CELEX: 31976R0247
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-04
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 247/76 of 4 February 1976 altering the frequency of partial invitations to tender for the export of sugar under Regulation (EEC) No 2101/75

5. 2. 76                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 30/7
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 247/76
                                                         of 4 February 1976
              altering the frequency of partial invitations to tender for the export of sugar
                                                under Regulation ( EEC) No 2101 /75
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                              Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Article 4 ( 1 ), (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
Economic Community,                                                  2101 / 75 shall be amended to read as follows :
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                            ' Article 4
3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­                         1 . The period during which tenders may be
zation of the market in sugar (>), as last amended by                    submitted in response to the first partial invitation
Regulation (EEC) No 3058/75 (2), and in particular                       to tender after 4 February 1976 shall begin on 5
Article 19 (4) thereof,                                                   February 1976 and shall end on Wednesday, 11
                                                                          February 1976 at 10.00 hours.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                    No
608/72 of 23 March 1972 laying down rules to                  be         2. The period during which tenders may be
applied in the case of considerable price rises on           the         submitted in response to the second and
world sugar market (3), and in particular Article 1           (1)        subsequent invitations :
thereof,                                                                 (a) shall begin on the first working day following
                                                                              the end of the previous period ;
Whereas under Commission Regulation (EEC) No                             (b) shall end at 10.00 hours on the Wednesday
2101 /75 of 1 1 August 1975 on a standing invitation to                       following the end of the previous period .
tender in order to determine a levy and/or refund on
exports of white sugar (4), as amended by Regulation                      3 . By way of derogation from paragraph 2 (b),
(EEC) No 2665/75 (5), the , Member States are to issue                    the period for the submission of tenders which
                                                                         would otherwise end :
partial invitations to tender every two weeks for the
export of sugar from the marketing year 1975/76 ;                         (a) on Wednesday, 17 March 1976, shall end on
                                                                              16 March 1976 at 10.00 hours ;
whereas having regard to the availability of sugar in
the Community and the trend of prices on the world                        (b) on Wednesday, 2 June 1976, shall end on 3
market, partial invitations to tender should again be                         June 1976 at 10.00 hours ;
issued every week ; whereas for administrative reasons                    (c) on Wednesday, 14 and 21 July 1976, shall end
provision should be made for derogations from such                            respectively on Tuesday, 13 and 20 July at
weekly interval ;                                                              10.00 hours .'
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 February
ment Committee for Sugar,                                             1976 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 4 February 1976 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(')  OJ No L  3.59, 31 . 12 . 1974, p . 1 .
(-') OJ No L  306, 26 . 11 . 1975 , p . 3 .
(3 ) OJ No L  75 , 28 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
(•*) OJ No L  214, 12 . 8 . 1975, p . .5 .
(5 ) OJ No L  270 , 21 . 10 . 1975, p . 26.