CELEX: 31983R1257
Language: en
Date: 1983-05-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1257/83 of 20 May 1983 opening an invitation to tender for the levy and/or refund for the export of common wheat to countries of Zones I, IIa, III, IV a) and b), V, VII, the German Democratic Republic and the Iberian Peninsula

21 . 5 . 83                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 133/39
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1257/83
                                                           of 20 May 1983
               opening an invitation to tender for the levy and/or refund for the export of
               common wheat to countries of Zones I, IΙa, III, IV a) and b), V, VI, VII, the
                               German Democratic Republic and the Iberian Peninsula
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      tenderers to lodge a tendering security of 12 ECU per
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        tonne when they submit their tenders ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas, in order to ensure that all those concerned
 Economic Community,                                                 are treated equally, it is necessary to lay down that the
                                                                     period of validity of the licences issued should be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        identical ; whereas, however, a special period of validity
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                    should be laid down for exports to the People's
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by             Republic of China ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2),
                                                                     Whereas, in order to ensure the smooth operation of
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        the tendering procedure, it is appropriate to prescribe
 2747/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules                a minimum quantity to be tendered for and a time
 to be applied in the event of the cereals market being              limit and form for the communication of tenders
disturbed (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                submitted to the competent authorities ;
 2560/77 (4), and in particular Article 2 (1 ) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas, the measures provided for in this Regulation
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules                 Committee for Cereals,
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for
fixing the amount of such refunds (*), and in particular
Article 5 thereof,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, in view of the current situation on the
cereals market, an invitation should be opened in                                             Article 1
respect of common wheat to tender for the export levy
provided for in the first indent of Article 2 (1 ) of                1 . Tenders shall be invited for the export levy
Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75 and/or for the export                    provided for in the first indent of Article 2 ( 1 ) of
refund provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)                 Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75 and/or the export
No 2746/75 ; whereas, in order to ensure supply, the                 refund provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)
 invitation to tender for export should be limited to                No 2746/75.
Zones I, IΙa, III, IV a) and b), V, VI, VII, the German
 Democratic Republic and the Iberian Peninsula ;                     2.    The invitation to tender shall relate to common
                                                                     wheat for export to the countries of Zones I, IΙa, III,
Whereas the detailed procedural rules governing invi­                IV a) and b), V, VI, VII, the German Democratic
tations to tender are, as regards the fixing of the export           Republic and the Iberian Peninsula.
levy, laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3130/73 (6), as amended by Regulations (EEC) No                      3.    The invitation shall remain open until 28 June
278/75 (7) and (EEC) No 771 /75 (8), and, as regards the             1984. During this period weekly awards shall be made,
 fixing of the export refund, in Commission Regulation               for which the time limits for the submission of tenders
(EEC) No 279/75 (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                  shall be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to
 No 2944/78 (10) ; whereas the commitments on the                    tender.
part of the tenderer include an obligation to lodge an
 application for an export licence ; whereas compliance
with this obligation may be ensured by requiring                                              Article 2
(')  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount
(2)  OJ  No  L 164,  14. 6. 1982, p. 1 .                             of not less than 1 000 tonnes.
(3)  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 82.
(«)  OJ  No  L 303,  28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .
0    OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .                                                   Article 3
f6) OJ No L 319, 20 . 11 . 1973 , p. 10 .
0 OJ No L 31 , 5. 2. 1975, p. 7.                                     The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
  8) OJ No L 77, 26. 3. 1975, p. 13 .
0 OJ No L 31 , 5. 2. 1975, p. 8 .                                    (EEC) No 3130/73 and in Article 3 of Regulation
(,0) OJ No L 351 , 15. 12. 1978 , p. 16.                             (EEC) No 279/75 shall be 12 ECU per tonne.
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                          Article 4                             — In geval van uitvoer naar de Volksrepubliek China,
                                                                    laatste geldigheidsdag :        , Verordening (EEG)
                                                                    nr. 1257/ 83 .'
 1.    Notwithstanding Article 21 ( 1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 3183/80 ('), export licences issued under              where the licence is used after the date given in space
Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/73 or under         19, it shall carry the obligation to export to the
Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 279/75 shall, for        People's Republic of China.
the purpose of determining their period of validity, be
deemed to have been issued on the day on which the
                                                                                        Article 5
tender was submitted .
                                                                1 . Notwithstanding Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                No 3130/73 and Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
2. Export licences issued in connection with the                279/75, the Commission shall decide, under the
invitation to tender pursuant to this Regulation shall          procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC)
be valid from their date of issue, as defined in para­          No 2727/75 :
graph 1 , until the end of the fourth month following
that of issue .                                                 — to fix a maximum export refund, taking account in
                                                                    particular of the criteria laid down in Articles 2
                                                                    and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75, or,
However, for exports to the People s Republic of                — to fix a minimum export levy, taking account in
China, licences shall be valid from their date of issue             particular of the criteria laid down in Article 3 ( 1 )
as defined in paragraph 1 until the end of the sixth                (b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75, or
month following.                                                — to make no award .
                                                                2. Where a maximum export refund is fixed, a
3.     For the purposes of applying paragraph 2,                contract shall be awarded to any tenderer whose tender
licences issued in connection with this invitation to           indicates a rate of refund equal to or less than such
tender shall bear, in space 19, a statement of the last         maximum export refund and to any tenderer who has
day of validity calculated in accordance with the provi­        tendered for an export levy.
sions of the first subparagraph of paragraph 2. They
shall also bear, in space 1 8 , a statement of the last day     Where a minimum export levy is fixed, a contract
of validity calculated in accordance with the provisions        shall be awarded to any tenderer whose tender indi­
of the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 ; for this            cates a rate of levy equal to or greater than such
purpose, one of the following statements shall be               minimum export levy.
entered in space 18 :
                                                                                        Article 6
— 'In case of export to the People's Republic of
     China, last day of validity :             , Regulation     Tenders    submitted   must     reach  the  Commission
    (EEC) No 1257/83.'                                          through the intermediary Member States, at the latest
                                                                one and a half hours after expiry of the period for the
— "Sidste gyldighedsdag ved udførsel til Den kine­              weekly submission of tenders as specified in the notice
    siske Folkerepublik :           , Forordning (EØF) nr.      of invitation to tender. They must be communicated
     1257/ 83 .'
                                                                in the form indicated in the Annex .
— 'Letzter Gültigkeitstag bei Ausfuhr in die Volksre­
                                                                If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform
     publik China :           , Verordnung (EWG) Nr.            the Commission of this within the time limit indi­
     1257/ 83 .'
                                                                cated in the preceding paragraph .
— ' Σε περίπτωση εξαγωγής προς τη Λαϊκή Δημο­
     κρατία της Κίνας, τελευταία ημέρα ισχύος :
           , Κανονισμός ( ΕΟΚ ) αριθ. 1257/83 .'                                        Article 7
— 'En cas d'exportation vers la république populaire            The time limits fixed for the submission of tenders
     de Chine, dernier jour de validité :           , règle­    shall correspond to Belgian time.
     ment (CEE) n0 1257/83 .'
— ' In caso di esportazione verso la Repubblica popo­                                   Article 8
     lare di Cina, ultimo giorno di validità :        , rego­
     lamento (CEE) n . 1257/83.'                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
(') OJ No L 388 , 13 . 12. 1980, p. 1 .                          European Communities.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 20 May 1983 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                          ANNEX
            Weekly tender for the levy/refund for the export of common wheat to countries of
            Zones I, Ila, III, IV a) and b), V, VI, VII, the German Democratic Republic and the Iberian
                                                         Peninsula
                                  (Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time))
                                                              I
                        1                    2                                     3
             Number of tenderer           Quantity                      Amount of export levy
                                         in tonnes                  in national currency per tonne
                       1
                      2
                      3
                      4
                      5
                     etc .
                                                             II
                       1                     2                                     3
             Number of tenderer          Quantity                      Amount of export refund
                                        in tonnes                   in national currency per tonne
                      1
                      2
                      3
                      4
                      5
                     etc .