19.6.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 162/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1196/2001 of 18 June 2001 closing invitations to tender for the refund on exports of wholly milled rice opened by Regulations (EC) No 2281/2000, (EC) No 2282/2000, (EC) No 2283/2000 and (EC) No 2284/2000 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (20 The measures provided for in this Regulation are in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000 (%), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof, Whereas: (1)  The quantities of rice exported in the 2000/01 marketing year under the invitations to tender for the export refund opened by Commission Regulations (EC) No 2281/2000 (), (EC) No 2282/2000 (¥, (EC) No 2283/2000 (°) and (EC) No 2284/2000 (%) have reached the forecasts without exceeding the limits laid down by the Uruguay Round agreement. Those invitations to tender should be closed. accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The invitations to tender to determine the export refund on wholly milled rice opened by Regulations (EC) No 2281/2000, (EC) No 2282/2000, (EC) No 22832000 and (EC) No 2284/ 2000 are hereby closed. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 June 2001. 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18. 193, 29.7.2000, p. 3. 260, 14.10.2000, p. 7. 260, 14.10.2000, p. 10. 260, 14.10.2000, p. 13. 260, 14.10.2000, p. 16. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission