31979R0279

No L 40 / 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 15 . 2 . 79

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 279/79

of 14 February 1979

amending Regulations (EEC) No 1634/77 and ( EEC) No 1790/77 on standing invi­ tations to tender in order to determine export refunds for sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community,

Article 3 (3) of Regulations ( EEC) No 1634/77 and Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ( EEC) No 1790 / 77 shall be amended to read as 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­ follows : zation of the market in sugar (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 396/78 (2), and in particular Article 19 (4) thereof, *3 . By way of derogation from paragraph 2 (b) the period for submitting tenders which was to end on :

Whereas partial invitations to tender are issued for (a) Wednesday 25 April 1979 shall end on exports of white sugar and raw beet sugar by virtue of Tuesday, 24 April 1979 at 10 a.m .; Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1634/77 of 19 July 1977 on a standing invitation to tender in order to (b) Wednesday, 9 May 1979 shall end on Tuesday, determine export refunds for white sugar (3), as last 8 May 1979 at 10 a.m .' amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 643/78 (4), and Regulation (EEC) No 1790/77 of 2 August 1977 on a standing invitation to tender in order to determine export refunds for raw beet sugar (5), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2093/78 (6) ; Article 2

Whereas information may be required in addition to A third indent shall be added to Article 8 of Regula­ that required by Article 3 (2) of Commission Regula­ tions ( EEC) No 1634/ 77 and ( EEC) No 1790/77 : tion (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on sugar (7), as last 4— the tender shall in addition to the information amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 467/77 (8), for required by Article 3 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) tenders submitted under the tendering procedures ; No 394/70 indicate the tendering security whereas, to avoid as far as possible any doubts as to being lodged at least for the quantity of sugar the validity of tenders being lodged, such tender referred to in the tender and, moreover, should indicate the tendering security for the quantity express that amount in the currency of the of sugar to be exported as referred to in the tender ; Member State in which the tender is whereas for administrative purposes the opportunity submitted .' should be taken to modify the dates of certain partial invitations to tender :

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Article 3 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Sugar,

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 February ') OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 . 1979 . 2) OJ No L 170, 27. 6 . 1978 , p. 1 . 3) OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 35. 4) OJ No L 191 , 14. 7. 1978 , p. 21 . 5) OJ No L 197, 4. 8 . 1977, p. 11 . Article 2 shall apply to tenders submitted in response 6) OJ No L 243, 5. 9 . 1978 , p. 5. 7) OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 . to partial invitations being issued after 21 February 8) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6. 1979 .

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

Done at Brussels, 14 February 1979 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President