CELEX: 31979R2293
Language: en
Date: 1979-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2293/79 of 16 October 1979 on an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to Zones I, II, III, IV, V and VI

No L 263/ 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              19 . 10 . 79
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2293/79
                                                       of 16 October 1979
              on an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to Zones I, II,
                                                        III , IV, V and VI
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 (J), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (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 barley for
                                                                     export to Zones I, II, III, IV, V and VI as defined in
Whereas there is an exportable surplus of barley on                  Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77.
the Community market ; whereas, so that it can be
exported under the most favourable conditions, an                    3 . The invitation shall remain open until 31
invitation to tender for the export refund should be                 January 1980. During this period weekly awards shall
opened ; whereas, for the sake of better control over                be made, the time limits for the submission of tenders
the refund amount to be granted and the quantities to                to be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to
be exported, the invitation to tender should be                      tender.
restricted to exports to Zones I, II, III, IV, V and VI 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
tion may be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge a                The tendering security referred to in Article 3 of Regu­
tendering security of 12 ECU per tonne when they                     lation (EEC) No 279/75 shall be 12 ECU per tonne.
submit their tenders ;
Whereas, in order to ensure equal treatment to all                                             Article 4
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
(2) OJ  No  L  188 , 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 .                              issue, as defined in the previous paragraph, until the
(3), OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .                            end of the third month following that of issue.
(4) OJ  No  L  134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53 .
(s) OJ  No  L 31 , 5. 2. 1975, p. 8 .
(6) OJ  No  L 351 , 15. 12. 1978 , p. 16.                            O OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 10 .
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                          Article 5                                                             Article 6
                                                                 The time limits fixed for the submission of tenders
                                                                 shall be :
The tenders submitted must reach the Commission
                                                                 — brought forward by one hour in Ireland and the
through the intermediary of Member States at the                     United Kingdom during the period in which
latest one and a half hours after expiry of the period               summer time does not apply in those Member
for the weekly submission of tenders as specified in                 States,
the notice of invitation to tender. They must be                 — expressed by one hour in the other Member States
communicated in the form indicated in the Annex.
                                                                     when the latter are applying summer time.
                                                                                                Article 7
If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
the Commission of this within the time limit indi­               following its publication in the Official Journal of
cated in the preceding paragraph.                                the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 16 October 1979 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
                                                         ANNEX
             Weekly tender for the refund for the export of barley to Zones I, II, III, IV, V and VI
                                    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.