
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 5 January 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 19 December 2005.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


Tender submission period: 5-6 January 2006.

Product code Destination Indicative refund amount(EUR/tonnes net) Scheduled quantity(tonnes)
0702 00 00 9100 F08 40 9 770
0805 10 20 9100 A00 46 142 183
0805 50 10 9100 A00 70 20 210
0808 10 80 9100 F04, F09 44 83 660

