31992R2748

No L 279/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 9 . 92

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2748/92 of 21 September 1992 on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, No 1431 /76, for Zones I to VI and Zone VIII excluding Guyana, Madagascar and Suriname, of Annex to Regula­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tion (EEC) No 2145/92. Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 1 July of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the 1993. During that period weekly invitations to tender market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) shall be issued and the date for submission of tenders No 674/92 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof, shall be determined in the notice of invitation to tender.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 3. The invitation to tender shall take place in accord­ of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for granting ance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the amount and with the following provisions. of such refunds (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas examination of the balance sheet shows that exportable amounts of rice are currently held by pro­ Article 2 ducers ; whereas this situation could affect the normal development of producer prices during the 1992/93 A tender shall be valid only if it covers a quantity for marketing year ; export of at least 50 tonnes but not more than 5 000 tonnes. Whereas, in order to remedy this situation, it is appro­ 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 fore to apply Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) enabling the amount of refund to be fixed by tendering No 584/75 shall be ECU 20 per tonne. procedure ;

Whereas it should be stated that the provisions of Article 4 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March 1975 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of tendering for export refunds on rice (4), as last 1 . Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 (1 ) of amended by Regulation (EEC) No 409/90 (*), apply to this Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 Q, export invitation to tender ; licences issued within jthis invitation to tender shall, for the purposes of determining their period of validity, be considered as having been issued on the day the tender Whereas, in order to avoid disturbances on the markets of was submitted . the producing countries, the markets of destination should be limited to Zones I to VI and Zone VIII, 2. The licences shall be valid from their date of issue, excluding Guyana, Madagascar and Suriname, noted in within the meaning of paragraph 1 , until the end of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 (6) ; third month following. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, Article 5

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the Member States not later than one and a half hours after expiry of the time limit for weekly submission of Article 1 tenders as laid down in the notice of invitation to tender. 1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened, for the They must be transmitted in accordance with the table export refund referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) given in the Annex.

If no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall (') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . O OJ No L 73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7. inform the Commission accordingly within the same time (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36. limit as that given in the above subparagraph. (4) OJ No L 61 , 7. 3. 1975, p. 25. 0 OJ No L 43, 17. 2. 1990, p. 21 . O OJ No L 214, 30. 7. 1992, p. 20 . O 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 8 October 1992 at 10 a.m . 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 1 July 1993. 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, 21 September 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Weekly invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled round grain 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

3

4

5

etc.