31982R1508

No L 168 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 15 . 6 . 82

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1508 /82 of 11 June 1982 opening an invitation to tender for the levy and/or refund for the export of common wheat to countries of Zone IV

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN application for an export licence ; whereas compliance COMMUNITIES, with this obligation may be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge a tendering security of 12 ECU per tonne when they submit their tenders ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, in order to ensure equal treatment to all concerned, it is necessary to make provision such that Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the periods of validity of licences issued are identical ; 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Whereas, in order to ensure the smooth operation of Regulation (EEC) No 3808/81 (2), the tendering procedure, it is appropriate to prescribe a minimum quantity to be tendered for and a time Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No limit and form for the communication of tenders 2747/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules submitted to the competent authorities ; to be applied in the event of the cereals market being disturbed (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 2560/77 (4), and in particular Article 2 (1 ) thereof, are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (*), and in particular HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 5 thereof,

Article 1 Whereas, in view of the current situation on the cereals market, an invitation should be opened in respect of common wheat to tender for the export levy 1 . Tenders shall be invited for the export levy provided for in the first indent of Article 2 ( 1 ) of provided for in the first indent of Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75 and/or the export Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75 and/or for the export refund provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) refund provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 . No 2746/75 ; whereas there is demand for common wheat on certain specific markets ; whereas, in order to 2. The invitation to tender shall relate to common ensure supply, the invitation to tender for export should be limited to Zone IV ; wheat for export to the countries of Zone IV as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77.

Whereas the detailed procedural rules governing invi­ 3. The invitation shall remain open until 30 June tations to tender are, as regards the fixing of the export 1983 . During this period weekly awards shall be made, levy, laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No for which the time limits for the submission of tenders 3130/73 (®), as amended by Regulations (EEC) No shall be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to 278/75 Q and (EEC) No 771 /75 (8), and, as regards the tender. fixing of the export refund, in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 279/75 (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2944/78 (^ ; j whereas the commitments on the Article 2 part of the tenderer include an obligation to lodge an A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount of not less than 1 000 tonnes . (>) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 382, 31 . 12. 1981 , p. 37. (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 82. O OJ No L 303, 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 . Article 3 O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 . («) OJ No L 319, 20 . 11 . 1973, p. 10 . 0 OJ No L 31 , 5. 2. 1975, p. 7. The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (8) OJ No L 77, 26. 3 . 1975, p. 13 . (EEC) No 3130/73 and in Article 3 of Regulation (») OJ No L 31 , 5 . 2. 1975, p . 8 . H OJ No L 351 , 15. 12. 1978 , p. 16. (EEC) No 279/75 shall be 12 ECU per tonne.

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Article 4 maximum export refund and to any tenderer who has tendered for an export levy. 1 . Nothwithstanding Article 21 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 ('), export licences issued under Where a minimum export levy is fixed, a contract Article 8 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/73 or under shall be awarded to any tenderer whose tender indi­ Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 279/75 shall, for cates a rate of levy equal to or greater than such the purpose of determining their period of validity, be minimum export levy. deemed to have been issued on the day on which the tender was submitted . Article 6 2. Export licences issued in connection with the invitation to tender pursuant to this Regulation shall Tenders submitted must reach the Commission be valid from their date of issue, as defined in para­ through the intermediary of Member States at the graph 1 , until the end of the fourth month following that of issue . latest one and a half hours after expiry of the period for the weekly submission of tenders as specified in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be Article 5 communicated in the form indicated in the Annex. 1 . Notwithstanding Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform No 3130/73 and Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 279/75, the Commission shall decide, under the the Commission of this within the time limit indi­ procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) cated in the preceding paragraph. No 2727/75 : — to fix a maximum export refund, taking account in Article 7 particular of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75, or The time limits fixed for the submission of tenders — to fix a minimum export levy, taking account in shall correspond to Belgian time. particular of the criteria laid down in Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75, or Article 8 — to make no award.

2. Where a maximum export refund is fixed, a This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follo­ contract shall be awarded to any tenderer whose tender wing its publication in the Official Journal of the indicates a rate of refund equal to or less than such European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 June 1982.

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 388 , 13 . 12. 1980, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

Weekly tender for the levy/refund for the export of common wheat to countries of Zone IV

(Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time))

I

1 2 3

Number of tenderer Quantity Amount of export levy in tonnes in national currency per tonne

1 2 3 4 5 etc.

II

1 2 3

Number of tenderer Quantity Amount of export refund in tonnes in national currency per tonne

1 2 3 4 5 etc .