31994R2307

27. 9 . 94 No L 251 / 11 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2307/94 of 26 September 1994 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, No 1431 /76, for Zones I, II (c), IV, V, VI and VIII (except Guyana, Madagascar and Suriname, as specified in the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92. Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 29 June of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the 1995. During that period weekly invitations to tender shall be issued and the date for submission of tenders market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No shall be determined in the notice of invitation to tender. 1869/94 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,

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 Article 2 exportable amounts of rice are currently held by produ­ cers ; whereas this situation could affect the normal development of producer prices during the 1994/95 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 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 ;

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 1 . Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 (1 ) of system of tendering for export refunds on rice (4), as last Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 Q, export amended by Regulation (EEC) No 409/90 (*), apply to this licences issued within this invitation to tender shall, for invitation to tender ; 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 invitation to tender should be limited to certain zones specified in the Annex to 2. The licences shall be valid from their date of issue, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 (*) ; within the meaning of paragraph 1 , until the end of the 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 Article 1 after expiry of the time limit for weekly submission of 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 197, 30. 7. 1994, 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. O OJ No L 43, 17. 2. 1990, p. 21 . Ò OJ No L 214, 30. 7. 1992, p. 20. 0 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 13 October 1994 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 29 June 1995. 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, 26 September 1994.

For the Commission

Rene STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Weekly invitation to tender for the 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

3

4

5

etc .