
Article 1 

1. A tendering procedure is hereby opened to fix the amount of the subsidy for the consignment to Réunion of husked long-grain B rice falling within CN code 1006 20 98, referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003.
2. The tendering procedure shall be open until 23 June 2005. During that period regular invitations to tender shall be issued and the date for submission of tenders shall be set down in the notice of invitation to tender.
3. The tendering procedure shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 and this Regulation.
Article 2 
A tender shall be admissible only if it covers a quantity for shipment of at least 50 tonnes but not more than 3 000 tonnes.
Article 3 
The security referred to in Article 7(3)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 shall be EUR 30 per tonne.
Article 4 
The subsidy documents issued under this tendering procedure shall, for the purposes of determining their period of validity, be considered as having been issued on the day the tender was submitted.
Article 5 
Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the Member States not later than one and a half hours after expiry of the time limit for the submission of tenders as laid down in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be transmitted in accordance with the model given in the Annex.
If no tenders are lodged, Member States shall inform the Commission within the time limit referred to in the first paragraph.
Article 6 

1. On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission shall decide in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003:
— either to fix a maximum subsidy,
— or not to take any action on the tenders.
2. Where a maximum subsidy is fixed, an award shall be made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders do not exceed the maximum subsidy.
Article 7 
The closing date for the submission of tenders for the first regular invitation to tender shall be 16 December 2004 at 10.00 (Brussels time).
The final date for submission of tenders is hereby fixed at 23 June 2005.
Article 8 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 26 November 2004.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


Closing date for the submission of tenders (date/time): …

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Serial numbers of tenderers Quantityin tonnes Amount of consignment subsidy(in euro per tonne)
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