CELEX: 31987R3208
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3208/87 of 27 October 1987 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of maize to countries of zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII, the German Democratic Republic and the Canary Islands

28 . 10 . 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 306/ 15
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3208 /87
                                                          of 27 October 1987
                  opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of maize to
                   countries of zones I , II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII, the German Democratic
                                                  Republic and the Canary Islands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            from the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 279/75 on
                                                                       the period that must elapse between the date of publica­
                                                                       tion and the first closing date for the submission of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  tenders ;
Economic Community,
                                                                       Whereas, in order to ensure the smooth operation of the
                                                                       tendering procedure, it is appropriate to prescribe a
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  minimum quantity to be tendered for and a time limit
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                  and form for the communication of tenders submitted to
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            the competent authorities ;
 No 1900/87 (2),
                                                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                       in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2746/75                 Committee for Cereals,
 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for granting
 export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing the
 amount of such refunds (3), and in particular Article 5
 thereof,
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas, in view of the current situation on the cereals
 market, an invitation should be opened in respect of                                             Article 1
 maize to tender for the export refund provided for in
 Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas, in
 order to ensure supply, the invitation to tender for export            1 . Tenders shall be invited for the export refund
 should be limited to zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and              provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75.
 VIII, the German Democratic Republic and the Canary
 Islands ;                                                              2.    The invitation to tender shall relate to maize for
                                                                        export to the countries of zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
                                                                        and VIII, the German Democratic Republic and the
 Whereas the detailed procedural rules governing invita­                Canary Islands as defined in Annex I to Commission
 tions to tender are, as regards the fixing of the export               Regulation (EEC) No 11 24/77 (6).
 refund, in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 279/75 (4), as
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2788 /86 (*) ;
                                                                        3 . The invitation shall remain open until 24 March
 whereas the commitments on the part of the tenderer
                                                                        1988 . During this period weekly awards shall be made, for
 include an obligation to lodge an application for an                   which the quantities and the time limits for the submis­
 export licence ; whereas compliance with this obligation               sion of tenders shall be as prescribed in the notice of invi­
 may be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge a tende­                tation to tender.
 ring security of 12 ECU per tonne when they submit
 their tenders :
                                                                                                  Article 2
 Whereas, in order to ensure that all those concerned are
  treated equally, it is necessary to lay down that the period          A tender shall be valid only if it related to an amount of
  of validity of the licences issued should be identical ;              not less than 1 000 tonnes .
  Whereas, since the interested parties are already aware of
  the terms of the invitation, a derogation may be made                                           Article 3
  (') OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                              The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
  (2) OJ  No L  182, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 40 .                               No 279/75 shall be 12 ECU per tonne.
  (3) OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .
  (4) OJ  No L 31 , 5. 2. 1975, p. 8 .
  (*) OJ  No L  257, 10 . 9 . 1986, p. 32 .                             (6) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977, p. 53 .
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                            Article 4                                                          Article 6
1 . Notwithstanding Article 21 ( 1 ) of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 ('), export licences issued               Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through
under Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 279/75 shall,            the intermediary Member States, at the latest one and a
for the purpose of determining their period of validity, be           half hours after expiry of the period for the weekly
deemed to have been issued on the day on which the                    submission of tenders as specified in the notice of invita­
tender was submitted .                                                tion to tender. They must be communicated in the form
                                                                      indicated in the Annex .
2.     Export licences issued in connection with the invita­
tion to tender pursuant to this Regulation shall be valid
from their date of issue, as defined in paragraph 1 , until           If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform the
                                                                      Commission of this within the time limit indicated in the
the end of the fourth month following that of issue.
                                                                      preceding paragraph .
                            Article 5
 1 . Notwithstanding Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                                               Article 7
279/75, the Commission shall decide, under the proce­
dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 :                                                             The time limits fixed for the submission of tenders shall
— to fix a maximum export refund, taking account in                   correspond to Belgian time.
     particular of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3
     of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75, or
— to make no award .                                                                           Article 8
2. Where a maximum export refund is fixed, a contract
shall be awarded to any tenderer whose tender indicates a             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
rate of refund equal to or less than such maximum export              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
refund .                                                               European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 27 October 1987.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 338 , 13 . 12 . 1980 , p. 1 .
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                                                      ANNEX
             Weekly tender for the refund for the export of maize to countries of zones I, II, III, IV, V,
                  VI, VII and VIII, the German Democratic Republic and the Canary Islands
                                Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time)
                      1                 2                                    3
                   Number            Quantity                     Amount of export refund
                 of tenderer        in tonnes                        in ECU per tonne
                      1
                      2
                                                 I
                      3
                                                 I
                     etc.
                                                 I