                          Regulation (EEC) No 11 24/77 (6).
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
  Economic Community,                                                   30 000 tonnes of wholly milled long grain rice.
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          2.    The invitation to tender shall be open until 30
  1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                    September 1982. During that period weekly invitations
                                                                        to tender shall be issued and the date for submission
  of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                        of tenders shall be determined in the notice of invita­
  (EEC) No 1871 /80 (2), and in particular Article 17                   tion to tender.
  thereof,
                                                                        3. The invitation to tender shall take place in accor­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          dance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
  1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for                584/75 and with the following provisions.
 granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing
 the amount of such refunds (3), and in particular                                             Article 2
 Article 4 thereof,
                                                                       A tender shall be valid only if it covers a quantity for
 Whereas examination of the balance sheet shows that                   export of at least 500 tonnes but not more than 10 000
 substantial stocks of rice are currently held by produ­               tonnes .
 cers ; whereas this situation may affect the normal
 development of producer prices at the start of the new                                        Article 3
 marketing year which begins on 1 September 1982 ;
                                                                       The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
 Whereas, in order to remedy this situation, it is appro­              (EEC) No 584/75 shall be 30 ECU per tonne.
 priate to make use of export refunds to zones which
 may be supplied by the Community ; whereas the                                                Article 4
 special situation of the rice market makes it necessary
 to limit the quantities of rice benefiting from the                    1 . Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 ( 1 )
                                                                       of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80, export licences
 refunds, and therefore to apply Article 4 of Regulation               issued within this invitation to tender shall, for the
 (EEC) No 1431 /76 enabling the amount of refund to
 be fixed by tendering procedure ;                                     purposes of determining their period of validity, be
                                                                       considered as having been issued on the day the
 Whereas it should be stated that the provisions of                    tender was submitted .
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March                      2.    The licences shall be valid from their date of
 1975 laying down detailed rules for the application of                issue, within the meaning of paragraph 1 , until the
 the system of tendering for export refunds on rice (4),               end of the third month following.
 as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3491 /80 (*), apply
 to this invitation to tender ;                                                                Article 5
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                 Tenders     submitted   must    reach  the  Commission
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management                  through the Member States not later than one and a
 Committee for Cereals,                                                half hours after expiry of the time limit for weekly
                                                                      submission of tenders as laid down in the notice of
                                                                      invitation to tender. They must be transmitted in
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                        accordance with the table given in the Annex.
                                                                      If no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall
                              Article 1
                                                                      inform the Commission accordingly within the same
 1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened, for the                time limit as that given in the above subparagraph.
export refund referred to in Article 4 of Regulation                                           Article 6
(') OJ  No  L  166, 25 .   6 . 1976, p. 1 .                           The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian
0   OJ  No  L  184, 17.    7. 1980,  p. 1 .                           time .
(3) OJ  No  L  166, 25.    6. 1976,  p. 36.
(4) OJ  No  L  61 , 7. 3 .  1975, p. 25.
b OJ No L 365, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 15.                                  (6) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53.
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                          Article 7                                whose tenders are at or below the maximum export
                                                                   refund level .
1.     On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commis­
                                                                                               Article 8
sion shall decide in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No                     The time limit for submission of tenders for the first
1418 /76 :
                                                                   partial invitation to tender shall expire on 5 August
                                                                    1982 at 1 p.m. (Belgian time). The final date for
— either to fix a maximum export refund, taking                    submission of tenders is hereby fixed at 30 September
     account of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and            1982.
     3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76,
— or not to take any action on the tenders.                                                    Article 9
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
2.    Where a maximum export refund is fixed, an                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
award shall be made to the tenderer or tenderers                    European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 16 July 1982.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
             Weekly invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled long grain rice to
                                                    certain third countries
                                  (Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time))
                        1                    2                                        3
                 Serial number           Quantities                       Amount of export refund
                   of tenders            in tonnes                     in national currency per tonne
                        1
                        2
                        3
                        4
                        5
                       etc.