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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1581/2005

of 29 September 2005         

opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Spanish market of common wheat 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:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.   The Hungarian intervention agency shall open a standing invitation to tender for the sale on the Community market of 200 000 tonnes of common wheat held by it.

2.   These sales are intended to supply the Spanish market.

Article 2

The sale provided for in Article 1 shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.

However, notwithstanding that Regulation:

Article 3

1.   Notwithstanding Article 13(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the tender security is set at EUR 10 per tonne.

2.   Tenders shall be valid only if they are accompanied by the tenderer’s written commitment to lodge a security of EUR 80 per tonne within two working days of the day on which the notice of award of contract is received.

Article 4

1.   The first partial invitation to tender shall expire at 15.00 (Brussels time) on 5 October 2005.

The closing dates for the submission of tenders for subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be each Wednesday at 15.00 (Brussels time), with the exception of 2 November and 28 December 2005 and 12 April, 24 May and 14 June 2006, i.e. weeks when no invitation to tender shall be made.

The closing date for the submission of tenders for the last partial invitation to tender shall be 28 June 2006 at 15.00 (Brussels time).

2.   Tenders must be lodged with the Hungarian intervention agency at the following address:

Article 5

Within two hours of the expiry of the time-limit for the submission of tenders, the Hungarian intervention agency shall notify the Commission of tenders received. This notification shall be made by e-mail, using the form in the Annex hereto.

Article 6

Under the procedure laid down in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 the Commission shall set the minimum selling price or decide not to award any quantities. In the event that tenders are submitted for the same lot and for a quantity larger than that available, the Commission may fix this price separately for each lot.

Where tenders are offering the minimum selling price, the Commission may fix an award coefficient for the quantities offered at the same time as it fixes the minimum selling price.

Article 7

1.   The security referred to in Article 3(1) shall be released in full in respect of quantities for which:

2.   The security referred to in Article 3(2) shall be released in proportion to the quantities of cereals delivered to Spain. Proof of a particular destination shall be supplied in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 (4). The T5 control copy must provide proof of compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 1(2) of this Regulation.

Article 8

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2)OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1169/2005 (OJ L 188, 20.7.2005, p. 19).

(3)OJ L 177, 9.7.2005, p. 7.

(4)OJ L 301, 17.10.1992, p. 17.

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ANNEX

Standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Spanish market of 200 000  tonnes of common wheat held by the Hungarian intervention agency

Form (*1)

(Regulation (EC) No 1581/2005)

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(*1)  To be sent to DG AGRI (D/2).

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