27.5.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL139/45
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1250/76
of26May1976
layingdownconditionsforinvitationstotenderforcolzaandrapeseedheldby
theGermaninterventionagencyandbytheDanishinterventionagency
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganization ofthemarketinoilsand
fats('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),andinparticularArticle26(3)thereof,sionofatender;whereas,moreover,thatsecurity
shouldbesuchastopreventtheseedsforwhicha
tenderwasacceptedfrombeingofferedforinterven­
tionasecondtime;whereasthesecurityshouldthere­
forebeforfeited,unlessthesuccessfultenderer
providesproofthattheseedshavebeenplacedunder
controlatanoilmillpursuanttoArticle2ofCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No2114/71of28September1971
onthesubsidyforoilseeds(5),asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2730/71(6),orhavebeenexported;
Whereastheminimumsellingpricethatmostnearly
correspondstotheactualmarketsituationmaybe
fixedonthebasisoftendersreceived;
Whereasthecontractmustbeawardedtotheperson
offeringthehighestprice;whereas,moreover,there
shouldberulesconcerningtheawardofthecontract
intheeventofseveraltendersbeingmadeatthesame
price;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforOilsandFats,Whereasduringthe1975/76marketingyearthe
GermanandtheDanishinterventionagencieseach
boughtincertainquantitiesofcolzaandrapeseed
pursuanttoArticle26ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No189/68of
16February1968oncertaindetailedrulesforthe
disposalofoilseedsboughtinbyinterventionagen­
cies(3),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1594/72(4),laiddowntheconditionsforsaleby
tenderontheCommunitymarketofseedsheldby
interventionagencies;whereasinviewofthepresent
situationofthemarketforseedsintheCommunityit
cannotbeexpectedthatthequantitiesheldbythe
GermanandtheDanishinterventionagenciescanbe
soldinaccordancewiththepriceconditionslaid
downinArticle5ofRegulation (EEC)No189/68;
whereas,therefore,specialmeasuresmustbetakento
disposeoftheseoilseeds;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Whereascolzaandrapeseedcanatpresentbe
marketedintheCommunityatapricewhichiscloser
totheactualmarketsituationthanthepricefixedin
accordancewiththesaidArticle5;1.Thereshallbeputupforsalebytenderonthe
Communitymarket,onelotofatotalquantityof
about1280metrictonsofcolzaandrapeseedheld
bytheGermaninterventionagency,andsixlotsofa
totalquantityofabout3550metrictonsofcoizaand
rapeseedheldbytheDanishinterventionagency,all
ofwhichwereboughtinduringthe1975/76
marketingyear.
2.TheprovisionsofRegulation (EEC)No189/68
shallapply,subjecttotheprovisionsofthisRegula­
tion.Whereasinordertoensurefavourablesellingcondi­
tionstheseedsshouldbeputupforsaleinlots;
Whereasasecurityshouldbeprovidedtoensurethe
observanceoftheobligationsinvolvedinthesubmis­
(»)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
(})OJNoL43,17.2.1968,p.7.
(4)OJNoL169,27.7.1972,p.18.(5)OJNoL222,2.10.1971,p.2.
(6)OJNoL282,23.12.1971,p.18.

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Article2 Article5
TheinvitationtotendershallbepublishedintheOffi­
cialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesnotless
than10daysbeforethefinaldateforthesubmission
oftenders.Thisdateshallbe14June1976,notlater
than2p.m.
Article3Inthelightofthetenderssubmitted,minimum
sellingpricesshallbefixedinaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle38ofRegulationNo
136/66/EECrespectivelyfortheseedsheldbythe
Germaninterventionagencyandfortheseedsheldby
theDanishinterventionagency.
Thepricesshallbefixed,exwarehouse,foroilseeds
ofthestandardqualityforwhichinterventionprices
arefixed.Wheretheoilseedsofferedforsalearenot
thesaidstandardquality,theirweightshallbedeter­
minedbythemethoddescribedintheAnnexto
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1204/72of7June
1972layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationof
thesubsidysystemforoilseeds('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No676/76(2),andthesellingprice
shallbeincreasedorreducedasspecifiedinthe
AnnextoCommissionRegulationNo282/67/EECof
11July1967ondetailedrulesforinterventionforoil
seeds(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2645/75(4).1.Notendershallbeaccepteduntilitstatesaprice
perlot,deliveryexwarehouse .
2.Thetendershallbevalidonlyifitisaccompa­
niedbyasecurityoftwounitsofaccountper100kg.
Thesecuritymaybeprovidedincashorintheform
ofaguaranteesatisfyingthecriterialaiddownrespec­
tivelyintheFederalRepublicofGermanyandin
Denmark .
Article4
Article6
SubjecttotheminimumpricesreferredtoinArticle
5,thecontractshallbeawardedtothehighestbidder.
Ifseveraltendererstenderatthesameprice,the
successfultenderershallbechosenbylot.ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle3(2)shallbe
releasedwhere:
(a)thetendererhasnotwithdrawnhistenderbefore
theawardofthecontractandthetenderhasbeen
unsuccessful ;
(b)thesuccessfultenderer,saveincasesofforce
majeure,haspaidtotheinterventionagencythe
amountcorresponding tohistender,hastaken
overtheoilseedsawardedtohimunderthe
tenderandhasgivenproofthattheoilseedshave
beenplacedundercontrolofanoilmillpursuant
toArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No2114/71or
havebeenexported.Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26May1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL133,10.6.1972,p.1.
2OJNoL81,27.3.1976,p.22.
P)OJNo151,13.7.1967,p.1.
C)OJNoL269,18.10.1975,p.28