CELEX: 31974R2666
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2666/74 of the Commission of 21 October 1974 on an invitation to tender for the export levy for milled long grain rice

No L 285/ 16                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                22 . 10 . 74
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 2666/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 21 October 1974
                  on an invitation to tender for the export levy for milled long grain rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                  1 . Tenders are invited for the export levy provided
                                                                  for in the first indent of Article 2 ( 1 ) of Council Regu­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/
                                                                  lation (EEC) No 2737/73 .
67/EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­            2. This invitation to tender relates to milled long
tion (EEC) No 1 1 29/74 (2) ;                                     grain rice .
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      3 . The invitation shall remain open until 13
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                 December 1974. During this period weekly awards
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market               shall be made , the time limits for the submission of
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2)                  tenders being as prescribed in the notice of invitation
thereof ;                                                         to tender.
Whereas, having regard to the current situation on the            4. By way of derogation from Article 1 (2) of Regu­
rice market, an invitation to tender for the export levy          lation (EEC) No 3197/73, the period required between
provided for in the first indent of Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regu­      publication of the notice of invitation to tender and
lation (EEC) No 2737/73 should be opened in respect               the first closing date for the submission of tenders
of milled long grain rice ;                                       shall be eight days.
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas the detailed rules relating to the organization
of invitations to tender for the purpose of fixing the            A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount
export levy are contained in Commission Regulation                of not less than 20 metric tons .
(EEC) No 3197/73 (4) of 23 November 1973 esta­
blishing the conditions for the application of the                                          Article 3
system of tendering for export levies of rice ;
                                                                   If a tenderer fails to comply with the undertaking
 Whereas the objective of the invitation to tender can            given by him pursuant to Article 2 (3) (b) of Regula­
 be attained only if the successful tenderer fulfils all           tion ( EEC) No 3197/73 , no export licence shall be
 the commitments entered into by him when submit­                  issued and the security provided pursuant to Article 3
 ting his tender ; whereas these commitments include               of that Regulation shall accordingly be forfeit.
 an obligation to lodge an application for an export
 licence ; whereas the security for tender required
 when the tender is submitted is designed to ensure                                         Article 4
 that this obligation is complied with ; whereas it
 follows that such security will not be discharged                  1 . Where the obligation to export has not been
 where no such application is lodged ;                             fulfilled , the security mentioned in Article 3 ( 1 ) of
                                                                   Regulation ( EEC) No 3197/ 73 shall be forfeit in
 Whereas steps must be taken to ensure the smooth                  respect of a quantity equal to the difference between :
 operation of the procedure for tendering for export               (a) 93 % of the net quantity indicated on the export
 levies ; whereas to this end it is appropriate to pres­                licence , and
 cribe a minimum quantity and a time limit and form
 for the communication of tenders lodged with the                  (b) the net quantity actually exported .
 competent authorities ;
                                                                   2.     However, if the quantity exported is equal to or
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                   less than 7 % of the net quantity indicated on the ,
                                                                   licence , the security shall be forfeit in its entirety .
 are in accordance with tlie Opinion of the Manage­
  ment Committee for Cereals,
                                                                    3.    On request by the titular holder of the licence,
                                                                    Member States may discharge the security by instal­
 (')  OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .                              ments in proportion to the quantities of product in
 (-)  OJ No L 128 , 29 . 4 . 1974, p. 20 .
 (>)  OJ No L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 .                          respect of which proof of export as required under
 (■•) OJ No L 326, 27 . 11 . 1973 , p. 10 .                         Article 7 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3197/73 has
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been furnished, provided that such proof establishes                                   Article 6
that a quantity equal to at least 7 % of the net quan­
tity indicated on the licence has been exported .             During the period in which Summer Time applies in
                                                              Italy, the deadlines for the receipt of tenders shall be
                         Article 5
                                                              regarded in that Member State as extended by one
                                                              hour. During the period during which Summer Time
The tenders lodged must reach the Commission                 does not apply in the United Kingdom and in Ireland
through the intermediary of Member States at the              the deadlines for the receipt of tenders shall be
latest one and a half hours after expiry of the period        regarded in those Member States as brought forward
for the weekly lodging of tenders as specified in the         by one hour.
notice of invitation to tender. They must be communi­
cated in the form indicated in the Annex .                                             Article 7
Where no tenders are received , Member States shall          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
inform the Commission of this within the time limit           following its publication in the Official Journal of
indicated 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 , 21 October 1974 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                            The President
                                                                       Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                            ANNEX
                                 Weekly tender for the export levy for husked long grain rice
                             Notice of invitation to tender published in Official Journal No
              Closing date for submission of tenders (date/time).
                         1                      2                                       3
                  Numbering of              Quantity                Amount of export levy in national currency
                     tenders             in metric tons                          per metric ton
                        1
                        2
                        3
                        4
                        5
                       etc.