CELEX: 31982R2416
Language: en
Date: 1982-09-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2416/82 of 3 September 1982 on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries

No L 258 /6                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               4. 9. 82
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2416/82
                                                       of 3 September 1982
              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                                       (EEC) No 1431 /76, for Zones I to VI of Annex I to
COMMUNITIES,                                                         Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (6).
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
Economic Community,                                                  1 5 000 tonnes of wholly milled round grain rice.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 28
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                   October 1982. During that period, weekly invitations
                                                                     to tender shall be issued and the date for submission
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                     of tenders shall be determined in the notice of invita­
(EEC) No 1871 /80 (2), and in particular Article 17                  tion to tender.
thereof,
                                                                     3 . The invitation to tender shall take place in accor­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         dance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for
                                                                     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 500 tonnes but not more than 10 000
substantial stocks of rice are currently held by produ­              tonnes .
cers ; whereas this situation may affect the normal
development of producer prices at the start of the                                           Article 3
marketing year which begins on 1 September 1982 ;
                                                                     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 20 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 )
                                                                     of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 , export licences
refunds, and therefore to apply Article 4 of Regulation              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
                                                                      invitation to tender. They must be transmitted in
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                        accordance with the table given in the Annex.
                                                                      If no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall
                             Article 1
                                                                      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                                          Article 6
(') OJ  No  L 166, 25 .   6 . 1976, p. 1 .                           The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian
(2) OJ  No  L 184, 17.    7. 1980, p . 1 .                            time .
(3) OJ  No  L 166, 25.    6. 1976, p. 36.
 4  OJ  No  L 61 , 7. 3 .  1975, p . 25 .
0   OJ  No  L 365, 31 .   12. 1980, p . 15.                           (6) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p . 53 .
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                            Article 7                                 whose tenders are at or below the maximum export
                                                                      refund level .
1.     On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commis­
sion shall decide in accordance with the procedure                                               Article 8
laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No
1418 /76 :                                                            The time limit for submission of tenders for the first
                                                                      partial invitation to tender shall expire on 9 September
— either to fix a maximum export refund, taking                       1982 at 11 a.m . The final date for submission of
    account of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and               tenders is hereby fixed at 28 October 1982.
    3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76,
                                                                                                 Article 9
— or not to take any action on the tenders.
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
2.     Where a maximum export refund is fixed, an                     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
award shall be made to the tenderer or tenderers                      European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 3 September 1982.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            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 national currency per tonne
                          1
                         2
                         3
                         4
                         5
                        etc.