CELEX: 31984R3402
Language: en
Date: 1984-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3402/84 of 3 December 1984 on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled long grain rice to certain third countries

4. 12. 84                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 314/ 17
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3402/84
                                                          of 3 December 1984
               on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled long grain
                                                    rice to certain third countries
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      > Regulation (EEC) No 11 24/77 (6), as last amended by
 COMMUNITIES,                                                           Regulation (EEC) No 3634/83 (7).
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
 Economic Community,                                                    50 000 tonnes of wholly milled long grain rice.
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 30
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                    May 1985. During that period weekly invitations to
                                                                        tender shall be issued and the date for submission of
 of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                        tenders shall be determined in the notice of invitation
 (EEC) No 1 025/84 (2), and in particular Article 5
                                                                        to tender.
 thereof,
                                                                        3. The invitation to tender shall take place in accor­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for
                                                                       dance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        584/75 and with the following provisions.
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing
 the amount of such refunds (3), and in particular                                              Article 2
Article 4 thereof,
                                                                       A tender shall be valid only if it covers a quantity for
Whereas examination of the balance sheet shows that
                                                                        export of at least 250 tonnes but not more than 5 000
 substantial stocks of rice are currently held by produ­                tonnes .
 cers ; whereas this situation may affect the normal
 development of producer prices during the 1984/85                                              Article 3
 marketing year ;
                                                                       The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
Whereas, in order to remedy this situation, it is appro­               (EEC) No 584/75 shall be 50 ECU per tonne.
 priate to make use of export refunds to zones which
 may be supplied by the Community ; whereas the                                                 Article 4
 special situation of the rice market makes it necessary
 to limit the quantities of rice benefiting from the                    1 . Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 ( 1 )
 refunds, and therefore to apply Article 4 of Regulation
                                                                       of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80, export licences
                                                                       issued within this invitation to tender shall, for the
(EEC) No 1431 /76 enabling the amount of refund to
be fixed by tendering procedure ;
                                                                       purposes of determining their period of validity, be
                                                                       considered as having been issued on the day the
Whereas it should be stated that the provisions of                     tender was submitted .
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March                       2.    The licences shall be valid from their date of
 1975 laying down detailed rules for the application of                issue, within the meaning of paragraph 1 , until the
 the system of tendering for export refunds on rice (4),               end of the third month following.
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3491 /80 (5), apply
to this invitation to tender ;                                                                 Article 5
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                   Tenders     submitted   must    reach  the  Commission
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management                   through the Member States not later than one and a
Committee for Cereals,                                                 half hours after expiry of the time limit for weekly
                                                                       submission of tenders as laid down in the notice of
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                       invitation to tender. They must be transmitted in
                                                                       accordance with the table given in the Annex.
                              Article 1                                If no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall
                                                                       inform the Commission accordingly within the same
 1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened, for the                 time limit as that given in the above subparagraph.
export refund referred to in Article 4 of Regulation
(EEC) No 1431 /76, for zones I to VI of Annex I to                                             Article 6
                                                                       The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian
(■) OJ  No  L  166, 25.    6 . 1976, p. 1 .                            time.
(2) OJ  No  L  107, 19 .   4. 1984, p. 13 .
0   OJ  No  L  166, 25.    6 . 1976, p. 36 .
(4) OJ  No  L  61 , 7. 3 .  1575, p. 25.                               (6) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53 .
O   OJ  No  L  365, 31 .   12. 1980 , p. 15 .                          O OJ No L 360, 23 . 12. 1983, p. 21 .
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                             Article 7                                                             Article 8
1.    On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commis­                    The time limit for submission of tenders for the first
sion shall decide in accordance with the procedure                      partial invitation to tender shall expire on 20
laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No                          December 1984 at 10 a.m . (Belgian time).
1418 /76 :
— either to fix a maximum export refund, taking                         The final date for submission of tenders is hereby
    account of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and                 fixed at 30 May 1985.
    3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76,
— or not to take any action on the tenders.
                                                                                                   Article 9
2.    Where a maximum export refund is fixed, an
award shall be made to the tenderer or tenderers                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
whose tenders are at or below the maximum export                        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
refund level .                                                          European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 3 December 1984 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                                 ANNEX
               Weekly invitation to tender for the rfefund on export of wholly milled long 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 national currency per tonne
                           1
                           2
                           3
                           4
                           5
                          etc .