NoL336/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.12.91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3558/91
of5December 1991
authorizingtheItalianinterventionagencytoputupforsalebyinvitationto
tender10000tonnesofroundgrainpaddyricewithaviewtoexportintheform
ofmilledrice
Article2
1.Theinvitationtotendershallbeopenfrom17
December1991to23January1992.
2.Thepaddyriceawardedmustbeconvertedinto
milledriceforhumanconsumptionandexportedtoa
destinationinzoneIasindicatedinAnnexItoRegula­
tion(EEC)No1124/77(6).
Tendersshallnotbevalidunlessaccompaniedby:
—anapplicationforanexportlicenceformilledricein
bulkand/orinpackagesofmorethanfivekilograms,
fallingwithinCNcode10063092,togetherwithan
applicationforadvancefixingoftherefundforthe
productinquestion,
—evidencethatthetendererhaslodgedthesecurity
providedforinArticle13(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No
75/91,
—awrittenundertakingbythetenderertolodge,on
paymentofthegoodsatthelatest,thesecurity
providedforinthefifthparagraphofArticle17of
Regulation(EEC)No75/91.
Article3
TheminimumsellingpriceshallbeECU235,86per
tonne.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1806/89(2),andinparticularArticle5(3)thereof,
WhereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1424/76of21June1976layingdowngeneralrulesfor
interventiononthemarketinrice(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No794/91(4),providesthatsalesofrice
heldbyinterventionagenciesaretobeorganizedbyinvi­
tationtotender;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No75/91(*)lays
downtheproceduresandtheconditionsforthesaleof
paddyriceheldbyinterventionagencies;
Whereason28November1991Italynotifiedthe
Commission ofitswishtosell10000tonnesofround
grainpaddyriceheldbyitsinterventionagencywitha
viewtoexporttothirdcountriesintheformofmilled
rice;whereasthatrequestcanbeaccededto;
Whereasthequantityofmilledricetobeexported
followingtreatmentofthepaddyriceshouldbespecified;
WhereasItalyistotakeallfurtheractioncompatiblewith
theprovisionsinforcetoensurethattheoperationruns
smoothlyandtoinformtheCommissionthereof;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,Article4
1.Notwithstanding Article21(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No3719/88Q,exportlicencesissued
shallbedeemed,forthepurposesofdeterminingtheir
termofvalidity,tohavebeenissuedonthedayof
submission ofthetender.
2.Exportlicencesissuedwithintheframeworkofthis
invitationtotendershallcarrythefollowingentryin
section22:
'InvitationtotenderopenedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3558/91—Tenderof'.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheItalianinterventionagencyisherebyauthorizedto
putupforsaleontheCommunitymarketbyinvitationto
tender10000tonnesofroundgrainpaddyriceheldbyit.Article5
Forthepurposesofdeterminingthequantityofmilled
ricetobeexported,thequantityofpaddyriceawarded
shallbemultipliedbyacoefficientbasedonthemilling (')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL177,24.6.1989,p.1.0OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.24.
(4)OJNoL82,28.3.1991,p.5.0OJNoL9,12.1.1991,p.15.(6)OJNoL134,28.5.1977,p.53.
OOJNoL331,2.12.1988,p.1.

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yieldsinwholegrainsrecordedwhenthericewastaken
intointerventionandindicatedforeachlotinthenotice
ofinvitationtotenderpublishedbytheintervention
agency.RegulationandshallimmediatelyinformtheCommis­
sionthereof.
ItshallinformtheCommissioneachweek,throughthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals,orprogressinthe
salebyinvitationtotender.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .Article6
TheItalianinterventionagencyshalltakeallnecessary
actiontoensurecompliancewiththeprovisionsofthis
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5December1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission