CELEX: 31999R2179
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2179/1999 of 14 October 1999 opening an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled, medium grain and long grain A rice to certain third countries

15. 10. 1999            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                         L 267/13
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2179/1999
                                                            of 14 October 1999
                opening an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled, medium grain and long
                                                grain A rice to certain third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       that Article specify the operative events applicable to
                                                                                  advances and securities.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                (6)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
                                                                                  accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                                  Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (2), and
in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas:
(1)      Examination of the balance sheet shows that exportable                                        Article 1
         amounts of rice are currently held by producers. This
         situation could affect the normal development of                 1.     An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the refund
         producer prices during the 1999/2000 marketing year.             on export of wholly milled, medium grain and long grain A
                                                                          rice for Zones I to VI (except Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
                                                                          Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Turkey) and for Zone
(2)      In order to remedy this situation, it is appropriate to          VIII (except Guyana, Madagascar and Suriname), as specified in
         make use of export refunds to zones which may be                 the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.
         supplied by the Community. The special situation of the
         rice market makes it necessary to limit the refunds, and
         therefore to apply Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No              2.     The invitation to tender shall be open until 29 June
         3072/95 enabling the refund amount to be fixed by                2000. During that period weekly invitations to tender shall be
         tendering procedure.                                             issued and the date for submission of tenders shall be deter-
                                                                          mined in the notice of invitation to tender.
(3)      It should be stated that the provisions of Commission            3.     The invitation to tender shall take place in accordance
         Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March 1975 laying                with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 and with
         down detailed rules for the application of the system of         the following provisions.
         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 2
(4)      In order to avoid disturbances on the markets of the
         producing countries, the invitation to tender should be          A tender shall be admissible only if it covers a quantity for
         limited to certain zones specified in the Annex to               export of at least 50 tonnes but not more than 3 000 tonnes.
         Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 (5), as
         amended by Regulation (EC) No 3304/94 (6).
                                                                                                       Article 3
(5)      Pursuant to Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC)
         No 2808/98 of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed              The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
         rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for         584/75 shall be EUR 30 per tonne.
         the euro in agriculture (7), as amended by Regulation
         (EC) No 1410/1999 (8), amounts quoted in tenders
         submitted in response to invitations to tender organised                                      Article 4
         under an instrument forming part of the common agri-
         cultural policy must be expressed in euro. Article 5(1) of       1.     Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21(1) of
         that Regulation provides that in such cases the operative        Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (9), export licences
         event for the agricultural exchange rate is the final day        issued within this invitation to tender shall, for the purposes of
         for the submission of tenders. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of             determining their period of validity, be considered as having
                                                                          been issued on the day the tender was submitted.
(1) OJ  L  329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ  L  265, 30.9.1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ  L  61, 7.3.1975, p. 25.                                           2.     The licences shall be valid from their date of issue, within
(4) OJ  L  35, 15.2.1995, p. 8.                                           the meaning of paragraph 1, until the end of the fourth month
(5) OJ  L  214, 30.7.1992, p. 20.                                         following.
(6) OJ  L  341, 30.12.1994, p. 48.
(7) OJ  L  349, 24.12.1998, p. 36.
(8) OJ  L  164, 30.6.1999, p. 53.                                         (9) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
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                             Article 5                                 — either to fix a maximum export refund, taking account of
                                                                           the criteria laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No
Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the                    3072/95,
Member States not later than one and a half hours after expiry         — or not to take any action on the tenders.
of the deadline for weekly submission of tenders as laid down
in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be transmitted        2.    Where a maximum export refund is fixed, an award shall
in accordance with the table given in the Annex.                       be made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders are at or
                                                                       below the maximum export refund level.
If no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall inform the
Commission accordingly within the same deadline as that given
                                                                                                    Article 8
in the above subparagraph.
                                                                       The deadline for submission of tenders for the first partial
                             Article 6                                 invitation to tender shall be 10 a.m. on 28 October 1999.
                                                                       The final date for submission of tenders is hereby fixed at 29
The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian time.             June 2000.
                             Article 7                                                              Article 9
1.    On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission shall          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
decide in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article         following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95:                                      Communities.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                    Done at Brussels, 14 October 1999.
                                                                                    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 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.