CELEX: 32000R2282
Language: en
Date: 2000-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2282/2000 of 13 October 2000 opening an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to certain European third countries

L 260/10                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      14.10.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2282/2000
                                                            of 13 October 2000
                opening an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long
                                          grain A rice to certain European third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                                             Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22                 1.     An invitation to tender is opened for the refund on
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in                 export of wholly milled, medium grain and long grain A rice
rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000 (2),            falling within CN codes 1006 30 63, 1006 30 65, 1006 30 94
and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,                                  and 1006 30 96, as referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EC)
                                                                          No 3072/95, to Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the
Whereas:                                                                  Czech Republic, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia.
(1)      Examination of the balance sheet shows that exportable           2.     The invitation to tender referred to in paragraph 1 shall
         amounts of rice are currently held by producers. This            be open until 28 June 2001. During that period weekly invita-
         situation could affect the normal development of                 tions to tender shall be issued and the date for submission of
         producer prices during the 2000/01 marketing year.               tenders shall be determined in the notice of invitation to
                                                                          tender.
(2)      In order to remedy this situation, it is appropriate to
         make use of export refunds to zones which may be                 3.     The invitation to tender shall take place in accordance
         supplied by the Community. The special situation of the          with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 and with
         rice market makes it necessary to limit the refunds, and         the following provisions.
         therefore to apply Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No
         3072/95 enabling the refund amount to be fixed by
         tendering procedure.
                                                                                                       Article 2
(3)      It should be stated that the provisions of Commission
         Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March 1975 laying                A tender shall be admissible only if it covers a quantity for
         down detailed rules for the application of the system of         export of at least 50 tonnes but not more than 3 000 tonnes.
         tendering for export refunds on rice (3), as last amended
         by Regulation (EC) No 299/95 (4), apply to this invita-
         tion to tender.                                                                               Article 3
(4)      In order to avoid disturbances on the markets of the             The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
         producing countries, the invitation to tender should be          584/75 shall be EUR 30 per tonne.
         limited to certain countries.
(5)      Pursuant to Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC)                                          Article 4
         No 2808/98 of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed
         rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for         1.     Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 23(1) of
         the euro in agriculture (5), as amended by Regulation            Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (7), export licences
         (EC) No 1410/1999 (6), amounts quoted in tenders                 issued under this invitation to tender shall, for the purposes of
         submitted in response to invitations to tender organised         determining their period of validity, be considered as having
         under an instrument forming part of the common agri-             been issued on the day the tender was submitted.
         cultural policy must be expressed in euro. Article 5(1) of
         that Regulation provides that in such cases the operative
                                                                          2.     The licences shall be valid from their date of issue, within
         event for the agricultural exchange rate is the final day
                                                                          the meaning of paragraph 1, until the end of the fourth month
         for the submission of tenders. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of
                                                                          following that date.
         that Article specify the operative events applicable to
         advances and securities.
(6)      The measures provided for in this Regulation are in                                           Article 5
         accordance with the opinion of the Management
         Committee for Cereals,                                           Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the
                                                                          Member States not later than one and a half hours after expiry
(1) OJ  L  329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.                                        of the deadline for weekly submission of tenders as laid down
(2) OJ  L  193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.                                          in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be transmitted
(3) OJ  L  61, 7.3.1975, p. 25.                                           in accordance with the table given in the Annex.
(4) OJ  L  35, 15.2.1995, p. 8.
(5) OJ  L  349, 24.12.1998, p. 36.
(6) OJ  L  164, 30.6.1999, p. 53.                                         (7) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
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If no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall inform the          — or not to take any action on the tenders.
Commission accordingly within the same deadline as that given
in the above subparagraph.                                               2.    Where a maximum export refund is fixed, an award shall
                                                                         be made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders are at or
                                                                         below the maximum export refund level.
                             Article 6
                                                                                                     Article 8
The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian time.
                                                                         The deadline for submission of tenders for the first partial
                                                                         invitation to tender shall be 10 a.m. on 26 October 2000.
                             Article 7
                                                                         The final date for submission of tenders is hereby fixed at 28
1.    On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission shall            June 2001.
decide in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95:                                                                    Article 9
— either to fix a maximum export refund, taking account of               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    the criteria laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No           following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
    3072/95,                                                             Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 13 October 2000.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                       Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
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                                                             ANNEX
         Weekly invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to
                                                certain European third countries
                                        Deadline for the submission of tenders (date/time)
                      1                         2                                           3
               Serial number               Quantities                           Amount of export refund
                of tenderers                in tonnes                              (in euro per tonne)
                      1
                      2
                      3
                      4
                      5
                     etc.