L 172/6 Official Journal of the European Union 24.6.2006 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 936/2006 of 23 June 2006 opening an invitation to tender for the refund on common wheat exports to certain third countries THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (6)  The satisfactory operation of tendering procedures for 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 ('), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 13(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Given the present market situation for cereals, an invi- tation to tender for the export refund on common wheat should be opened in accordance with Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the appli- cation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (). (2)  The tendering procedure rules to be followed for estab- lishing export refunds are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. The requirements under that procedure include an obligation to submit an application for an export licence and lodge a security. The rate of that security should be established. (3) A specific period of validity must be set for the licences issued under this invitation to tender. That validity period should be commensurate with world market requirements for the 2006/2007 marketing year. (4)  To ensure that all parties are treated equally, all licences issued should have the same period of validity. (5)  In order to prevent re-imports, the exports under this invitation to tender should be limited to certain third countries. () 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 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 777/2004 (O] L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50). exports requires that a minimum quantity be set, and that the time-limit and means of transmission for tenders lodged with the competent authority be estab- lished. (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 1. Under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, an invi- tation to tender for the export refund is hereby opened. 2. The invitation to tender covers common wheat for expor- tation to destinations with the exception of Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro (%) and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Romania and Switzerland. 3. The invitation to tender shall be open until 28 June 2007. During that period, weekly awards shall be made. The quantities and dates for submitting tenders shall be set out in the notice of invitation to tender. Notwithstanding Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, the time-limit for submitting tenders for the first partial invi- tation to tender shall be 6 July 2006. Atrticle 2 Tenders shall be valid only if they cover a quantity of at least 1 000 tonnes. Atrticle 3 The security referred to in Article 5(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 shall be EUR 12 per tonne. () Including Kosovo, as defined in UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.