25.8.2005 Official Journal of the European Union L 220/27 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1384/2005 of 24 August 2005 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by the Hungarian intervention agency 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 94 608 tonnes of barley held by the Hungarian intervention agency. (4)  Special procedures must be laid down to ensure that the operations and their monitoring are properly effected. To that end, securities should be lodged to ensure that the goals of the operations are achieved without excessive cost to the operators. Derogations 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)  Article 7(2a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 allows the successful exporting tenderer to be reimbursed the lowest transport costs between the place of storage and the actual place of exit, up to a certain ceiling. In view of Hungary’s geographical location, this provision should be applied. () 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). (®» OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 749/2005 (O] L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 10). () OJ L 301, 17.10.1992, p. 17. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 770/96 (O] L 104, 27.4.1996, p. 13). (7)  With a view to modernising the management of the system, provision should be made for the electronic transmission of the information required by the Commission. (8)  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 Hungarian intervention agency shall issue a standing invi- tation to tender for the export of barley held by it in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, save as otherwise provided in this Regulation. Article 2 The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 94 608 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. 4. Pursuant to Article 7(2a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the lowest transport costs between the place of storage and the actual place of exit shall be reimbursed to the successful tenderer, up to the ceiling set in the invitation to tender. (* Including Kosovo, as defined in UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.