CELEX: 31991R0003
Language: en
Date: 1991-01-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3/91 of 28 December 1990 on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries

3 . 1 . 91                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 1 /5
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3/91
                                                      of 28 December 1990
                   on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled round grain
                                                 rice to certain third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                         Article 1
Economic Community,
                                                                     1.    An invitation to tender is hereby opened, for the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                export refund referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC)
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                   No 1431 /76, for Zones I to VI and Zone VIII excluding
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             Guyana, Madagascar and Surinam, of Annex I to Regula­
No 1806/89 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,               tion (EEC) No 1124/77.
                                                                    2.     The invitation to tender shall be open until 20 June
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                1991 . During that period weekly invitations to tender
of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for granting              shall be issued and the date for submission of tenders
export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the amount           shall be determined in the notice of invitation to tender.
of such refunds (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
                                                                    3. The invitation to tender shall take place in accord­
Whereas examination of the balance sheet shows that                 ance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75
exportable amounts of rice are currently held by produ­             and with the following provisions.
cers ; whereas this situation could affect the normal
development of producer prices during the 1990/91                                             Article 2
marketing year ;
                                                                    A tender shall be valid only if it covers a quantity for
Whereas, in order to remedy this situation, it is appro­            export of at least 500 tonnes but not more than 5 000
                                                                    tonnes .
priate to make use of export refunds to zones which may
be supplied by the Community ; whereas the special situ­
ation of the rice market makes it necessary to limit the                                      Article 3
quantities of rice benefiting from the refunds, and there­
fore to apply Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76             The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
enabling the amount of refund to be fixed by tendering              No 584/75 shall be ECU 20 per tonne.
procedure ;
                                                                                              Article 4
Whereas it should be stated that the provisions of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March                    1 . Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 (1 ) of
1975 laying down detailed rules for the application of the          Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (8), export
system of tendering for export refunds on rice (4), as last         licences issued within this invitation to tender shall, for
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 409/90 (*), apply to this            the purposes of determining their period of validity, be
invitation to tender ;                                              considered as having been issued on the day the tender
                                                                    was submitted.
                                                                    2.     The licences shall be valid from their date of issue,
Whereas, in order to avoid disturbances on the markets of           within the meaning of paragraph 1 , until the end of the
the producing countries, the markets of destination                 third month following.
should be limited to Zones I to VI and Zone VIII,
excluding Guyana, Madagascar and Surinam, noted in                                            Article 5
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 24/77 (6), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3049/ 89 Q ;                         Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through
                                                                    the Member States not later than one and a half hours
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are            after expiry of the time limit for weekly submission of
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                    tenders as laid down in the notice of invitation to tender.
Committee for Cereals,                                              They must be transmitted in accordance with the table
                                                                    given in the Annex.
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 15*76, p. 1 .                               If no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall
(2) OJ   No L 177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                              inform the Commission accordingly within the same time
(4) OJ   No L 61 , 7. 3 . 1975, p. 25.                              limit as that given in the above subparagraph.
O   OJ   No L 43, 17. 2. 1990, p. 21 .
(6) OJ   No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53 .
o   OJ   No L 292, 11 . 10. 1989, p. 10.                            (8) OJ No L 331 , 2. 12. 1988, p. 1 .
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                            Article 6                                2.    Where a maximum export refund is fixed, an award
                                                                     shall be made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders
The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian time.           are at or below the maximum export refund level.
                                                                                                Article 8
                                                                     The time limit for submission of tenders for the first
                            Article 7
                                                                     partial invitation to tender shall expire on 17 January
                                                                     1991 at 10 a.m. (Belgian time).
1.    On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission
shall decide in accordance with the procedure laid down              The final date for submission of tenders is hereby fixed at
in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 :                       20 June 1991 .
— either to fix a maximum export refund, taking account                                         Article 9
    of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of Regula­         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
    tion (EEC) No 1431 /76,                                          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
— or not to take any action on the tenders.                          European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 28 December 1990.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                           Member of the Commission
                                                              ANNEX
                   Weekly invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled round grain rice to
                                                       certain third countries
                                       (Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time))
                               1                2                                     3
                        Serial number       Quantities                     Amount of export refund
                          of tenders        in tonnes                         in ecu per tonne
                               1
                               2
                                                         l
                               3
                               4
                               5
                              etc.