L 288/16 Official Journal of the European Union 5.11.2010 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 993/2010 of 4 November 2010 granting no export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri- cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri- cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ('), and in particular Article 164(2), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2008 of 27 June 2008 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain milk products (%) provides for a standing invitation to tender procedure. (2)  Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1454/2007 of 10 December 2007 laying down common rules for establishing a tender procedure for fixing export refunds for certain agricultural products (%) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate not to grant any refund for the tendering period ending on 2 November 2010. (3)  The Management Committee for the Common Organi- sation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 619/2008, for the tendering period ending on 2 November 2010, no export refund shall be granted for the product and destinations referred to in point (c) of Article 1 and in Article 2 respectively of that Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 November 2010. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 November 2010. For the Commission, On behalf of the President, Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development () O] L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. () O] L 168, 28.6.2008, p. 20. () OJ L 325, 11.12.2007, p. 69.