18.5.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L136/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 971/2001 of 17 May 2001 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 2097/2000 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 176692 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/ 2000 (), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 176692 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2001 (%), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2097/2000 of 3 October 2000 on a special intervention measure for cereals in Finland and Sweden (%), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 680/2001 (), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Whereas: (1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from Finland or Sweden to all third countries was opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2097/2000. (2 Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2097/2000 provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to make no award. (3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 a maximum refund 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 notified from 11 to 17 May 2001 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 2097/2000. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 May 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 May 2001. J L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. J L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1. J L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. J L 89, 29.3.2001, p. 16. J L 249, 4.10.2000, p. 15. J L 94, 4.4.2001, p. 20. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission