CELEX: 31982R1521
Language: en
Date: 1982-06-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1521/82 of 14 June 1982 on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries

No L 169/ 12                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             16 . 6. 82
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1521/82
                                                       of 14 June 1982
              on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled round grain
                                               rice to certain third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    (EEC) No 1431 /76, for Zones I to VI of Annex I to
COMMUNITIES,                                                      Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 24/77 (6).
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
Economic Community,                                               20 000 tonnes of wholly milled round grain rice.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 31
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                August 1982. During that period, weekly invitations to
                                                                  tender shall be issued and the date for submission of
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                  tenders shall be determined in the notice of invitation
(EEC) No 1871 /80 (2), and in particular Article 17
                                                                  to tender.
thereof,
                                                                  3. The invitation to tender shall take place in accor­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      dance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for
                                                                  584/75 and with the following provisions.
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing
the amount of such refunds (3), and in particular                                         Article 2
Article 4 thereof,
                                                                  A tender shall be valid only if it covers a quantity for
Whereas examination of the balance sheet shows that
                                                                  export of at least 500 tonnes but not more than 10 000
substantial stocks of rice are currently held by produ­           tonnes .
cers ; whereas this situation may affect the normal
development of producer prices at the start of the new                                    Article 3
marketing year which begins on 1 September 1982 ;
                                                                  The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
Whereas, in order to remedy this situation, it is appro­          (EEC) No 584/75 shall be 20 ECU per tonne.
priate to make use of export refunds to zones which
may be supplied by the Community ; whereas the                                            Article 4
special situation of the rice market makes it necessary
to limit the quantities of rice benefiting from the               1 . Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 ( 1 )
refunds, and therefore to apply Article 4 of Regulation           of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80, export licences
                                                                  issued within this invitation to tender shall, for the
(EEC) No 1431 /76 enabling the amount of refund to
be fixed by tendering procedure ;                                 purposes of determining their period of validity, be
                                                                  considered as having been issued on the day the
Whereas it should be stated that the provisions of                tender was submitted .
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March                   2.    The licences shall be valid from their date of
 1975 laying down detailed rules for the application of           issue, within the meaning of paragraph 1 , until the
the system of tendering for export refunds on rice (4),           end of the third month following.
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3491 /80 (*), apply
to this invitation to tender ;                                                            Article 5
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation              Tenders    submitted    must    reach the   Commission
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management              through the Member States not later than one and a
 Committee for Cereals,                                            half hours after expiry of the time limit for weekly
                                                                   submission of tenders as laid down in the notice of
                                                                   invitation to tender. They must be transmitted in
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                   accordance with the table given in the Annex.
                                                                   If not tenders are submitted, the Member States shall
                           Article 1
                                                                   inform the Commission accordingly within the same
  1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened, for the            time limit as that given in the above subparagraph.
 export refund referred to in Article 4 of Regulation
                                                                                           Article 6
 (■) OJ No  L  166, 25.  6. 1976, p. 1 .                           The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian
 0   OJ No  L  184, 17 . 7. 1980, p . 1 .                          time.
 0   OJ No  L  166, 25.  6. 1976, p. 36.
 H   OJ No  L 61 , 7. 3.  1975, p. 25.
 0   OJ No  L 365, 31 .  12. 1980, p. 15.                          n OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53 .
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                           Article 7                                 whose tenders are at or below the maximum export
                                                                     refund level .
1.     On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commis­
sion shall decide in accordance with the procedure                                               Article 8
laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No                       The time limit for submission of tenders for the first
1418 /76 :
                                                                     partial invitation to tender shall expire on 1 July 1982
— either to fix a maximum export refund, taking                      at 1 p.m. (Belgian time). The final date for submission
     account of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and             of tenders is hereby fixed at 26 August 1982.
     3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76,
                                                                                                 Article 9
— or not to take any action on the tenders.
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
2.     Where a maximum export refund is fixed, an                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
award shall be made to the tenderer or tenderers                      European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 14 June 1982.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
              weekly invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled round grain rice to
                                                       certain third countries
                                     (Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time))
                           1                    2                                        3
                   Serial number            Quantities                       Amount of export refund
                      of tenders            in tonnes                     in national currency per tonne
                           1
                           2
                           3
                           4
                           5
                         etc.