CELEX: 32000R1740
Language: en
Date: 2000-08-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1740/2000 of 4 August 2000 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of rye to all third countries

5.8.2000                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                        L 199/3
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1740/2000
                                                            of 4 August 2000
                 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of rye to all third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                                             Article 1
                                                                          1.     Tenders shall be invited for the export refund provided
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/                  2.     The tendering procedure shall concern rye for export to
2000 (2),                                                                 all third countries.
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of                 3.     The invitation shall remain open until 17 May 2001.
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the                   During this period weekly awards shall be made, for which the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the                 quantities and the time limits for the submission of tenders
granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be              shall be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to tender.
taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98 (4), and in                 Notwithstanding Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95,
particular Article 4 thereof,                                             the time limit for the submission of tenders for the first partial
                                                                          invitation to tender shall be 10 August 2000.
Whereas:
                                                                                                       Article 2
(1)     In view of the current situation on the cereals market, an
        invitation should be opened, in respect of rye to tender          A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount of not
        for the export refund provided for in Article 4 of Regu-          less than 1 000 tonnes.
        lation (EC) No 1501/95.
                                                                                                       Article 3
(2)     The detailed procedural rules governing invitations to
        tender as regards the fixing of the export refund, are laid       The security referred to in Article 5(3a) of Regulation (EC) No
        down in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. The commit-                   1501/95 shall be EUR 12 per tonne.
        ments on the part of the tenderer include an obligation
        to lodge an application for an export licence. Compli-
        ance with this obligation may be ensured by requiring                                          Article 4
        tenderers to lodge a tendering security of EUR 12 per
        tonne when they submit their tenders.                             1.     Notwithstanding Article 21(1) of Commission Regulation
                                                                          (EEC) No 3719/88 (5), laying down common detailed rules for
(3)     It is necessary to provide for a specific period of validity      the application of the system of import and export licences and
        for licences issued under that invitation to tender. That         advance. Fixing certificates for agricultural products: export
        period of validity must meet the needs of the world               licences issued under Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/
        market for the 2000/2001 marketing year.                          95 shall, for the purpose of determining their period of
                                                                          validity, be deemed to have been issued on the day on which
                                                                          the tender was submitted.
(4)     In order to ensure that all those concerned are treated
        equally, it is necessary to lay down that the period of           2.     Export licences issued in connection with the invitations
        validity of the licences issued should be identical.              to tender pursuant to this Regulation shall be valid from their
                                                                          date of issue, as defined in paragraph 1, until the end of the
(5)     In order to ensure the smooth operation of the export             fourth month following that of issue.
        tendering procedure it is appropriate to prescribe a
        minimum quantity to be tendered for and a time limit
        and form for the communication of tenders submitted                                            Article 5
        to the competent authorities.
                                                                          1.     The Commission shall decide, pursuant to the procedure
                                                                          laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92:
(6)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
        accordance with the opinion of the Management                     — to fix a minimum export tax, taking into account in partic-
        Committee for Cereals,                                                ular the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
                                                                              No 1501/95, or
(1) OJ L  181,  1.7.1992, p. 21.                                          — to make no award.
(2) OJ L  193,  29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L  147,  30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L  313,  21.11.1998, p. 16.                                        (5) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
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2.    Where a maximum export refund is fixed, the contract               If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform the
shall be awarded to the tenderer or tenderers whose bids are             Commission of this within the time limit indicated in the
equal to or lower than the maximum refund.                               preceding paragraph.
                                                                                                     Article 7
                            Article 6
                                                                         The time limits fixed for the submission of tenders shall corre-
Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the                  spond to Belgian time.
intermediary Member States, at the latest one and a half hours
after expiry of the period for the weekly submission of tenders                                      Article 8
as specified in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be
communicated in the form indicated in Annex I, to the telex or           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
fax numbers in Annex II.                                                 publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                     Done at Brussels, 4 August 2000.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                     Pedro SOLBES MIRA
                                                                                 Member of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX I
                          Weekly tender for the refund for the export of rye to all third countries
                                                  [Regulation (EC) No 1740/2000]
                                        (Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time))
                            1                                       2                                        3
                     Number of tenderer                     Quantity in tonnes              Amount of export refund in EUR/tonne
                            1
                            2
                            3
                           etc.
                                                               ANNEX II
         The only numbers to use to call Brussels (DG AGRI-C-1) are:
         — telex:        22037 AGREC B,
                         22070 AGREC B (Greek characters),
         — fax:          296 49 56,
                         295 25 15.