CELEX: 31988R1333
Language: en
Date: 1988-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1333/88 of 17 May 1988 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to countries of zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII, the German Democratic Republic and the Canary Islands

No L 124/6                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 18 . 5. 88
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1333/88
                                                          of 17 May 1988
                   opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat
                   to countries of zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII, the German Democratic
                                                 Republic and the Canary Islands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           from the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 279/75 on
                                                                      the period that must elapse between the date of publica­
                                                                      tion and the first closing date for the submission of
Having regard to the Treaty 'establishing the European                tenders ;
Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas, in order to ensure the smooth operation of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  tendering procedure, it is appropriate to prescribe a
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                  minimum quantity to be tendered for and a time limit
                                                                     and form for the communication of tenders submitted to
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 1097/88 (2),                                                      the competent authorities ;
                                                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75                 in accordance With the opinion of the Management
of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for granting             Committee for Cereals,
export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing the
amount of such refunds (3), and in particular Article 5
thereof,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, in view of the current situation on the cereals
market, an invitation should be opened in respect of
common wheat to tender for the export refund provided
for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ;                                              Article 1
whereas, in order to ensure supply, the invitation to
tender for export should be limited to zones I,                       1 . Tenders shall be invited for the export refund
II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII, the German Democratic              provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75.
Republic and the Canary Islands ;
                                                                     2.    The invitation to tender shall relate to common
Whereas the detailed procedural rules governing invita­              wheat for export to the countries of zones I, II, III, IV, V,
tions to tender are, as regards the fixing of thd export             VI, VII and VIII, the German Democratic Republic and
refund, laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                  the Canary Islands as defined in Annex I to Commission
279/75 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        Regulation (EEC) No 11 24/77 (*).
2944/78 (*) ; whereas the commitments on the part of the
tenderer include an obligation to lodge an application for           3.    The invitation shall remain open until 25 May 1989>;
an export licence ; whereas compliance with this obliga­             During this period weekly awards shall be made, for
tion may be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge a                which the quantities and the time limits for the submis­
tendering security of 12 ECU per tonne when they                     sion of tenders shall be as prescribed in the notice of invi­
submit their tenders :                                               tation to tender.
Whereas, in order to ensure that all those concerned are
                                                                                               Article 2
treated equally, it is necessary to lay down that the period
of validity of the licences issued should be identical ;
whereas, however, a special period of validity should be             A tender shall be valid only if it related to an amount of
laid down for exports to the People's Republic of China ;            not less than 1 000 tonnes.
Whereas, since the interested parties are already aware of
the terms of the invitation, a derogation may be made                                          Article 3
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
(2) OJ  No  L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 7.                                No 279/75 shall be 12 ECU per tonne.
0   OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .
(4) OJ  No  L 31 , 5. 2. 1975, p. 8 .
0   OJ  No  L 351 , 15. 12. 1978, p. 46.                             («) OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1977, p. 53.
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                            Article 4                              — Em caso de exportação para a República Popular da
                                                                       China, último dia de validade :            Regulamento
                                                                       (CEE) n? 1333/88 .
1 . Notwithstanding Article 21 (1 ) of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 ('), export licences issued            Where the licence is used after the date given in space 19,
pursuant to Article 8 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 279/75           it shall carry the obligation to export to the People's
shall, for the purpose of determining their period of val­         Republic of China.
idity, be deemed to have been issued on the day on which
the tender was submitted.
                                                                                             Article 5
2. Export licences issued in connection with the invita­
tion to tender pursuant to this Regulation shall be valid
from their date of issue, as defined in paragraph 1 , until        1 . Notwithstanding Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
the end of the fourth month following that of issue.               279/75, the Commission shall decide, under the proce­
                                                                   dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   2727/75 :      .  '
However, for exports to the People s Republic of China,
licences shall be valid from their date of issue as defined
                                                                   — to fix a maximum export refund, taking account in
in paragraph 1 until the end of the sixth month                        particular of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3
following.                                                             of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75, or
                                                                   — to make no award.
3.     For the purposes of applying paragraph 2, licences
issued in connection with this invitation to tender shall
bear, in space 19, a statement of the last day of validity         2. Where a maximum export refund is fixed, a contract
calculated in accordance with the provisions of the first          shall be awarded to any tenderer whose tender indicates a
subparagraph of paragraph 2. They shall also bear, in              rate of refund equal to or less than such maximum export
space 1 8, a statement of the last day of validity calculated      refund.
in accordance with the provisions of the second subpara­
graph of paragraph 2 ; for this purpose, one of the fol­
lowing statements shall be entered in space 18 :
                                                                                             Article 6
— En caso de exportación a la República Popular de
     China, último día de validez :              , Reglamento
     (CEE) n° 1333/88                                              Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through
                                                                   the intermediary Member States, at the latest one and a
— Sidste gyldighedsdag ved udførsel til Den kinesiske              half hours after expiry of the period for the weekly
     Folkerepublik :         , forordning (EØF) nr. 1333/88        submission of tenders as specified in the notice of invita­
                                                                   tion to tender. They must be communicated in the form
— Letzter Gültigkeitstag bei Ausfuhr in die Volksrepu­             indicated in Annex.
     blik China :        , Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 1333/88
— Σε περίπτωση εξαγωγής προς τη Λαϊκή Δημοκρα­                     If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform the
     τία της Κίνας, τελευταία ημέρα ισχύος :                       Commission of this within the time limit indicated in the
     κανονισμός (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 1333/88                                preceding paragraph.
— In case of export to the People's Republic of China,
     last day of validity :          , Regulation (EEC) No
     1333/88
                                                                                              Article 7
— En cas d exportation vers la République populaire de
     Chine, dernier jour de validité :               règlement
                                                                   The time limits fixed for the submission of tenders shall
     (CEE) n° 1333/88
                                                                   correspond to Belgian time.
— In caso di esportazione verso la Repubblica popolare
     di Cina, ultimo giorno di validità :          regolamento
     (CEE) n. 1333/88
                                                                                              Article 8
— In geval van uitvoer naar de Volksrepubliek China,
     laatste geldighe'idsdag :         Verordening (EEG) nr.
     1333/88
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
0 OJ No L 338, 13. 12. 1980, p. 1 .                                 European Communities.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 17 May 1988 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                           Vice-President
                                                        ANNEX
           Weekly tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to countries of zones I, II,
           III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII, the German Democratic Republic and the Canary Islands
                                             (Regulation (EEC) No 1333/88)
                               (Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time))
                       1                2                                    3
                   Number            Quantity                     Amount of export refund
                 of tenderer        in tonnes                        in ECU per tonne
                      1
                      2
                      3
                     etc.