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Commission Regulation (EC) No 25/2006 of 10 January 2006 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat held by the Belgian intervention agency

Commission Regulation (EC) No 25/2006 of 10 January 2006 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat held by the Belgian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas:

  1. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93(2) lays down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies.

  2. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92(3) lays down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention.

  3. Given the current market situation, a standing invitation to tender should be opened for the export of 68 551 tonnes of common wheat held by the Belgian intervention agency.

  4. Special rules must be laid down to ensure that the operations are properly carried out and monitored. To that end, securities should be lodged to ensure that the goals of the operation are achieved without excessive cost to the operators. Derogations should accordingly be made to certain rules, in particular those laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.

  5. To forestall reimportation, exports under this invitation to tender should be limited to certain third countries.

  6. With a view to modernising the management of the system, provision should be made for the electronic transmission of the information required by the Commission.

  7. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject to this Regulation, the Belgian intervention agency shall issue a standing invitation to tender in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 for the export of common wheat held by it.

Article 2

The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 68 551 tonnes of common wheat for export to third countries with the exception of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro(4) and Switzerland.

Article 3

1.

No export refund or tax or monthly increase shall be granted on exports carried out under this Regulation.

2.

Article 8(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 shall not apply.

3.

Notwithstanding the third paragraph of Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the price to be paid for the export shall be that quoted in the tender, without monthly increase.

Article 4

1.

Export licences shall be valid from their date of issue within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 until the end of the fourth month thereafter.

2.

Tenders submitted in response to this invitation to tender need not be accompanied by export licence applications submitted under Article 49 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000(5).

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Article 9

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Article 12

Article 13

ANNEX I

ANNEX II

ANNEX III