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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 528/2000
of 10 March 2000
openingan invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 14 000
tonnes of rice held by the Greek intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December1995onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinrice(
1),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2072/98(2),and
in particular the last indent of Article 8(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Approximately14000tonnesofpaddyriceheldbythe
Greek intervention agency should be put back on theCommunity market for sale in accordance withCommission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 of 11 January1991layingdowntheproceduresandconditionsforthedisposal of paddy rice held by intervention agencies(
3).
(2)As a result of the product's deterioration after a longperiod of storage a minimum selling price should bedeterminedforeachlotputupforsaletakingaccountofits specific characteristics, in accordance with Article2(3)(d) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3597/90 of12 December 1990 on the accounting rules for inter-vention measures involving the buying-in, storage andsale of agricultural products by intervention agencies(
4),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1392/97(5).
(3)The Management Committee for rice has not deliveredan opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
TheGreekinterventionagencyshallopen,undertheconditions
laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, an invitation totender for the resale on the internal market of approximately14000 tonnes of rice held by that agency.
Article 2
By derogation from Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 75/91
tenders must relate to an entire lot.
Article 3
1. Theclosingdatefortheinitialsubmissionoftendersshall
be 21 March 2000; for the final submission of tenders it shallbe 4 April 2000.2. Tenders must be lodged with the Greek intervention
agency at the following address:
DIDAGEP
Directorate General for the Administration of Purchases ofAgricultural ProduceAcharnon Street 241GR-10466 AthensTel. (30-1) 8659941 and 8673149Fax (30-1) 8629373
Article 4
The following minimum selling prices shall be respected:
— Lot No 1 EUR 185/t
— Store: Krokio Volos No 514 (559,640 t)
— Lot No 2 EUR 195/t
— Store: Krokio Volos No 504 (1815,650 t)— Store: Krokio Volos No 511 (1313,280 t)
— Lot No 3 EUR 206/t
— Store: Miloi Giannitsa No 4 (1615,100 t)— Store: Miloi Giannitsa No 5 (1574,520 t)
— Lot No 4 EUR 214/t
— Store: Miloi Giannitsa No 2 (1615,100 t)
— Lot No 5 EUR 224/t
— Store: Miloi Giannitsa No 1 (1609,690 t)— Store: Miloi Giannitsa No 3 (1606,980 t)
— Lot No 6 EUR 242/t
— Store: Miloi Giannitsa No 8 (810,218 t)— Store: Miloi Giannitsa No 9 (1094,480 t)
Article 5
By Tuesday of the week following the closing date for the
submission of tenders, the Greek intervention agency shallnotify the Commission of the quantities and prices of thevarious lots sold.
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.
(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 9, 12.1.1991, p. 15.
(4) OJ L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 43.
(5) OJ L 190, 19.7.1997, p. 22.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 March 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission