CELEX: 31999R2177
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2177/1999 of 14 October 1999 on a tendering procedure for the subsidy on consignments of husked long grain rice to Réunion

15. 10. 1999            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                         L 267/7
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2177/1999
                                                           of 14 October 1999
                on a tendering procedure for the subsidy on consignments of husked long grain rice to Réunion
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               code 1006 20 98, referred to in Article 10(1) of Regulation
                                                                          (EC) No 3072/95, to Réunion.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                2.     The tendering procedure referred to in paragraph 1 shall
                                                                          be open until 29 June 2000. During that period, weekly invita-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22                 tions to tender shall be made for which the date for submission
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in                 of tenders shall be set out in the notice of invitation to tender.
rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (2), and
in particular Article 10(1) thereof,                                      3.     The tendering procedure shall take place in accordance
                                                                          with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/87 and this
                                                                          Regulation.
Whereas:
(1)      Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 (3), as                                                Article 2
         amended by Regulation (EC) No 1453/1999 (4), lays
         down detailed rules for exports of rice to Réunion.              A tender shall be admissible only if it covers a quantity of at
                                                                          least 50 tonnes but not more than 3 000 tonnes.
(2)      Examination of the supply situation on the island of
         Réunion shows a shortage of rice. In view of the avail-
         ability of rice on the Community market, Réunion                                              Article 3
         should be allowed to obtain supplies on that market.
         Because of the special situation of Réunion, it is appro-        The security referred to in Article 7(3)(a) of Regulation (EEC)
         priate to limit the quantities to be delivered and, there-       No 2692/89 shall be EUR 30 per tonne.
         fore, to fix the amount of the subsidy by tendering
         procedure.
                                                                                                       Article 4
(3)      Pursuant to Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC)
         No 2808/98 of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed              The subsidy documents issued in the context of this tendering
         rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for         procedure shall, for the purposes of determining their period of
         the euro in agriculture (5), as amended by Regulation            validity, be considered as having been issued on the final day of
         (EC) No 1410/1999 (6), amounts quoted in tenders                 the period for the submission of tenders.
         submitted in response to invitations to tender organised
         under an instrument forming part of the common agri-
         cultural policy must be expressed in euro. Article 5(1) of                                    Article 5
         that Regulation provides that in such cases the operative
         event for the agricultural exchange rate is the final day        Tenders must reach the Commission via the Member States not
         for the submission of tenders. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of             later than one and a half hours after expiry of the deadline for
         that Article specify the operative events applicable to          weekly submission of tenders as laid down in the notice of
         advances and securities.                                         invitation to tender. They must be transmitted in accordance
                                                                          with the table given in the Annex.
(4)      The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
         accordance with the opinion of the Management                    If no tenders are submitted, Member States shall inform the
         Committee for Cereals,                                           Commission accordingly within the same deadline as that given
                                                                          in the proceeding paragraph.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                                                           Article 6
                                                                          The time laid down for submitting tenders shall be Belgian
                                                                          time.
                                Article 1
1.     A tendering procedure is hereby opened for the subsidy                                          Article 7
for consignments of husked long grain rice falling within CN
                                                                          1.     On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission shall
(1) OJ  L  329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.                                        decide in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
(2) OJ  L  265, 30.9.1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ  L  261, 7.9.1989, p. 8.                                           22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95:
(4) OJ  L  167, 2.7.1999, p. 19.                                          — either to fix a maximum subsidy,
(5) OJ  L  349, 24.12.1998, p. 36.
(6) OJ  L  164, 30.6.1999, p. 53.                                         — or not to take any action on the tenders.
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2.    Where a maximum subsidy is fixed, an award shall be             The final date for submission of tenders shall be 29 June 2000.
made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders are at or
below the maximum subsidy level.
                                                                                                  Article 9
                           Article 8
The deadline for submission of tenders for the first partial          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
invitation to tender shall expire on 28 October 1999 at 10            following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
a.m.                                                                  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 subsidy for consignments of husked long grain rice to Réunion
                                       Deadline for the submission of tenders (date/time)
                       1                       2                                           3
                Serial numbers             Quantities                             Amount of subsidy
                 of tenderers               (tonnes)                              (in euro per tonne)
                       1
                       2
                       3
                       4
                       5
                      etc.