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Language: en
Date: 1976-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 8 January 1976 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the export of 75 000 metric tons of common wheat held by the Belgian intervention agency

No L 18 /22                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 27 . 1 . 76
                                                       COMMISSION
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 8 January 1976
               on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the export of 75 000 metric
                           tons of common wheat held by the Belgian intervention agency
                                            (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                              (76/ 1 21 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             export licence and by an application for advance
COMMUNITIES,                                                               fixing of the refund for the destination in question ;
                                                                           whereas the intention of this provision is to facilitate
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      assessment of the tender ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                              Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2747/75 of 29
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                         October 1975 laying down general rules to be applied
tion of the market in cereals ('), amended by Regula­                      in the event of the cereals market being disturbed (5 ),
tion ( EEC) No 3058 /75 (2 ), and in particular Article 7                  makes provision for the fixing of an export levy ;
(5) thereof,                                                               whereas pursuant to Article 3 (4) of that Regulation
                                                                           such levy may be subject to advance fixing ;
Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
376/70 of 27 February 1970 laying down the proce­                          Whereas it is only possible to make a proper assess­
dure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by                    ment of a tender if the tender is linked with the
the intervention agencies (3), as last amended by Regu­                    export levy applicable on the day on which it is
lation (EEC) No 1 29 /73 (4 ), and in particular Article 5                 lodged ; whereas to this end it is appropriate to apply
( 1 ) and (7) thereof,                                                     mutatis mutandis to the export levy the rules of
                                                                           Article 5 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 376/70 together
Whereas the Kingdom of Belgium in its communica­                           with all the other provisions applicable in such cases ;
tion of 4 December 1975 informed the Commission
of the intention of the Belgian intervention agency to                     Whereas by way of derogation , the period of validity
issue an invitation to tender for the export of 75 000                     for licences, issued in connection with this invitation
metric tons of common wheat ;                                              to tender should be fixed at the month of issue plus
                                                                           four months ;
Whereas the 75 000 metric tons of common wheat to
be tendered for will be exported from those of the
                                                                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
prescribed points of exit specified by the tenderers ;                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
whereas the common wheat is stored elsewhere ;
                                                                           ment Committee for Cereals ,
whereas the Belgian intervention agency, in order to
place all those participating in the invitation to tender
on the same competitive footing, must sell at a
uniform price ; whereas it must accordingly bear the                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
cost of transport from the place of storage to the
points of exit stipulated ;
                                                                                                      Article 1
Whereas under Article 5 (5) of Regulation ( EEC) No
376/70 it may be provided that a tender shall be valid                     The Belgian intervention agency may, in accordance
only if it is accompanied by an application for an                         with the provisions hereinafter set out, open a
                                                                           standing invitation to tender for the export of
(■)  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 1 1 . 1975, p. 1 .                                common wheat held by it.
(-') OJ  No  L 306 , 26 . 11 . 1975 , p. 3 .
(})  OJ  No  L 47, 28 . 2 . 1970 , p. 49 .
(4 ) OJ  No  L 17, 20 . 1 . 1973 , p . 17 .                                (5 ) OJ No L 281 , I. 11 . 1975 , p. 82 .
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                        Article 2                           second indents of paragraph 2, successful tenders shall
                                                            be entitled to reimbursement by the Belgian interven­
1.    The invitation to tender shall relate to a quantity    tion agency in respect of the cost of transport on the
of 75 000 metric tons of common wheat.
                                                             most favourable terms from the place of storage to
2.    The places in which the said common wheat is           that place of embarkation at the ports specified in
stored are listed in the Annex hereto .                      paragraph 1 which may be reached at the lowest cost.
                        Article 3                                                    Article 4
1 . The places for which a minimum selling price is         The Belgian intervention agency shall specify in the
to be fixed in accordance with Article 5 (7) of Regula­      notice of invitation to tender the dates for the submis­
tion (EEC) No 376/70 are as follows ; Antwerp,               sion of tenders .
Zeebrugge, Rotterdam and Amsterdam
                                                            There must be at least 10 days between publication of
2.    Tenders must be made for one or more of these          the notice of invitation to tender and the first date
ports. The tenderer shall specify the port or ports for      laid down for submission of tenders . The last date on
which his tender is made .                                   which tenders may be submitted shall be 28 May
                                                             1976 .
Tenders shall be understood to relate to common
wheat which is either :
                                                                                     Article 5
— stored in     harbour silos from which it can be
    loaded directly into a seagoing vessel or into a         By way of derogation from Regulation ( EEC) No
    barge, or                                                i()42/75 and (EEC) No 1223/74, export licences
                                                             issued in connection with the invitation to tender
— supplied undischarged at the place of embarkation
    at the port.                                             pursuant to this Decision shall be valid from their day
                                                             of issue within the meaning of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regula­
3 . Where an export refund or levy is applicable on          tion ( EEC) No 193 /75 until the end of the fourth
the day on which tenders are submitted, tenders shall        month following that of issue.
be valid only if accompanied by an application for an
export licence lodged by the tenderer and a corres­                                  Article 6
ponding application either :
                                                             This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
— for advance fixing of the refund for the destination       Belgium .
    in question , or
— for advance fixing of the export levy. In this case
    there shall be applied those provisions of Regula­       Done at Brussels, 8 January 1976.
    tion (EEC) No 2042/75 and (EEC) No 376/70
    applicable in the event of Article 5 (5) of the last                                For the Commission
    named Regulation being applied .
                                                                                  Carlo SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA
4. As regards those quantities of common wheat
not stored or supplied as provided in the first and                                        Vice-President
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                                       ANNEX
                                                            fin »Uhu tun.\)
                      Plate of storage         Quantities stored
             Seilles                                7 650
             Floreffe                               S 600
             Brugge                                    500
             Zeebrugge                                 000
             Marbais                                 1 000
             Poperinge                              1 400
             Verrebroek                              1 000
             Racour                               l.\ 035
             Liege                                  6 050
             Gent                                  IS 715
             Ath                                    2 050
             Brüssel                                2 000