16.2.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 46/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 256/2006 of 15 February 2006 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by the Czech intervention agency in Belgium THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3) lays down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies. (2)  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 (%) lays down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or desti- nation of products from intervention. (3)  Given the current market situation, a standing invitation to tender should be opened for the export of 53 665 tonnes of barley held by the Czech intervention agency in Belgium, under the Commission Decision authorising the Czech Republic to store outside its territory 300 000 tonnes of cereals from the 2004/05 marketing year (*). (4)  Special procedures must be laid down to ensure that the operations and their monitoring are properly effected. To that end, provision should be made for a security lodgement scheme which ensures that aims are met while avoiding excessive costs for the operators. Dero- gations should accordingly be made to certain rules, in particular those laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93. (5)  To forestall reimportation, exports under this invitation to tender should be limited to certain third countries. (6)  With a view to modernising the management of the system, provision should be made for the electronic () O] L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (O] L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11). (®» O] L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 749/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 10). () OJ L 301, 17.10.1992, p. 17. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1169/2005. (*) Notified to the Czech Republic on 17 June 2005, as amended by Decision 4013/2005 notified to the Czech Republic on 11 October 2005. transmission of the information required by the Commission. (7)  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 The Czech intervention agency shall issue a standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by it in the places listed in Annex I to this Regulation, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, save as otherwise provided in this Regu- lation. Article 2 The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 53 665 tonnes of barley for export to third countries with the exception of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro (%), Switzerland and the United States of America. Article 3 1.  No export refund or tax or monthly increase shall be granted on exports carried out under this Regulation. 2. Article 8(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 shall not apply. 3. Notwithstanding the third paragraph of Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the price to be paid for the export shall be that quoted in the tender, with no monthly increase. Article 4 1. Export licences shall be valid from their date of issue within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 until the end of the fourth month thereafter. () Including Kosovo, as defined in UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.