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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 492/2001
of 12 March 2001
openingan invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 2 752
tonnes of rice held by the Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No3072/95of22December1995onthecommonorganisation
ofthemarketinrice(1),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No1667/2000(2),andinparticularthefinal
indent of Article 8(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Approximately2752tonnesofpaddyriceheldbytheItalianinterventionagencyshouldbeplaced
onsaleontheCommunitymarket.ThesaleshouldbecarriedoutinaccordancewithCommissionRegulation(EEC)No75/91of11January1991layingdowntheproceduresandconditionsforthedisposal of paddy rice held by intervention agencies(
3).
(2)Asaresultoftheproduct'sdeteriorationduetonaturaldisasters,aminimumsellingpriceshouldbedeterminedforeachlotputupforsale,takingaccountofitsspecificcharacteristics,inaccordancewith Article 2(3)(b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3597/90 of 12 December 1990 on theaccountingrulesforinterventionmeasuresinvolvingthebuying-in,storageandsaleofagriculturalproductsbyinterventionagencies(
4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No1392/97(5).However,
inviewofthedeteriorationinlotNo5,nominimumpriceshouldbefixedforthatlotanditshouldbe awarded to the highest bidder.
(3)ThemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationareinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
TheItalianinterventionagencyshallopen,ontheconditionslaiddowninRegulation(EEC)No75/91,an
invitationtotenderfortheresaleontheinternalmarketofapproximately2752tonnesofpaddyriceheldby that agency.
Article 2
Notwithstanding Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, tenders must relate to an entire lot.
Article 3
1. Theclosingdatefortheinitialsubmissionoftendersshallbe21March2001;forthefinalsubmission
of tenders it shall be 4 April 2001.
2. Tenders must be submitted to the Italian intervention agency:
Ente nazionale risi
Piazza Pio XI 1I-20123 Milano
Tel. (02)8855111
Fax. (02) 861372.
3. The products are stored in the following warehouses:
Corso Dante, 24 — Balzola (AL)
Via Roma, 128 — Casalvolone (NO)Via Roma — Formigliana (VC).
(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.
(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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Article 4
The following minimum selling prices shall be respected:
—Lot No 1: Price EUR 176/t 461,08 tonnes
— Store Formigliana: Nos A11, D12— Store Balzola: Nos 75, 85,
—Lot No 2: Price EUR 232/t 676,07 tonnes
— Store Casalvolone: No 9— Store Balzola: Nos 44, 74, 86, 64,
—Lot No 3: Price EUR 254/t 345,94 tonnes
— Store Casalvolone: Nos 7, 14— Store Balzola: No 52,
—Lot No 4: Price EUR 267/t 627,92 tonnes
— Store Formigliana: No C12— Store Balzola: Nos 45, 65, 76, 84, 77,
—Lot No 5: to the highest bidder 641,46 tonnes
— Store Formigliana: No E12— Store Balzola: Nos 46, 63, 73, 81, 82.
Article 5
ByTuesdayoftheweekfollowingtheclosingdateforthesubmissionoftenders,theItalianintervention
agency shall notify the Commission of the quantities and prices of the lots sold.
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 12 March 2001.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission