
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 10 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 17 December 2004.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
Tender submission period: 10 to 11 January 2005
Product code Destination Indicative refund amount(EUR/t net) Scheduled quantity(t)
0702 00 00 9100 F08 30 3 074
0805 10 20 9100 A00 29 59 194
0805 50 10 9100 A00 43 19 601
0808 10 80 9100 F04, F09 28 15 757

