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7.7.2005 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 166/54 |
Notice of invitation to tender for refunds on common wheat exported to certain third countries
(2005/C 166/13)
1. SUBJECT
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An invitation to tender is opened for refunds on exports of common wheat falling within CN code 1001 90 99 to certain third countries. |
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The total quantity for which a maximum export refund may be fixed in accordance with Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 (1) is approximately 2 000 000 tonnes. |
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The invitation to tender will be conducted in accordance with the provisions laid down in:
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II. TIME LIMITS
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The period during which tenders may be submitted in response to the first weekly invitation will begin on 8 July 2005 and expire at 10.00 a.m. on 14 July 2005. |
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For subsequent weekly invitations to tender, the time limit for submitting tenders will expire each week on Thursday at 10.00, with the exception of 21 July 2005, 4 August 2005, 18 August 2005, 1 September 2005, 3 November 2005, 29 December 2005, 13 April 2006 and 25 May 2006. The period during which tenders may be submitted in response to the second and subsequent weekly invitations will begin on the first working day following the day on which the preceding period ends. |
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This notice is published for the purposes of the present invitation to tender only. Until such time as it is amended or replaced, its terms will apply to each weekly award held during the period of validity of this invitation. However, the submission of tenders will be suspended for weeks in which there is no meeting of the Management Committee for Cereals. |
III. TENDERS
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Tenders must be submitted in writing and delivered no later than the dates and times indicated in Title II, either by personal delivery against a receipt, by registered mail, by telex, by fax or by telegram, to one of the following addresses:
Tenders not submitted by telex, fax or telegram must be enclosed in two sealed envelopes, one being inserted inside the other. The inner envelope must also be marked: ‘Tender under invitation to tender for refunds on common wheat exported to certain third countries — Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005 — Confidential’. Once submitted, no tender may be withdrawn before the Member State concerned has informed the tenderer of the result of the tender. |
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The tender, as well as the proof and statement referred to in Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, must be worded in the official language or one of the official languages of the Member State whose competent authority received the tender. |
IV TENDER SECURITY
The tender security must be made out in favour of the competent authority concerned.
V. AWARD OF CONTRACTS
The award will:
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give the party concerned the right to be issued, in the Member State in which the tender was submitted, with an export licence for the quantity in question indicating the export refund specified in the tender; |
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oblige the party concerned to apply in the Member State mentioned at (a) for an export licence for that quantity. |
(1) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).
(2) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.
(3) OJ L 174, 7.7.2005, p. 15.