31983R1257

21 . 5 . 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 133/39

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1257 /83 of 20 May 1983 opening an invitation to tender for the levy and/or refund for the export of common wheat to countries of Zones I, IΙa, III , IV a) and b), V, VI, VII, the German Democratic Republic and the Iberian Peninsula

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tenderers to lodge a tendering security of 12 ECU per COMMUNITIES, tonne when they submit their tenders ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas, in order to ensure that all those concerned Economic Community, are treated equally, it is necessary to lay down that the period of validity of the licences issued should be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No identical ; whereas, however, a special period of validity 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ should be laid down for exports to the People's zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Republic of China ; Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2), Whereas, in order to ensure the smooth operation of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the tendering procedure, it is appropriate to prescribe 2747/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules a minimum quantity to be tendered for and a time to be applied in the event of the cereals market being limit and form for the communication of tenders disturbed (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No submitted to the competent authorities ; 2560/77 (4), and in particular Article 2 ( 1 ) thereof, Whereas, the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No are in accordance with the opinion of the Management 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules Committee for Cereals, for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (*), and in particular Article 5 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, in view of the current situation on the cereals market, an invitation should be opened in Article 1 respect of common wheat to tender for the export levy provided for in the first indent of Article 2 ( 1 ) of 1 . Tenders shall be invited for the export levy Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75 and/or for the export provided for in the first indent of Article 2 ( 1 ) of refund provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75 and/or the export No 2746/75 ; whereas, in order to ensure supply, the refund provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) invitation to tender for export should be limited to No 2746/75. Zones I, IΙa, III, IV a) and b), V, VI, VII, the German Democratic Republic and the Iberian Peninsula ; 2. The invitation to tender shall relate to common wheat for export to the countries of Zones I, IΙa, III, Whereas the detailed procedural rules governing invi­ IV a) and b), V, VI, VII, the German Democratic tations to tender are, as regards the fixing of the export Republic and the Iberian Peninsula. levy, laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3130/73 (6), as amended by Regulations (EEC) No 3 . The invitation shall remain open until 28 June 278/75 (7) and (EEC) No 771 /75 (8), and, as regards the 1984. During this period weekly awards shall be made, fixing of the export refund, in Commission Regulation for which the time limits for the submission of tenders (EEC) No 279/75 (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) shall be as prescribed in the notice of invitation to No 2944/78 (10) ; whereas the commitments on the tender. part of the tenderer include an obligation to lodge an application for an export licence ; whereas compliance Article 2 with this obligation may be ensured by requiring

A tender shall be valid only if it relates to an amount (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . of not less than 1 000 tonnes. (2) OJ No L 164, 14. 6 . 1982, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 82. («) OJ No L 303 , 28 . 11 . 1977, p . 1 . Article 3 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 78 . f6) 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 0 OJ No L 31 , 5. 2. 1975, p. 8 . ( ,0) 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 — In geval van uitvoer naar de Volksrepubliek China, laatste geldigheidsdag : , Verordening (EEG) nr. 1257/ 83 .' 1 . Notwithstanding Article 21 ( 1 ) of Regulation where the licence is used after the date given in space (EEC) No 3183/80 ('), export licences issued under 19, it shall carry the obligation to export to the Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/73 or under People's Republic of China. Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 279/75 shall, for the purpose of determining their period of validity, be deemed to have been issued on the day on which the Article 5 tender was submitted .

1 . Notwithstanding Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 3130/73 and Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2. Export licences issued in connection with the 279 /75, the Commission shall decide , under the invitation to tender pursuant to this Regulation shall procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) be valid from their date of issue, as defined in para­ No 2727/75 : graph 1 , until the end of the fourth month following that of issue . — to fix a maximum export refund, taking account in particular of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75, or, However, for exports to the People s Republic of — to fix a minimum export levy, taking account in China, licences shall be valid from their date of issue particular of the criteria laid down in Article 3 ( 1 ) as defined in paragraph 1 until the end of the sixth (b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75, or month following. — to make no award .

2. Where a maximum export refund is fixed, a 3 . For the purposes of applying paragraph 2, contract shall be awarded to any tenderer whose tender licences issued in connection with this invitation to indicates a rate of refund equal to or less than such tender shall bear, in space 19, a statement of the last maximum export refund and to any tenderer who has day of validity calculated in accordance with the provi­ tendered for an export levy. sions of the first subparagraph of paragraph 2. They shall also bear, in space 1 8 , a statement of the last day Where a minimum export levy is fixed, a contract of validity calculated in accordance with the provisions shall be awarded to any tenderer whose tender indi­ of the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 ; for this cates a rate of levy equal to or greater than such purpose, one of the following statements shall be minimum export levy. entered in space 18 :

Article 6 — ' In case of export to the People's Republic of China, last day of validity : , Regulation Tenders submitted must reach the Commission (EEC) No 1257/83 .' through the intermediary Member States, at the latest one and a half hours after expiry of the period for the — "Sidste gyldighedsdag ved udførsel til Den kine­ weekly submission of tenders as specified in the notice siske Folkerepublik : , Forordning (EØF) nr. of invitation to tender. They must be communicated 1257/ 83 .' in the form indicated in the Annex . — 'Letzter Gültigkeitstag bei Ausfuhr in die Volksre­ If no tenders are received, Member States shall inform publik China : , Verordnung (EWG) Nr. the Commission of this within the time limit indi­ 1257/ 83 .' cated in the preceding paragraph . — ' Σε περίπτωση εξαγωγής προς τη Λαϊκή Δημο­ κρατία της Κίνας, τελευταία ημέρα ισχύος : Article 7 , Κανονισμός ( ΕΟΚ ) αριθ. 1257/83 .'

— ' En cas d'exportation vers la république populaire The time limits fixed for the submission of tenders de Chine, dernier jour de validité : , règle­ shall correspond to Belgian time. ment (CEE) n0 1257/ 83 .'

— ' In caso di esportazione verso la Repubblica popo­ Article 8 lare di Cina, ultimo giorno di validità : , rego­ lamento (CEE) n . 1257/83 .' This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the (') OJ No L 388 , 13 . 12. 1980, p. 1 . European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 May 1983 .

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Weekly tender for the levy/refund for the export of common wheat to countries of Zones I , Ila, III , IV a) and b), V, VI, VII, the German Democratic Republic and the Iberian Peninsula

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

I

1 2 3

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

1 2 3 4 5 etc .

II

1 2 3

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

1 2 3 4 5 etc .