CELEX: 31997R2545
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-17 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2545/97 of 17 December 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1883/97 opening an invitation to tender for the refund or the tax for the export of common wheat to Ceuta, Melilla and certain ACP States

18 . 12. 97          I EN 1            Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 347/33
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2545/97
                                                   of 17 December 1997
                   amending Regulation (EC) No 1883/97 opening an invitation to tender for the
                   refund or the tax for the export of common wheat to Ceuta, Melilla and certain
                                                          ACP States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         weekly awards shall be made for which the quantities
                                                                    and time limits for the submission of tenders shall be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               as prescribed in the notice of invitation to tender.';
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92             2. Article 4 ( 1 ) is replaced by the following:
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),                                      '1 .    Tenders shall only be admissible if:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1501 /95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed               — the tenderer provides written proof from an official
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No                 body in Ceuta, Melilla or in the ACP country of
1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and                 destination or a company having its overseas subsi­
the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on                  diary in Ceuta, Melilla or the said country, that he
the market for cereals f), as last amended by Regulation                 has concluded for the quantity in question a
(EC) No 2052/97 (4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,                commercial supply contract for common wheat for
                                                                         export to Ceuta, Melilla, to an ACP State or to
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 883/97 (^                        several States within one of the groups of ACP
                                                                         states listed in Annex I. That contract may cover
opens an invitation to tender relating to the export of                  only those deliveries to be made during the
common wheat to Ceuta, Melilla and certain ACP States;
                                                                         1997/98 marketing year for quantities traditionally
                                                                         supplied; such proof shall be lodged with the
Whereas for economical reasons, it is appropriate to                     competent authorities at least two working days
extend the period during which this invitation to tender                 before the date of the partial invitation to tender
remains open; whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No                    against which the tender is to be submitted,
1883 /97 must therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are             — they are accompanied by an application for an
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                         export licence for the destination in question .
Committee for Cereals,
                                                                     The proof provided for in the first indent shall also
                                                                     indicate the quality provided for in the contract, the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                         time limit for delivery and the price terms.
                            Article 1                                The Member State shall send the Commission a copy
                                                                     of the said proof forthwith, for information.'
Regulation (EC) No 1883/97 is hereby amended as
follows :
 1 . Article 1 (3) is replaced by the following:
     '3 .  The invitation shall remain open until 26                                        Article 2
     February 1998 . During the period of its validity,
(') OJ L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
j1) OJ L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.                                  publication in the Official Journal of the European
(4) OJ L 287, 21 . 10 . 1997, p. 14.
h) OJ L 265, 27. 9. 1997, p. 69.                                  Communities.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States .
         Done at Brussels, 17 December 1997 .
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                            Member of the Commission