31980R1429

7 . 6 . 80 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 143/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1429/80 of 6 June 1980 on the opening of an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the German Democratic Republic

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 1 547/79 (2),

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 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 Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Whereas there is an exportable surplus of common Romania, Bulgaria and the German Democratic wheat on the Community market ; whereas, so that it Republic. can be exported under the most favourable conditions, an invitation to tender for the export refund should be 3 . The invitation shall remain open until 30 June opened ; whereas, in view of the situation on the 1981 . During this period weekly awards shall be world cereals market, and for the purpose of keeping made, for which the time limits for the submission of better control of the refund amount to be granted and tenders shall be as prescribed in the notice of invita­ of the quantities to be exported, the invitation to tion to tender. tender should be restricted to exports to Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the Article 2 German Democratic Republic ;

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 were of not less than 1 000 tonnes . adopted in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 279/75 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No Article 3 2944/78 (5) ; whereas among the obligations on the part of tenderers is that of lodging an application for an export licence ; whereas compliance with this obli­ The tendering security referred to in Article 3 of Regu­ gation may be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge lation (EEC) No 279175 shall be 12 ECU per tonne. a tendering security of 12 ECU 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 1 . By way of derogation from the provisions of issued be valid for equal lengths of time ; Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 193/75 (6), export licences issued under Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) Whereas, for the proper running of an invitation to No 279/75 shall, for the purpose of determining their tender for export refunds, a minimum representative period of validity, be deemed to have been issued on quantity must be specified as well as the time limit the day on which the tender was submitted . and form of communication of the tenders submitted to the competent authorities ; 2. Export licences issued in connection with this invitation to tender shall be valid from their date of (») OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . issue, as defined in the previous paragraph , until the (2) OJ No L 188 , 26. 7. 1979 , p. 1 . end of the fourth month following that of issue . (3 ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 . («) OJ No L 31 , 5. 2. 1975, p. 8 . (5) OJ No L 351 , 15. 12. 1978, p. 16. (") OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 10 .

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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 so inform the Commission within the time limit indi­ Article 7 cated in the preceding paragraph .

Article 6 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 6 June 1980 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

ANNEX

Weekly tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the German Democratic Republic

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 II 4 llI 5 ll\

etc.