31978R2093

5 . 9 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 243 / 5

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2093/ 78 of 1 September 1978 re-opening the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation ( EEC) No 1790/77 for exports of raw beet sugar during the 1978 /79 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Article 3 COMMUNITIES , Article 3 (3) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1790/77 is Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European amended to read as follows : Economic Community, '3 . By way of derogation from paragraph 2 (b), Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the period for the Submission of tenders due to 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­ expire on : zation of the market in sugar ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 396/78 (2), and in particular (a) Wednesday, 1 November 1978 shall expire on Articles 12 (2) and 19 (4) thereof, Tuesday, 31 October 1978 at 10 a.m .; Whereas the invitation to tender referred to in (b) Wednesday, 15 November 1978 shall expire Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1790/77 of 2 on Tuesday, 14 November 1978 at 10 a.m . ; August 1977 on a standing invitation to tender to (c) Wednesday, 22 November 1978 shall expire on determine the export refund for raw beet sugar (3) has Tuesday, 21 November 1978 at 10 a.m . been interrupted from 14 July 1978 by Regulation (EEC) No 1644/78 (4) ; whereas, due to the size of the By way of derogation from paragraph 2, no partial foreseeable Community surplus of raw beet sugar as invitation to tender will take place on Wednesday, well as the state , evolution and tendencies of the 27 December 1978 .' world market in white and raw sugar, it is economi­ cally desirable for the Community to re-open the Article 4 abovementioned invitation to tender ; whereas, to achieve this purpose, Regulation (EEC) No 1790/77 The second subparagraph of Article 9 (2) of Regula­ should be amended ; tion ( EEC) No 1790/77 is amended to read as follows : Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation ' However : are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Sugar, (a) export licences issued pursuant to partial invita­ tions to tender, held between 20 and 30 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : September 1978 , shall be valid only until 31 December 1978 ; Article 1 (b) export licences issued pursuant to a partial invi­ The invitation to tender provided for in Regulation tation to tender, held after 25 April 1979, shall (EEC) No 1790/77 is hereby re-opened. be valid only until 30 September 1979 .'

Article 2 Article 5 In Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1790/77, the date ' 17 August 1977' shall be replaced by '20 This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 September September 1978'. 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 1 September 1978 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(*) OJ No L 359 , 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 170, 27. 6 . 1978 , p.l . (3) OJ No L 197, 4. 8 . 1977 , p. 11 . (4) OJ No L 191 , 14 . 7 . 1978 , p. 22.