31978R2966

No L 352/ 30 16. 12. 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2966/78 of 15 December 1978 on an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to Zone VII

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 Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2),

1 . Tenders shall be invited for the export refund Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general 2746/ 75 . rules for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and 2. The invitation to tender shall relate to common in particular Article 5 thereof, wheat for export to Zone VII as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77. Whereas there is an exportable surplus of common wheat on the Community market ; whereas, so that it 3. The invitation shall remain open until 17 May can be exported under the most favourable conditions, 1979. During this period weekly awards shall be an invitation to tender for the export refund should be made, the time limits for the submission of tenders to opened ; whereas, for the sake of better control over be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to tender. the refund amount to be granted and the quantities to be exported, the invitation to tender should be restricted to exports to Zone VII as defined in Annex Article 2 I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 24/77 (4) ;

Whereas detailed rules for the application of the A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount 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 export licence ; whereas compliance with this obliga­ The tendering security referred to in Article 3 of Regu­ tion may be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge a lation (EEC) No 279/75 shall be 10 units of account tendering security of 10 units of account per tonne per tonne . when they 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 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 . (6) OJ No L 351 , 15 . 12. 1978 , p. 16. (7) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 10.

16 . 12 . 78 No L 352/31 Official Journal of the European Communities

Article 5 — 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 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 third 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, 15 December 1978 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

ANNEX

Weekly tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to Zone VII

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.