31979R2293
No L 263/ 14 19 . 10 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2293/79 of 16 October 1979 on an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to Zones I, II, III , IV, 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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza tion of the market in cereals (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (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 barley for export to Zones I, II, III, IV, V and VI as defined in Whereas there is an exportable surplus of barley on Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77. the Community market ; whereas, so that it can be exported under the most favourable conditions, an 3 . The invitation shall remain open until 31 invitation to tender for the export refund should be January 1980. During this period weekly awards shall opened ; whereas, for the sake of better control over be made, the time limits for the submission of tenders the refund amount to be granted and the quantities to to be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to be exported, the invitation to tender should be tender. restricted to exports to Zones I, II, III , IV, V and VI as defined in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 24/77 (4); Article 2
Whereas detailed rules for the application of the A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount system of tendering for fixing export refunds have of not less than 1 000 tonnes. been adopted in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 279/75 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2944/78 (6) ; whereas among the obligations of Article 3 tenderers is that of lodging an application for an export licence ; whereas compliance with this obliga tion may be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge a The tendering security referred to in Article 3 of Regu tendering security of 12 ECU per tonne when they lation (EEC) No 279/75 shall be 12 ECU per tonne. 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 188 , 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 . issue, as defined in the previous paragraph, until the (3), OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 . end of the third month following that of issue. (4) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53 . (s) OJ No L 31 , 5. 2. 1975, p. 8 . (6) OJ No L 351 , 15. 12. 1978 , p. 16. O 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 : The tenders submitted must reach the Commission — brought forward by one hour in Ireland and the through the intermediary of Member States at the United Kingdom during the period in which latest one and a half hours after expiry of the period summer time does not apply in those Member for the weekly submission of tenders as specified in States, the notice of invitation to tender. They must be — expressed by one hour in the other Member States communicated in the form indicated in the Annex . when the latter are applying summer time. Article 7 If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 16 October 1979 .
For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President
ANNEX
Weekly tender for the refund for the export of barley to Zones I, II , III , IV, 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.