31971R0258
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5.2.71 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 29 / 29
REGULATION (EEC) No 258 /71 OF THE COMMISSION
of 4 February 1971 on a standing invitation to tender to determine the export refund on raw beet sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation MUNITIES, are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/EEC1 of 18 December 1967 on the common organisation of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1253/70,2 and in particular Article 1 Articles 11 (2), 17 (4) and 38 thereof; Member States shall issue a standing invitation to "Whereas it is advisable, in view of sugar surpluses in tender to determine the export refund on raw beet the Community and potential outlets on the sugar. Daring the period of validity of that standing international sugar market, to issue an invitation to invitation they shall issue partial invitations to tender. tender to determine the export refund on raw beet sugar ; Whereas general and detailed rules concerning the Article 2 tendering procedure to determine export refunds on sugar are contained in Council Regulation (EEC) No The standing invitation to tender and the partial 766/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for invitations to tender shall be organised in accordance granting export refunds on sugar,3 as last amended with the provisions of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) by Regulation (EEC) No 2488/69,4 and in No 766/68, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/705 of 2 394/70 and the following provisions. March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on sugar;
Article 3 Whereas, to make it possible for export contracts to be concluded on a continuous basis, a standing invitation to tender should be issued, valid until a Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 7, the date to be determined at a later stage, and providing standing invitation to tender shall remain valid until for the issue of partial invitations to tender each a date to be determined at a later stage. week ; Whereas to simplify administrative arrangements, Article 4 provision should be made for a minimum quantity per tender; 1 . The period during which tenders may be Whereas, in view of the situation on the sugar submitted in response to the first partial invitation market, there should be special rules on the period of to tender : validity of export licences; ( a) shall begin on the day on which the standing 1 OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1 . invitation to tender is published in the Official 2 OJ No L 143, 1.7.1970, p . 1 . Journal of the European Communities and 3 OJ No L 143, 25.6.1968, p. 6. 4 OJ No L 314, 15.12.1969, p. 12. (b) shall end at 10.00 am on the first Wednesday 5 OJ No L 50, 4.3.1970, p . 1 . following the tenth day after such publication.
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2. The period during which tenders may be 2. By way of derogation from Article 3 (2) (c) of submitted in response to the second and subsequent Regulation (EEC) No 394/70, the quantity to be partial invitations to tender : exported indicated in the tender shall be expressed in weight tel quel. I ( a) shall begin on the first working day following the end of the preceding period and Article 6 ( b ) shall end at 10.00 am on the Wednesday of the following week. Member States shall immediately notify the Commission of tenders submitted in response to a 3 . However, by way of derogation from paragraph partial invitation to tender. (2 ) (b), the period for submitting tenders shall not end on Wednesday 2 June 1971 but on Tuesday 1 Article 7 June 1971 at 10.00 am .
Export licences issued in connection with a partial 4 . During the period in which Summer Time is in invitation to tender shall be valid from the date of force in Italy, the periods laid down in the preceding issue until the end of the fifth month following the paragraphs shall be understood to be extended by month of issue. one hour in that Member State. However, ; the period of validity of export licences issued in connection with partial invitations to tender Article 5 in response to which tenders may be submitted after 7 April 1971 shall be limited to 30 September 1971 . 1 . A tender shall be valid only if: . Article 8 ( a) it relates to a quantity of not less than 500 metric tons ; and This Regulation shall enter into force on the day (b) the amount of the refund proposed is quoted per following its publication in the Official Journal of 100 kilogrammes of standard quality beet sugar. the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 4 February 1971 .
For the Commission
The President
Franco M. MALFATTI