31991R2846

No L 272/58 28 . 9. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2846/91 of 27 September 1991 on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to certain third countries

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community, 1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened, for the export refund referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ^lo 1431 /76, for Zones I, II (b), IV, V, VI and VIII (except of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the Guyana, Madagascar and Surinam, as specified in Annex I market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77. No 1806/89 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof, 2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 18 June Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 1991 . During that period weekly invitations to tender shall be issued and the date for submission of tenders of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for granting shall be determined in the notice of invitation to tender. export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof, 3. The invitation to tender shall take place in accord­ ance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 Whereas examination of the balance sheet shows that and with the following provisions. exportable amounts of rice are currently held by produ­ cers ; whereas this situation could affect the normal Article 2 development of producer prices during the 1991 /92 marketing year ; A tender shall be valid only if it covers a quantity for export of at least 50 tonnes but not more than 5 000 Whereas, in order to remedy this situation, it is appro­ tonnes. priate to make use of export refunds to zones which may be supplied by the Community ; whereas the special situ­ Article 3 ation of the rice market makes it necessary to limit the quantities of rice benefiting from the refunds, and there­ The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) fore to apply Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 No 584/75 shall be ECU 20 per tonne. enabling the amount of refund to be fixed by tendering procedure ; Article 4 Whereas it should be stated that the provisions of 1 . Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (*), export 1975 laying down detailed rules for the application of the licences issued within this invitation to tender shall, for system of tendering for export refunds on rice (4), as last the purposes of determining their period of validity, be amended by Regulation (EEC) No 409/90 0, apply to this considered as having been issued on the day the tender invitation to tender : was submitted .

2. The licences shall be valid from their date of issue, within the meaning of paragraph 1 , until the end of the Whereas, in order to avoid disturbances on the markets of third month following. the producing countries, the invitation to tender should be limited to certain zones specified in Annex I to Regu­ Article 5 lation (EEC) No 1 1 24/77 (6), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 3049/89 O ; Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the Member States not later than one and a half hours Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are after expiry of the time limit for weekly submission of in accordance with the opinion of the Management tenders as laid down in the notice of invitation to tender. Committee for Cereals, They must be transmitted in accordance with the table given in the Annex. 1 O OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . If no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall (2) OJ No L 177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36. inform the Commission accordingly within the same time 0 OJ No L 61 , 7. 3. 1975, p. 25. limit as that given in the above subparagraph. 0 OJ No L 43, 17. 2. 1990, p. 21 . («) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53. O OJ No L 292, 11 . 10. 1989, p. 10. (8) OJ No L 331 , 2. 12. 1988, p. 1 .

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Article 6 2. Where a maximum export refund is fixed, an award shall be made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders are at or below the maximum export refund level. The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian time.

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The time limit for submission of tenders for the first Article 7 partial invitation to tender shall expire on 10 October 1991 at 10 a.m. (Belgian time). 1 . On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission The final date for submission of tenders is hereby fixed at shall decide in accordance with the procedure laid down 18 June 1992. in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 :

Article 9 — either to fix a maximum export refund, taking account of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of Regula­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day tion (EEC) No 1431 /76, following its publication in the Official Journal of the — or not to take any action on the tenders. European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 September 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

ANNEX

weekly invitation to tender for die refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to certain third countries

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

1 2 3

Serial number Quantities Amount of export refund of tenders in tonnes in ecu per tonne

1

2 I

3 I

4 I

5

etc. I