Article 1

Under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, an invitation to tender for the export refund is hereby opened.

The invitation to tender covers common wheat for exportation to destinations with the exception of Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro^f1, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Romania and Switzerland.

The invitation to tender shall be open until 22 June 2006. During that period, weekly awards shall be made. The quantities and dates for submitting tenders shall be set out in the notice of invitation to tender.

Notwithstanding Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, the time limit for submitting tenders for the first partial invitation to tender shall be 14 July 2005.