CELEX: 31980R1427
Language: en
Date: 1980-06-07
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1427/80 of 6 June 1980 on an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to the countries of Zone IV

7. 6. 80                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 143/5
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1427/80
                                                         of 6 June 1980
              on an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to the
                                                      countries of Zone IV
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,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by                                          Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1547/79 (2),
                                                                    1 . Tenders shall be invited for the export refund
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general                      2746/75 .
rules for granting export refunds on cereals and
criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and             2.     The invitation to tender shall relate to common
in particular Article 5 thereof,                                    wheat for export to the countries of Zone IV as
                                                                    defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 24/77.
Whereas there is an exportable surplus of common
wheat on the Community market ; whereas, so that it                 3. The invitation shall remain open until 30 June
can be exported under the most favourable conditions,                1981 . During this period weekly awards shall be
an invitation to tender for the export refund should be             made, the time limits for the submission of tenders to
opened ; whereas, for the sake of better control over               be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to tender.
the refund amount to be granted and the quantities to              V
be exported, the invitation to tender should be
restricted to exports to Zone IV ;                                                             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 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2944/78 (5) ; whereas among the obligations of                                                 Article 3
tenderers is that of lodging an application for an
export licence ; whereas compliance with this obliga­               The tendering security referred to in Article 3 of Regu­
tion may be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge a                lation (EEC) No 279/75 shall be 12 ECU per tonne.
tendering security of 12 ECU per tonne when they
submit their tenders ;
                                                                                               Article 4
Whereas, in order to ensure equal treatment to all
concerned, it is necessary to specify that all licences              1 . By way of derogation from the provisions of
issued be valid for equal lengths of time ;                          Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 193/75 (6), export
                                                                     licences issued under Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas for the proper running of an invitation to                   No 279/75 shall, for the purpose of determining their
tender for export refunds a minimum representative                   period of validity, be deemed to have been issued on
quantity must be specified and the time limit and                    the day on which the tender was submitted.
form of communication of the tenders submitted to
the competent authorities ;                                          2.     Export licences issued in connection with this
                                                                     invitation to tender shall be valid from their date of
(!) OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            issue, as defined in the previous paragraph, until the
(2) OJ  No  L  188 , 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 .                             end of the fourth month following that of issue .
(3) OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78.
(«) OJ  No  L  31 , 5. 2. 1975, p. 8 .
(s) OJ  No  L 351 , 15. 12. 1978, p. 16.                             (<>) 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                — extended 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, 6 June 1980.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
                                                         ANNEX
              Weekly tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to the countries of Zone IV
                                    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          l1I
                         4          III
                         5          Ill
                        etc.