# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 248/2005

of 11 February 2005

concerning tenders submitted under tendering procedure for the refund on consignment of husked long grain B rice to the island of Réunion referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2033/2004

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice [^1] , and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 of 6 September 1989 laying down detailed rules for exports of rice to Réunion [^2] , and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Commission Regulation (EC) No 2033/2004 [^3] opens an invitation to tender for the subsidy on rice exported to Réunion.

**(2)** Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 2b(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, to make no award.

**(3)** On the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89, a maximum subsidy should not be fixed.

**(4)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted from 7 to 10 February 2005 in response to the invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2033/2004 for the subsidy on exports to Réunion of husked long grain B rice falling within CN code 1006 20 98 .

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 February 2005.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 February 2005. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_270_R_TOC) .

[^2] [OJ L 261, 7.9.1989, p. 8](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1989_261_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1275/2004 ( [OJ L 241, 13.7.2004, p. 8](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_241_R_TOC) ).

[^3] [OJ L 353, 27.11.2004, p. 9](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_353_R_TOC) .

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