CELEX: 32000R1701
Language: en
Date: 2000-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 of 31 July 2000 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to all third countries

L 195/18                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       1.8.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1701/2000
                                                             of 31 July 2000
               opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to all third
                                                                  countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                                             Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                1.     Tenders shall be invited for the export refund provided
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                     for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1510/
2000 (2),                                                                 2.     The tendering procedure shall concern common wheat
                                                                          for export to all third countries.
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the                   3.     The invitation shall remain open until 17 May 2001.
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the                 During this period weekly awards shall be made, for which the
granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be              quantities and the time limits for the submission of tenders
taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3),          shall be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to tender.
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98 (4), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,                                             Notwithstanding Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95,
                                                                          the time limit for the submission of tenders for the first partial
Whereas:                                                                  invitation to tender shall be 3 August 2000.
(1)     In view of the current situation on the cereals market, an
        invitation should be opened, in respect of common                                              Article 2
        wheat to tender for the export refund provided for in
        Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.                          A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount of not
                                                                          less than 1 000 tonnes.
(2)     The detailed procedural rules governing invitations to
        tender as regards the fixing of the export refund, are laid
        down in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. The commit-                                                Article 3
        ments on the part of the tenderer include an obligation
        to lodge an application for an export licence. Compli-            The security referred to in Article 5(3a) of Regulation (EC) No
        ance with this obligation may be ensured by requiring             1501/95 shall be EUR 12/t.
        tenderers to lodge a tendering security of EUR 12/t
        when they submit their tenders.
                                                                                                       Article 4
(3)     It is necessary to provide for a specific period of validity
        for licences issued under that invitation to tender. That         1.     Notwithstanding Article 21(1) of Commission Regulation
        period of validity must meet the needs of the world               (EEC) No 3719/88 (5), laying down common detailed rules for
        market for the 2000/2001 marketing year.                          the application of the system of import and export licences and
                                                                          advance fixing certificates for agricultural products, export
(4)     In order to ensure that all those concerned are treated           licences issued under Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/
        equally, it is necessary to lay down that the period of           95 shall, for the purpose of determining their period of
        validity of the licences issued should be identical.              validity, be deemed to have been issued on the day on which
                                                                          the tender was submitted.
(5)     In order to ensure the smooth operation of the export
        tendering procedure it is appropriate to prescribe a              2.     Export licences issued in connection with the invitations
        minimum quantity to be tendered for and a time limit              to tender pursuant to this Regulation shall be valid from their
        and form for the communication of tenders submitted               date of issue, as defined in paragraph 1, until the end of the
        to the competent authorities.                                     fourth month following that of issue.
(6)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
        accordance with the opinion of the Management                                                  Article 5
        Committee for Cereals,
                                                                          1.     The Commission shall decide, pursuant to the procedure
(1) OJ L  181,  1.7.1992, p. 21.                                          laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92:
(2) OJ L  174,  13.7.2000, p. 11.
(3) OJ L  147,  30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L  313,  21.11.1998, p. 16.                                        (5) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
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— to fix a maximum export refund, taking account in partic-               communicated in the form indicated in Annex I, to the telex or
    ular of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC)        fax numbers in Annex II.
    No 1501/95,
                                                                          If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform the
— to make no award.                                                       Commission of this within the time limit indicated in the
2.    Where a maximum export refund is fixed, the contract                preceding paragraph.
shall be awarded to the tenderer or tenderers whose bids are
equal to or lower than the maximum refund.                                                            Article 7
                                                                          The time limits fixed for the submission of tenders shall corre-
                               Article 6                                  spond to Belgian time.
Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the                                               Article 8
intermediary Member States, at the latest one and a half hours
after expiry of the period for the weekly submission of tenders           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
as specified in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be          publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 31 July 2000.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                      Pedro SOLBES MIRA
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX I
                    Weekly tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to all third countries
                                                 [Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000]
                                       (Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time))
                           1                                       2                                       3
                    Number of tenderer                     Quantity in tonnes                Amount of export refund in EUR/t
                           1
                           2
                           3
                          etc.
                                                              ANNEX II
         The only numbers to use to call Brussels (DG AGRI-C-1) are:
         — telex        22037 AGREC B,
                        22070 AGREC B (Greek characters),
         — fax          296 49 56,
                        295 25 15.