31981R0140

No L 15/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 17 . 1 . 81

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 140 / 81 of 16 January 1981 on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of milled long-grain rice to Poland

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES ,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­ export refund referred to in Article 4 of Regulation tion of the market in rice (*), as last amended by the (EEC) No 1431 /76. Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof, 2 . The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 15 000 tonnes of milled long-grain rice for export Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No to Poland . 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for 3 . The invitation to tender shall be open until 31 fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and in particular March 1981 . During that period, weekly invitations to Article 4 thereof, tender shall be issued and the dates for submission of tenders shall be determined in the notices of invita­ Whereas the European Council, at its meeting on 1 tion to tender. and 2 December 1980, agreed to assist Poland to purchase certain agricultural products within the 4. The invitation to tender shall take place in accor­ Community ; whereas the quantities of rice available dance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No on the Community market make it possible to place 584/75 and with the following provisions. 15 000 tonnes of milled long-grain rice at Poland's disposal at reduced prices ;

Whereas, for this purpose, the provision in Article 4 Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 which lays down that the level of the export refund may be fixed, as A tender shall be valid only if appropriate, by means of the tender procedure, should be implemented ; (a) it covers a quantity for export of at least 500 tonnes but not more than 1 000 tonnes ; Whereas it should be stated that the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March (b) it is accompanied by an application for an export 1975 laying down detailed rules for the application of licence lodged by the tenderer and by an applica­ the system of tendering for export refunds on rice (4), tion for advance fixing of the refund for the desti­ as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3491 /80 (5), nation in question, drawn up pursuant to Article apply to this invitation to tender ; la of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 ; (c) it is accompanied by proof of an undertaking to Whereas, however, in view of the specific objectives of purchase by the Polish authorities covering the the operation in question, appropriate measures invitation to tender in question and a given quan­ should be taken to ensure that the product qualifying tity ; for the export refund does reach the intended destina­ tion ; (d) it provides all the information laid down in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Tenders may not be withdrawn . are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Cereals,

Article 3 (>) OJ No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , p . 17. (3 ) OJ No L 166 , 25 . 6 . 1976, p . 36 . (4 ) OJ No L 61 , 7. 3 . 1975 , p . 25 . The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (5 ) OJ No L 365, 31 . 12. 1980 , p . 15 . (EEC) No 584/75 shall be 50 ECU/ tonne .

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Article 4 If no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall inform the Commission accordingly within the same 1 . The security referred to in Article 3 shall be time limit as that given in the above subparagraph . released (a) if the tender was not accepted ; Article 7 (b) except in cases of force majeure, for quantities of The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian the product for which the tenderer provides proof time . of import into Poland. Such proof shall be provided pursuant to the provi­ Article 8 sions of Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 . On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commis­ 2730/79 ( i ). sion shall decide, in accordance with the procedure 2. In cases of force majeure, the provisions of laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No Articles 36 and 37 of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 (2) 1418 /76 : shall apply. — either to fix a maximum export refund, taking account of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and Article 5 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76, 1 . Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 ( 1 ) — or not to take any action on the tenders . of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80, export licences 2. Where a maximum export refund is fixed, an issued within this standing invitation to tender shall, award shall be made to the tenderer or tenderers for the purposes of determining their period of whose tenders are at or below the maximum export validity, be considered as having been issued on the refund level . day the tender was submitted. 2 . The licences shall be valid from their date of Article 9 issue, within the meaning of paragraph 1 , until the The time limit for submission of tenders for the first end of the second month following. partial invitation to tender shall expire on 29 January 1981 at 1 p.m . (Belgian time). The final date for Article 6 submission of tenders is hereby fixed at 26 March 1981 . Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the Member States not later than one and a Article 10 half hours after expiry of the time limit for weekly submission of tenders as laid down in the notice of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day invitation to tender. They must be transmitted in following its publication in the Official Journal of accordance with the table given in the Annex . the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 January 1981 . For the Commission

The President

Gaston THORN

(') OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p . 1 . 2 OJ No L 338 , 13 . 12. 1980 , p . 1 .

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ANNEX

Weekly invitation to tender for the refund on export of milled long-grain rice to Poland

End of the time limit for submission of tenders (date/time)

1 2 3

Serial number Quantities Amount of the export refund of tenderers in tonnes in national currency per tonne

1 2 3 4 5 etc.