
Article 1 

1. An invitation to tender for the allocation of A3 export licences is hereby opened. The products concerned, the tender submission period, the indicative refund rates and the scheduled quantities are laid down in the Annex hereto.
2. The licences issued in respect of food aid as referred to in Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 shall not count against the eligible quantities in the Annex hereto.
3. Notwithstanding Article 5(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001, the term of validity of the A3 licences shall be two months.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 November 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 29 October 2004.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
Tender submission period: 9 to 10.11.2004.
Product code Destination Indicative refund amount(EUR/t net) Scheduled quantity(t)
0702 00 00 9100 F08 30 4 311
0805 10 10 91000805 10 30 91000805 10 50 9100 A00 24 52 599
0805 50 10 9100 A00 43 15 713
0806 10 10 9100 A00 35 6 515
0808 10 20 91000808 10 50 91000808 10 90 9100 F04, F09 28 11 175

