9.10.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL252/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2781/93
of8October1993
ontheopeningofastandinginvitationtotenderfortheresaleontheinternal
marketof200000tonnesofdurumwheatheldbytheItalianinterventionagency
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2193/93(2),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2131/93(3)
laysdowntheproceduresandconditionsgoverningthe
offerforsaleofcerealsheldbyinterventionagencies;
Whereas,inthepresentsituation,astandinginvitationto
tendershouldbeopenedfortheresaleontheinternal
marketof200000tonnesofdurumwheatheldbythe
Italianinterventionagency;
Whereasthemarketsituationfordurumwheatischarac­
terizedbyaseverelydiminished1993harvestand,conse­
quently,byabnormallyhighpricesbycomparisonwith
thesupportprices;whereasnoaccountshouldbetaken
thereforeofthemarketpriceintheappraisaloftenders,
andaminimumpriceshouldbefixedinexcessofthe
interventionprice;
Whereas,giventhelengthystorageperiodforcertainlots
reofferedforsaleonthemarket,potentialbuyers,should
beaffordedadegreeofsecurityasregardsquality;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforCerealshasnot
deliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetbyits
chairman,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheItalianinterventionagencyshall,undertheterms
specifiedinRegulation(EEC)No2131/93,initiateastan­
dinginvitationtotenderfortheresaleontheinternal
marketof200000tonnesofdurumwheatheldbyit.
Article2
1.Thedeadlineforthesubmissionoftendersforthe
firstpartialinvitationtotendershallbe14October1993.
2.Thedeadlineforthesubmissionoftendersforthe
finalpartialinvitationtotendershallbe23December
1993.
3.ThetendersshallbedepositedwiththeItalianinter­
ventionagency:ViaPalesstro81,
1-00100Rome,
(tel.494991;telex:620331).
Article3
Whenthesuccessfultendererremovesthecerealsfrom
intervention ,theinterventionagencyshall,forcross­
checkingpurposes,takeasampleusingthesamemethod
asthatlaiddowninCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No689/92(4).
Iftheanalysisshowsasizeabledifferencebetweenthe
qualityofthecerealsremovedandthequalityas
describedinthenoticeofinvitationtotender,referredto
inArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No2131/93,the
successfultenderermayrefusethegoods.
Adifferenceofmorethanonepercentagepointinrespect
ofoneoftheimpuritiesreferredtointheAnnextoRegu­
lation(EEC)No689/92,withtheexceptionofbroken
grainsormottledgrains,shallbeconsideredasizeable
difference .
Thesuccessfultenderermayalsorefusethegoodsifthey
donotcorrespondtothecriteriasetoutinsectionsA,C,
E,FandGoftheAnnextoRegulation(EEC)No689/92.
Intheeventofdispute,theinterventionagencyshall
submitthesampleinquestionforinspectionandthe
costsincurredshallbebornebythelosingparty.
Article4
Notwithstanding Article5(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No2131/93,thehighestbidexceedingtheminimum
priceofECU130pertonneshallbeaccepted.The
minimumpriceshallberaisedbymonthlyincreases,to
beappliedtotheinterventionpricesaslaiddownin
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1542/93
Article5
TheItalianinterventionagencyshallnotifytheCommis­
sion,bynolaterthantheTuesdayoftheweekfollowing
theexpiryofthedeadlineforthesubmissionoftenders,
ofthequantityandtheaveragepricesofthedifferentlots
sold.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .AziendadiStatopergliinterventinulmercatoagricolo
(AIMA),
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL196,5.8.1993,p.22.
(3)OJNoL191,31.7.1993,p.76.(4)OJNoL74,20.3.1992,p.18.0OJNoL154,25.6.1993,p.3.

NoL252/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.10.93
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8October1993.
FortheCommission
RenéSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission