CELEX: 31984R1447
Language: en
Date: 1984-05-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1447/84 of 25 May 1984 opening an invitation to tender for the levy and/or refund for the export of common wheat to countries of zones I, II a), III, IV a) and b), V, VI, VII, the German Democratic Republic and the Iberian Peninsula

No L 140/ 12                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              26. 5. 84
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1447/84
                                                        of 25 May 1984
                opening an invitation to tender for die levy and/or refund for the export of
                common wheat to countries of zones I, II a), III, IV a) and b), V, VI, VII, the
                             German Democratic Republic and the Iberian Peninsula
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    security of 12 ECU per tonne when they submit their
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      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
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      period of validity of the licences issued should be
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                  identical ; whereas, however, a special period of validity
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by           should be laid down for exports to the People's
 Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2),                                 Republic of China ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas, in order to ensure the smooth operation of
 2747/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules              the tendering procedure, it is appropriate to prescribe
 to be applied in the event of the cereals market being            a minimum quantity to be tendered for and a time
 disturbed (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No             limit and form for the communication of tenders
 2560/77 (4), and in particular Article 2 (1 ) thereof,            submitted to the competent authorities ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas, the measures provided for in this Regulation
 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules              are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for           Committee for Cereals,
 fixing the amount of such refunds (*), and in particular
Article 5 thereof,
Whereas, in view of the current situation on the                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 cereals market, an invitation should be opened in
 respect of common wheat to tender for the export levy                                      Article 1
 provided for in the first indent of Article 2 ( 1 ) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75 and/or for the export                   1 . Tenders shall be invited for the export levy
refund provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)               provided for in the first indent of Article 2 ( 1 ) of
 No 2746/75 ; whereas, in order to ensure supply, the              Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75 and/or the export
invitation to tender for export should be limited to               refund provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)
zones I, II a), III, IV a) and b), V, VI, VII, the German          No 2746/75.
Democratic Republic and the Iberian Peninsula ;
                                                                   2.    The invitation to tender shall relate to common
Whereas the detailed procedural rules governing
invitations to tender are, as regards the fixing of the            wheat for export to the countries of zones I, II a), III,
export levy, laid down in Commission Regulation                    IV a) and b), V, VI, VII, the German Democratic
(EEC) No 3130/73 (6), as amended by Regulations                    Republic and the Iberian Peninsula.
(EEC) No 278/75Q and (EEC) No 771 /75 (8), and, as                 3. The invitation shall remain open until 30 May
regards the fixing of the export refund, in Commission             1985. During this period weekly awards shall be made,
Regulation (EEC) No 279/75 ('), as amended by Regu­                for which the quantities and the time limits for the
lation (EEC) No 2944/78 (10) ; whereas the commit­                 submission of tenders shall be as prescribed in the
ments on the part of the tenderer include an obliga­               notice of invitation to tender.
tion to lodge an application for an export licence ;
whereas compliance with this obligation may be
ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge a tendering                                         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.
0 OJ    No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 82.
(4) OJ  No L 303, 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .
0 OJ    No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .                                                   Article 3
(6) 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
(») 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
(10) 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. 1447/84.
 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 18 , 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 1447/84.'                                        through the intermediary Member States, at the latest
— 'Sidste gyldighedsdag ved udførsel til Den kine­             one and a half hours after expiry of the period for the
                                                               weekly submission of tenders as specified in the notice
     siske Folkerepublik :         , Forordning (EØF) nr.
     1447/84.'                                                 of invitation to tender. They must be communicated
                                                               in the form indicated in the Annex.
— 'Letzter Gültigkeitstag bei Ausfuhr in die Volks­
     republik China :           , Verordnung (EWG) Nr.         If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform
     1447/ 84.'                                                the Commission of this within the time limit indi­
                                                               cated in the preceding paragraph.
— 'Σε περίπτωση εξαγωγής προς τη Λαϊκή Δημο­
     κρατία της Κίνας, τελευταία ημέρα ισχύος :
           , Κανονισμός ( ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 1447/84.'                                         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) n° 1447/84.
— ' In caso di esportazione verso la Repubblica popo­                                  Article 8
     lare di Cina, ultimo giorno di validità :
     Regolamento (CEE) n. 1447/84.                             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, 25 May 1984.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                           ANNEX
           Weekly tender for the levy and/or refund for the export of common wheat to countries of
           zones I, II a), 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            ll
                     4
                     5            II
                    etc.
                                  \\
                                                              II
                      1                      2                                     3
             Number of tenderer           Quantity                     Amount of export refund
                                         in tonnes                  in national currency per tonne
                      1           ||
                     2            ll
                     3
                     4            ||
                      5           ||
                    etc.
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