CELEX: 31989R3126
Language: en
Date: 1989-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3126/89 of 18 October 1989 on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to certain third countries

No L 301 / 14                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               19. 10. 89
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3126/89
                                                    of 18 October 1989
                   on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium
                                 grain and long grain A 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 21 June
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76            1990. 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 1989/90                                         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 50 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 ('), 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 379/89 (*), 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 11 24/77 (*), 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. 1976, p. 1 .                           If no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall
0   OJ  No L  177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .
0   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.
0   OJ  No L  44, 16. 2. 1989, p. 22.
(j OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1977, p. 53.
0 OJ No L 292, 11 . 10. 1989, p. 10 .                            0 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 9 November
                                                                       1989 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 :                         21 June 1990.
— 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, 18 October 1989.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
                   Weekly invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and
                                           long grain A 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.