31970R1735

Official Journal of the European Communities 609

No L 191 /32 Official Journal of the European Communities 27.8.70

REGULATION (EEC) No 1735/70 OF THE COMMISSION

of 26 August 1970

on a standing invitation to tender to determine the export refund on raw cane sugar produced during the 1969/70 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ Whereas, to simplify administrative arrangements, MUNITIES, provision should be made for a minimum quantity per tender;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Whereas, in view of the situation on the sugar European Economic Community ; market, special rules should be laid down for the \ period of validity of export licences; Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/EEC1 of 18 December 1967 on the common Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation organisation of the market in sugar, as last amended are in accordance with the Opinion of the by Regulation (EEC) No 1253/70,2 and in particular Management Committee for Sugar ; Articles 11 (2), 17 (4) and 38 thereof;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas it would seem appropriate, in view of Community sugar surpluses and potential outlets on certain international sugar markets, to issue an Article 1 invitation to tender to determine the refunds on exports to certain destinations of raw cane sugar Member States shall issue a standing invitation to produced during the 1969/70 marketing year ; tender to determine the refund on exports to countries in Europe, Africa and Asia of raw cane Whereas general and detailed rules concerning the sugar produced during the 1969/70 marketing year. tendering procedure to determine the export refund During the period of validity of that standing on sugar are contained in Council Regulation (EEC) invitation, they shall issue partial invitations to tender. No 766/683 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on sugar, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2488/69,4 and in . Artie e 2 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/705 of 2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on sugar; The standing invitation to. tender and the partial invitations shall be organised in accordance with Whereas, to make it possible for export contracts to Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 , the be concluded on a continuous basis, a standing provisions of Regulation (EEC ) No 394/70 and the invitation to tender should be issued, valid until a following provisions . date to be determined at a later stage and providing for the issue of partial invitations to tender each Article 3 week which would not necessitate the adoption of specific Community provisions ; The standing invitation to tender shall remain valid until a date to be determined at a later stage.

1 OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1 . Article 4 2 OJ No L 143 , 1.7.1970, p. 1 . 3 OJ No L 143 , 25.6.1968 , p . 6. 4 OJ No L 314, 15.12.1969, p. 12. 1 . The period during which tenders may be 5 OJ No L 50, 4.3.1970, p. 1 . submitted in response to the first partial invitation :

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(a) shall begin on the day on which the notice of the ( b) the amount of the proposed refund is shown per standing invitation to tender is published in the 100 kilogrammes of standard quality raw cane Official Journal of the European Communities sugar . and

( b) shall end at 10.00 a.m . on the first Wednesday Article 6 following the tenth day after such publication .

Member States shall immediately notify the 2. The period during which tenders may be Commission of tenders submitted in response to a submitted in response to the second and subsequent partial invitation to tender. partial invitations to tender :

(a) shall begin on the first working day following the Article 7 end of the preceding period and (b) shall end at 10.00 a.m. on the Wedensday of the Export licences issued in connection with a partial following week. invitation to tender shall be valid from the date of issue until the end of the fifth month following the 3 . However, by way of derogation from paragraph month of issue. 2 ( b), the period for submitting tenders shall not end on Wednesday 4, 11 and 18 November 1970 but on the Tuesday preceding these dates at 10.00 a.m. Article 8

4. During the period in which Summer Time is in By way of derogation from Article 3 (2) (c) of force in Italy, the periods laid down in the preceding Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 the weight of the paragraphs shall be understood to be extended by quantity to be exported as indicated in the tender one hour in that Member State . shall be expressed tel quel.

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A tender shall be valid only if: This Regulation shall enter into force on the day ( a) it relates to an amount of not less than 500 following its publication in the Official Journal of the metric tons, and European Communities .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

For the Commission The President

Franco M. MALFATTI