CELEX: 31985R2813
Language: en
Date: 1985-10-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2813/85 of 8 October 1985 on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled long grain rice to certain third countries

No L 266/8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             9 . 10 . 85
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2813/85
                                                       of 8 October 1985
              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 1 124/77 (*), as last amended by
COMMUNITIES,                                                       Regulation (EEC) No 3634/83 Q.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
Economic Community,                                                75 000 tonnes of wholly milled long grain rice.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 27
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                 February 1986. 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 1025/84 (2), and in particular Article 5
                                                                   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 200 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 1985/86                                          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            1 . Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 (1 )
to limit the quantities of rice benefiting from the                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                 purposes of determining their period of validity, be
be fixed by tendering procedure ;                                  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 (*), 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.
                            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 .
0   OJ No   L 107, 19 .   4. 1984, p. 13 .
(3) OJ No   L 166, 25.    6. 1976, p. 36.
0   OJ No   L 61 , 7. 3 .  1975, p. 25.                            f6) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53 .
0   OJ No   L 365, 31 .   12. 1980, p. 15.                         0 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 31 October
laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No                         1985 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 27 February 1986.
     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, 8 October 1985.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                       Vice-President
                                                                ANNEX
               Weekly invitation to tender for the refund 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 .