CELEX: 31980R1431
Language: en
Date: 1980-06-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1431/80 of 6 June 1980 on an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to Zones I, IIb, V, VI and VIIa

7. 6. 80                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 143/ 13
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1431 /80
                                                          of 6 June 1980
              on an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to
                                                   Zones I , lib, V, VI and Vila
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                         are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      ment Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals (!), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1547/79 (2),                                                               Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          1 . Tenders shall be invited for the export refund
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general                        provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
rules for granting export refunds on cereals and                      2746/75.
criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and
in particular Article 5 thereof,                                      2.    The invitation to tender shall relate to common
                                                                     wheat for export to Zones I, lib, V, VI and Vila, as
Whereas there is an exportable surplus of common
                                                                      defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 24/77.
wheat on the Community market ; whereas, so that it
can be exported under the most favourable conditions,
an invitation to tender for the export refund should be               3. The invitation shall remain open until 30 June
opened ; whereas, for the sake of better control over                 1981 . During this period weekly awards shall be
the refund amount to be granted and the quantities to                 made, the time limits for the submission of tenders to
be exported, the invitation to tender should be                       be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to tender.
restricted to exports to Zones I, lib, V, VI and Vila as
defined in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 1 1 24/77 (4) ;                                                                              Article 2
Whereas detailed rules for the application of the                     A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount
system of tendering for fixing export refunds have                    of not less than 1 000 tonnes.
been adopted in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
279/75 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2944/78 (6) ; whereas among the obligations of                                                  Article 3
tenderers is that of lodging an application for an
export licence ; whereas compliance with this obliga­                 The tendering security referred to in Article 3 of Regu­
tion may be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge a                 lation (EEC) No 279/75 shall be 12 ECU per tonne .
tendering security of 12 ECU per tonne when they
submit their tenders ;
                                                                                                Article 4
Whereas, in order to ensure equal treatment to all
concerned, it is necessary to specify that all licences
issued be valid for equal lengths of time ;                           1 . By way of derogation from the provisions of
                                                                      Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 193/75 (7), export
Whereas, for the proper running of an invitation to                   licences issued under Article 8 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
tender for export refunds, a minimum representative                   No 279/75 shall, for the purpose of determining their
quantity must be specified and the time limit and                     period of validity, be deemed to have been issued on
form of communication of the tenders submitted to                     the day on which the tender was submitted.
the competent authorities ;
                                                                      2.    Export licences issued in connection with this
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                             invitation to tender shall be valid from their date of
(*) OJ  No  L 188 , 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 .                               issue, as defined in the previous paragraph, until the
(}) OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78.                             end of the fourth month following that of issue.
(♦) OJ  No  L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53 .
(s) OJ  No  L 31 , 5. 2. 1975, p. 8.
(») OJ  No  L 351 , 15. 12. 1978 , p. 16.                             (7) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 10 .
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                        Article 5                               — brought forward by one hour in Ireland and the
                                                                    United Kingdom during the period in which
The tenders submitted must reach the Commission
                                                                    summer time does not apply in those Member
through the intermediary of Member States at the                    States,
latest one and a half hours after expiry of the period
for the weekly submission of tenders as specified in            — extended by one hour in the other Member States
the notice of invitation to tender. They must be                    when the latter are applying summer time.
communicated in the form indicated in the Annex.
If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform
the Commission of this within the time limit indi­
cated in the preceding paragraph .                                                         Article 7
                         Article 6
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
The time limits fixed for the submission of tenders             following its publication in the Official Journal of
shall be :                                                       the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 6 June 1980.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
                                                         ANNEX
             Weekly tender lor the refund for the export of common wheat to Zones I, lib, V, VI and
                                                           Vila
                                    Time limit for the submission of tenders (date/time)
                        1                    2                                     3
                   Number of              Quantity            Amount of export refund in national currency
                     tender              in tonnes                             per tonne
                        1
                        2
                        3                              \
                        4                              \
                        5                              \
                      etc.
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