Brussels, 28/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - In Official Journal C22 of 27 January 2005, the European Commission has published a notice of invitation to tender for refunds on common wheat exported to certain third countries (see Europe of 2 January, p.7 on the Management Committee for Cereals decision). The total quantity for which a maximum export refund may be fixed is approximately 2 million tonnes. The invitation to tender notes that the period during which tenders may be submitted tin response to the first weekly invitation will being on 28 January 2005 and expire at 10: 00 hrs on 3 February 2005. For subsequent weekly invitations to tender, the time limit for submitting tenders will expire each week on Thursday at 10: 00 hrs.