Article 7
United Kingdom
A tendering procedure may be organised for the reduction in the import duty. In such cases, interested parties shall reply to the invitation to tender either by lodging a written tender in exchange for an acknowledgement of receipt with the competent body specified in the invitation to tender or by forwarding that tender to the latter by registered letter, telex, fax or telegram.
Tenders must give:
the reference of the invitation to tender;
the tenderer's name and exact addresses, together with the telex or telefax number;
the nature and quantity of the product to be imported;
the amount per tonne of the import duty reduction proposed in euros;
the country of origin of the cereals to be imported.
Tenders must be accompanied:
by evidence that the tenderer has lodged a security of EUR 20 per tonne; and
by a written undertaking by the tenderer that, within two days of receipt of notification of the award of contract, he will lodge with the competent body concerned an application for an import licence for the quantity awarded, and that he will import from the country of origin specified in the tender.
Tenders must specify only one country of origin; they may not exceed the maximum quantity available for each tendering deadline.
Tenders not submitted in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 4 or containing conditions other than those laid down in the invitation to tender shall not be considered.
Tenders may not be withdrawn.
Tenders must be forwarded to the Commission by the competent body not later than two hours after the deadline for the lodging of tenders as specified in the invitation to tender. They must be forwarded in the form shown in Annex II.
Where no tenders are submitted, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission within the same time limit.