CELEX: 31978R2964
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2964/78 of 15 December 1978 on an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to Zones I, II, III, IV, V and VI

No L 352/26                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              16. 12. 78
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2964/78
                                                        of 15 December 1978
                on an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to Zones I, II,
                                                          III, IV, V and VI
 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,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2),                                                               Article 1
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          1 . Tenders shall be invited for the export refund
 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general                        provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
 rules for granting export refunds on cereals and                      2746/75.
 criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and
 in particular Article 5 thereof,                                     2. The invitation to tender shall relate to barley for
                                                                      export to Zones I, II, III, IV, V and VI as defined in
Whereas there is an exportable surplus of barley on                   Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77.
 the Community market ; whereas, so that it can be
 exported under the most favourable conditions, an                    3. The invitation shall remain open until 17 May
 invitation to tender for the export refund should be                  1979. During this period weekly awards shall be
 opened ; whereas, for the sake of better control over                made, the time limits for the submission of tenders to
 the refund amount to be granted and the quantities to                be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to tender.
be exported, the invitation to tender should be
 restricted to exports to Zones I, II, III, IV, V and VI as
 defined in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)                                              Article 2
 No 1 1 24/77 (4) ;
                                                                      A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount
Whereas detailed rules for the application of the                     of not less than 1 000 tonnes.
 system of tendering for fixing export refunds have
 been adopted in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 279/75 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                                                Article 3
2944/78 (6) ; whereas among the obligations of
tenderers is that of lodging an application for an
export licence ; whereas compliance with this obliga­                 The tendering security referred to in Article 3 of Regu­
tion may be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge a                 lation (EEC) No 279/75 shall be 10 units of account
tendering security of 10 units of account per tonne                   per tonne .
when they submit their tenders ;
Whereas, in order to ensure equal treatment to all                                              Article 4
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 193/75 (7), export
Whereas for the proper running of an invitation to                    licences issued under Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
tender for export refunds a minimum representative                    No 279/75 shall, for the purpose of determining their
quantity must be specified and the time limit and                     period of validity, be deemed to have been issued on
form of communication of the tenders submitted to                     the day on which the tender was submitted.
the competent authorities ;
                                                                      2.    Export licences issued in connection with this
(') OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            invitation to tender shall be valid from their date of
(2) OJ  No  L  156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 1 .                               issue, as defined in the previous paragraph, until the
(3) OJ   No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .
(4) OJ   No L  134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53.                              end of the fourth month following that of issue.
(5) OJ  No  L  31 , 5. 2. 1975, p. 8 .
(') OJ  No  L  351 , 15. 12. 1978 , p. 16.                            (7) 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 third 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, 15 December 1978 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
                                                          ANNEX
              Weekly tender for the refund for the export of barley to Zones I, II, III, IV, V and VI
                                     Time limit for the submission of tenders (date/time)
                          1                   2                                        3
                     Number of             Quantity               Amount of export refund in national currency
                       tender             in tonnes                                per tonne
                          1
                          2
                          3
                          4
                          5
                        etc.