CELEX: 31979R1990
Language: en
Date: 1979-09-11
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1990/79 of 7 September 1979 on an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to Zones I, II, III, V and VI

No L 229 / 12                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    11 . 9 . 79
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1990/79
                                                        of 7 September 1979
              on an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to
                                                      Zones I , II , III , V and VI
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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1547/79 (2),                                                                    Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                               1 . Tenders shall be invited for the export refund
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general                             provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
rules for granting export refunds on cereals and                           2746/ 75 .
criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and
in particular Article 5 thereof,                                           2.     The invitation to tender shall relate to common
                                                                           wheat for export to Zones I , II , III , V and VI as
Whereas there is an exportable surplus of common                           defined in Annex I to Regulation ( EEC) No 1124/77.
wheat on the Community market whereas, so that it
can be exported under the most favourable conditions,                      3 . The invitation shall remain open until 31
an invitation to tender for the export refund should be                    January 1980 . During this period weekly awards shall
opened ; whereas, for the sake of better control over                      be made , the time limits for the submission of tenders
the refund amount to be granted and the quantities to                      to be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to
be exported, the invitation to tender should be                            tender .
restricted to exports to Zones I , II , III , V and VI as
defined in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 1 1 24/77 (4);                                                                                    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 (5), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
2944/78 (6) ; whereas among the obligations of
                                                                                                     Article 3
tenderers is that of lodging an application for an
export licence ; whereas compliance with this obliga­
tion may be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge a                      The tendering security referred to in Article 3 of Regu­
tendering security of 12 ECU per tonne when they                           lation ( EEC) No 279 / 75 shall be 12 ECU per tonne .
submit their tenders ;
Whereas, in order to ensure equal treatment to all                                                   Article 4
concerned, it is necessary to specify that all licences
issued be valid for equal lengths of time ;                                 1.    By way of derogation from the provisions of
                                                                           Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 193/75 ( 7), export
Whereas for the proper running of an invitation to                         licences issued under Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
tender for export refunds a minimum representative                         No 279/75 shall , for the purpose of determining their
quantity must be specified and the time limit and                          period of validity, be deemed to have been issued on
form of communication of the tenders submitted to                          the day on which the tender was submitted .
the competent authorities ;
                                                                           2.     Export licences issued in connection with this
(')  OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                                  invitation to tender shall be valid from their date of
(2 ) OJ No  L 188 , 26 . 7 . 1979 , p. 1 .                                 issue , as defined in the previous paragraph , until the
(3 ) OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 78 .
(4 ) OJ No  L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977, p . 53 .                                 end of the third month following that of issue.
(5 ) OJ No  L 31 , 5 . 2 . 1975, p. 8 .
(*)  OJ No  L 351 , 15 . 12 . 1978 , p . 16 .                              (7) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 10 .
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                          Article 5                               — brought forward by one hour in Ireland and the
                                                                      United Kingdom duing the period in which
The tenders submitted must reach the Commission                       summer time does not apply in those Member
through the intermediary of Member States at the                      States,
latest one and a half hours after expiry of the period
for the weekly submission of tenders as specified in              — extended by one hour in the other Member States
the notice of invitation to tender. They must be                      when the latter are applying summer time .
communicated in the form indicated in the Annex .
If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform
the Commission of this within the time limit indi­
                                                                                                 Article 7
cated in the preceding paragraph .
                           Article 6
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
The time limits fixed for the submission of tenders               following its publication in the Official Journal of
shall be :                                                        the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 7 September 1979 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                   Vice-President
                                                           ANNEX
              Weekly tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to Zones I , II , III , V and VI
                                      Time limit for the submission of tenders (date/time)
                           l                    2                                       3
                      Number of              Quantity              Amount of export refund in national currency
                        tender              in tonnes                              per tonne
                           1
                           2
                           3
                          4
                           5
                         etc .