CELEX: 31978R1234
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1234/78 of 8 June 1978 on a standing invitation to tender for white sugar held by the Belgian intervention agency

No L 153/ 16                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              9 . 6. 78
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1234/78
                                                         of 8 June 1978
                on a standing invitation to tender for white sugar held by the Belgian interven­
                                                           tion agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas provision should be made for export licences
COMMUNITIES,                                                        to be valid for a period different from that laid down
                                                                    in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2990/76 of 9
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               December 1976 on special detailed rules for the appli­
Economic Community,                                                 cation of the system of import and export licences for
                                                                    sugar (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    278/77 (1°) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­
zation of the market in sugar (! ), as last amended by             Whereas, in order that the system of monetary
Regulation (EEC) No 705/78 (2), and in particular                   compensatory amounts can be satisfactorily applied
Articles 11 (3) and 12 (2) thereof,                                 from the economic point of view it is essential that
                                                                    the monetary coefficient be applied equally in the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        case where, under an invitation to tender concerning
974/71 of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of                        trade with third countries, the amounts indicated in
conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture                      the statement of award in respect of a given successful
following the temporary widening of the margins of                  tenderer are fixed in national currencies ; whereas, for
fluctuations for the currencies of certain Member                   this reason the coefficient referred to in Article 4 (3)
States (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1380/75 of 29
557/76 (4), and in particular Article 6 thereof ;                  May 1975 laying down detailed rules for the applica­
                                                                    tion of monetary compensatory amounts ( n), as last
                                                                   amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2505/77 ( 12) should
Whereas, in view of the problems created by the                    equally be applied on refunds awarded in national
storage of sugar offered to the Belgian intervention               currency under the present invitation to tender ;
agency, a standing invitation to tender should be
opened for the sale of the said sugar ; whereas the sale
should be for export ;                                             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Whereas the general and detailed rules for the sale of             ment Committee for Sugar,
intervention sugar by tender were laid down by
Council Regulation (EEC) No 447/68 of 9 April 1968
laying down general rules for intervention buying of
sugar (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1359/77 (6), and by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
258/72 of 3 February 1972 laying down detailed rules
concerning the sale by tender of sugar by intervention
agencies (7) ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas a minimum quantity per tender, appropriate
to the intended use but at the same time encouraging                1 . The Belgian intervention agency opens a
the participation of the greatest possible number of               standing invitation to tender for the sale for export of
prospective purchasers, should be prescribed ;                     white sugar which it holds. The invitation to tender
                                                                   shall be in respect of the export refunds on the said
Whereas the quality of the sugar to be sold falls                  sugar.
within the standard quality specified in Council Regu­
lation (EEC) No 793/72 of 17 April 1972 fixing the                 2. The standing invitation to tender shall relate to
standard quality for white sugar (8) ;                             the quantity of white sugar made up into one lot
                                                                   within the meaning of Article 2 (2) of Regulation
0) OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 .                              (EEC) No 258/72 and as indicated in the Annex
I2) OJ No L 94, 8. 4. 1978, p. 1 .                                 hereto .
(3) OJ  No  L  106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
(<) OJ  No  L  67, 15. 3. 1976, p. 1 .
(5) OJ  No  L  91 , 12. 4. 1968, p. 5.                             (9) OJ No L 341 , 10. 12. 1976, p. 14.
(«) OJ  No  L  156, 25. 6. 1977, p. 7.                             (10) OJ No L 39, 10. 2. 1977, p. 17.
(7) OJ  No  L  31 , 4. 2. 1972, p. 22.                             (») OJ No L 139, 30. 5. 1975, p. 37.
(8) OJ  No  L  94, 21 . 4. 1972, p. 1 .                            (12) OJ No L 291 , 15. 11 . 1977, p. 15.
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                       Article 2                              the Annex hereto. The price for the lot is quoted,
                                                             bulk, ex storage depot, goods laden, including the
The standing invitation to tender and partial invita­         amount of levy referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tions thereunder shall be conducted in accordance
                                                              tion (EEC) No 1466/77 (*), but exclusive of internal
with the relevant provisions of Regulations (EEC) No          taxes .
447/68 and (EEC) No 258/72 and with the provisions
hereinafter set out.
                                                                                       Article 8
                       Article 3
                                                             The Belgian intervention agency shall each week, by
The standing invitation to tender shall remain open          displaying notices, publish particulars of the quantities
until the date of the partial award at which the refund      sold. In addition notices shall be displayed in those
is determined for the relevant lot or, as the case may        places at the Commission headquarters in Brussels, set
be, for the remaining part of the lot. The standing invi­    aside for the purpose .
tation shall thereupon automatically be closed from
that date .
                                                                                       Article 9
                       Article 4
                                                              1 . The provisions of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC)
By way of derogation from Article 5 (3) (b) of Regula­        No 2990/76 shall not apply to white sugar for export
tion (EEC) No 258/72, the time limit for the submis­         under the present standing invitation to tender.
sion of tenders shall expire on Wednesday, 14 June           2. The export licences issued pursuant to a partial
1978 at 9.30 a.m . (Belgian time).                           award shall be valid from the day of issue until 30
                                                             September 1978 .
                       Article 5
A tender shall not be valid unless it relates either to a    3 . By way of derogation from the first indent of
                                                             Article 8 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2990/76, the
quantity of at least 1 000 tonnes or to the entire
                                                             security for licences issued for the export of sugar
remaining quantity of the lot, where such quantity is
less than 1 000 tonnes .
                                                             covered by this Regulation shall be eight units of
                                                             account per 100 kilograms of white sugar.
                       Article 6                                                      Article 10
By way of derogation from Article 7 ( 1 ) (b) of Regula­     The coefficient referred to in Article 4 (3) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 258 /72, the security for tender shall be      tion (EEC) No 1380/75 shall equally be applicable to
three units of account per 100 kilograms of white            refunds awarded in national currency under the
sugar.                                                       present invitations to tender.
                       Article 7
                                                                                      Article 11
The price to be paid by the successful tenderer shall
be as fixed per 100 kilograms in respect of the lot in       This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 June 1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 8 June 1978 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                            Vice-President
                                                             (') OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 4.
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                            ANNEXE — ANHANG — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE — ANNEX — BILAG
        Référence du lot          Entreposeur et lieu d'entreposage   Quantité (t)    Dénomination qualitative  Présentation  Prix (UC/ 100 kg)
     Bezeichnung des Loses            Lagerhalter und Lagerort         Menge (t)       Qualitätsbezeichnung     Verpackung    Preis (RE/ 1 00 kg)
    Riferimento della partita   Immagazzinatore e luogo di deposito   Quantità (t)    Designazione qualitativa Presentazione Prezzo (UC/ 100 kg)
 Referentienummer van de partij       Depothouder, opslagplaats      Hoeveelheid (t)    Kwaliteitsaanduiding    Verpakking    Prijs (RE/ 100 kg)
  Reference number of the lot        Storer and place of storage    Quantity (tonnes)   Quality description     Presentation  Price (u.a./ 100 kg)
       Partiets betegnelse          Lagerhaver og oplagringssted      Mængde (t)         Kvalitetsbetegnelse   Præsentation    Pris (RE/ 100 kg)
                B               Sucrerie de Warcoing,                   3 000                     2                Vrac             34,60
                                rue de la Sucrerie 1
                                à Warcoing