CELEX: 31970R1735
Language: en
Date: 1970-08-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1735/70 of the Commission of 26 August 1970 on a standing invitation to tender to determine the export refund on raw cane sugar produced during the 1969/70 marketing year

Official Journal of the European Communities                                      609
 No L 191 /32                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                 27.8.70
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1735/70 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 26 August 1970
               on a standing invitation to tender to determine the export refund on raw cane sugar
                                        produced during the 1969/70 marketing year
 THE    COMMISSION         OF      THE EUROPEAN      COM­         Whereas, to simplify administrative arrangements,
 MUNITIES,                                                        provision should be made for a minimum quantity
                                                                  per tender;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     Whereas, in view of the situation on the sugar
 European Economic Community ;                                    market, special rules should be laid down for the
                                  \                               period of validity of export licences;
 Having     regard      to     Council   Regulation      No
 1009/67/EEC1 of 18 December 1967 on the common
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 organisation of the market in sugar, as last amended             are in accordance with the Opinion of the
 by Regulation (EEC) No 1253/70,2 and in particular               Management Committee for Sugar ;
Articles 11 (2), 17 (4) and 38 thereof;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas it would seem appropriate, in view of
 Community sugar surpluses and potential outlets on
 certain international sugar markets, to issue an                                         Article 1
 invitation to tender to determine the refunds on
 exports to certain destinations of raw cane sugar                Member States shall issue a standing invitation to
 produced during the 1969/70 marketing year ;                     tender to determine the refund on exports to
                                                                  countries in Europe, Africa and Asia of raw cane
Whereas general and detailed rules concerning the                 sugar produced during the 1969/70 marketing year.
 tendering procedure to determine the export refund               During the period of validity of that standing
 on sugar are contained in Council Regulation (EEC)               invitation, they shall issue partial invitations to
No 766/683 of 18 June 1968 laying down general                    tender.
 rules for granting export refunds on sugar, as last
 amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2488/69,4 and in .
                                                                                          Artie e 2
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/705 of 2
March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export
refunds on sugar;                                                 The standing invitation to. tender and the partial
                                                                  invitations shall be organised in accordance with
Whereas, to make it possible for export contracts to              Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 , the
be concluded on a continuous basis, a standing                    provisions of Regulation (EEC ) No 394/70 and the
invitation to tender should be issued, valid until a              following provisions .
date to be determined at a later stage and providing
for the issue of partial invitations to tender each                                       Article 3
week which would not necessitate the adoption of
specific Community provisions ;
                                                                  The standing invitation to tender shall remain valid
                                                                  until a date to be determined at a later stage.
1  OJ No  308, 18.12.1967, p. 1 .
2  OJ No  L 143 , 1.7.1970, p. 1 .                                                        Article 4
3  OJ No  L 143 , 25.6.1968 , p . 6.
4  OJ No  L 314, 15.12.1969, p. 12.                               1.    The period during which tenders may be
5  OJ No  L 50, 4.3.1970, p. 1.                                   submitted in response to the first partial invitation :
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(a) shall begin on the day on which the notice of the         ( b) the amount of the proposed refund is shown per
     standing invitation to tender is published in the              100 kilogrammes of standard quality raw cane
     Official Journal of the European Communities                  sugar .
     and
( b) shall end at 10.00 a.m . on the first Wednesday                                   Article 6
     following the tenth day after such publication .
                                                              Member States shall immediately notify the
2. The period during which tenders may be                     Commission of tenders submitted in response to a
submitted in response to the second and subsequent            partial invitation to tender.
partial invitations to tender :
(a) shall begin on the first working day following the
     end of the preceding period and                                                   Article 7
(b) shall end at 10.00 a.m. on the Wedensday of the           Export licences issued in connection with a partial
     following week.                                          invitation to tender shall be valid from the date of
                                                              issue until the end of the fifth month following the
3 . However, by way of derogation from paragraph              month of issue.
2 ( b), the period for submitting tenders shall not end
on Wednesday 4, 11 and 18 November 1970 but on
the Tuesday preceding these dates at 10.00 a.m.                                        Article 8
4. During the period in which Summer Time is in               By way of derogation from Article 3 (2) (c) of
force in Italy, the periods laid down in the preceding        Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 the weight of the
paragraphs shall be understood to be extended by              quantity to be exported as indicated in the tender
one hour in that Member State .                               shall be expressed tel quel.
                         Article 5
                                                                                       Article 9
A tender shall be valid only if:
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
( a) it relates to an amount of not less than 500             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
      metric tons, and                                        European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                  Franco M. MALFATTI