31978R2963

No L 352/24 16 . 12 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2963/78 of 15 December 1978 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in cereals ( !), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (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 17 May an invitation to tender for the export refund should be 1979 . During this period weekly awards shall be opened ; whereas, for the sake of better control over made, the time limits for the submission of tenders to the refund amount to be granted and the quantities to be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to tender. be exported, the invitation to tender should be restricted to exports to Zones I, II, III, V and VI as defined in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) Article 2 No 11 24/77 (4), A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount Whereas detailed rules for the application of the of not less than 1 000 tonnes . system of tendering for fixing export refunds have been adopted in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 279/75 (5 ), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No Article 3 2944/78 (6) ; whereas among the obligations of tenderers is that of lodging an application for an The tendering security referred to in Article 3 of Regu­ export licence ; whereas compliance with this obliga­ lation (EEC) No 279/75 shall be 10 units of account tion may be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge a per tonne . tendering security of 10 units of account per tonne when they submit their tenders ;

Article 4 Whereas, in order to ensure equal treatment to all 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 156, 14. 6 . 1978 , p. 1 . issue, as defined in the previous paragraph, until the (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 78 . end of the fourth month following that of issue. (4) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977, p. 53 . (5 OJ No L 31 , 5 . 2. 1975, p. 8 . (o) 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 Article 6 The time limits fixed for the submission of tenders shall be : — brought forward by one hour in Ireland and the United Kingdom during 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 — extended by one hour in the other Member States for the weekly submission of tenders as specified in when the latter are applying summer time . the notice of invitation to tender. They must be Article 7 communicated in the form indicated in the Annex. If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day the Commission of this within the time limit indi­ following its publication in the Official Journal of cated in the preceding paragraph . the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 December 1978 .

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)

1 2 3 Number of Quantity Amount of export refund in national currency tender in tonnes per tonne

1 2 3 4 5 etc.