3.12.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL331/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3503/91
of2December 1991
ontheissuingofastandinginvitationtotenderfortheresaleonthe
Communityinternalmarketofapproximately 11300tonnesofriceheldbythe
Italianinterventionagency
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,WhereastheManagementCommitteeforCerealshasnot
deliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetbyits
chairman,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1806/89(2),andinparticularArticle5(3)thereof,Article1
TheItalianinterventionagencyshallsellbystanding
invitationtotenderontheCommunityinternalmarket
approximately 11300tonnesofdeterioratedricefor
disposalinanimalfeed.WhereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1424/76of21June1976layingdowngeneralrulesfor
interventiononthemarketinrice(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No794/91(4),providesthatriceheldby
interventionagenciesistobesoldbyinvitationtotender
atpricesenablingmarketdisturbancetobeavoided;Article2
ThesaleprovidedforinArticle1shalltakeplacein
accordancewiththetermsofRegulation(EEC)No75/91.
However,notwithstanding Article5ofthatRegulation,
theminimumpricetobemetshallbeECU105per
tonne.WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No75/91(*),lays
downtheproceduresandconditionsforthesaleofpaddy
riceheldbyinterventionagencies;
WhereasItalyhasinterventionstocksofpaddyrice;
whereasstorageconditionshavebroughtaboutadeterio­
rationofcertainquantitiesofthisrice;whereasasa
consequencethelattercannotbesoldontheinternal
marketatthepriceslaiddowninArticle5(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No75/91;whereasprovisionshouldaccor­
dinglybemadefortheresaleofthericeinquestionata
specificpriceandforagivenpurpose;Article3
1.Tenderersshallundertaketouseasanimalfeed,by
28February1992atthelatest,anyproductsthattheyare
awarded,unlesstheyarepreventedfromsodoingbyforce
majeure.
2.Thesuccessfultenderershalllodgeasecurityof
ECU190pertonneagainstdischargeofcompliancewith
theconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1.Thesecurity
shallbelodgedwithintwoworkingdaysatthelatestof
thatonwhichthenoticeofawardisreceived. Whereasthericemustbe.disposedofinanimalfeed
withintheCommunity ;whereas,inordertoensurethat
thericeisusedforthepurposelaiddown,thesuccessful
tenderermustberequiredtolodgeasecurityandthe
conditionsunderwhichitistobereleasedshouldbelaid
down;whereas,inaddition,asregardsverificationofuse
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No569/88of16February
1988layingdowncommondetailedrulesforverifyingthe
useand/ordestinationofproductsfromintervention (*),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3398/91Q,should
apply;Article4
1.TheobligationreferredtoinArticle3(1)shallbe
deemedaprimaryrequirementwithinthemeaningof
Article20ofCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2220/85(8).Itshallonlybeconsideredtohavebeen
dischargedifthesuccessfultendererprovidesproofof
havingcompliedtherewith.
2.ProofthatthericecoveredbythisRegulationhave
beenusedshallbeprovidedinaccordancewithRegula­
tion(EEC)No569/88.(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.0OJNoL177,24.6.1989,p.1.0OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.24.
(4)OJNoL82,28.3.1991,p.5.0OJNoL9,11.1.1991,p.15.
0s)OJNoL55,1.3.1988,p.1.0OJNoL320,22.11.1991,p.16. (8)OJNoL205,3.8.1985,p.5.

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animal[artigo1?doRegulamento (CEE)n?
3503/91].
(42)OJNoL331,3.12.1991,p.7.'3.Regulation(EEC)No569/88isherebyamendedas
follows:
InPartIIoftheAnnex(Productssubjecttoauseand/or
destinationotherthanthatmentionedunderI),thefollo­
wingpointandcorresponding footnoteareadded:
'42.CommissionRegulation(EEC)No3503/91of2
December1991ontheissueofastandinginvita­
tiontotenderfortheresaleontheCommunity
internalmarketofapproximately 11300tonnes
ofpaddyriceheldbytheItalianintervention
agency(42):
Onthedispatchofthericeinquestion,section
104thefollowingBtobeadded:Article5
1.Theclosingdateforthesubmissionoftendersfor
thefirstpartialinvitationtotendershallbenolaterthan
5December1991.
2.Theclosingdateforthesubmissionoftendersfor
thelastpartialinvitationtotendershallbe27February
1992.
3.TendersmustbelodgedwiththeItalianinterven­
tionagencyatthefollowingadress:—Destinadoalautilizaciónprevistaenelarti­
culo1delReglamento (CEE)n°3503/91,
—Bestemttilafsætningefterartikel1iforord­
ning(EØF)nr.3503/91,
—EnteNazionaleRisi,PiazzaPioXI,1,1-20123Milano,
Telex:334032;Tel.:874153.—ZumAbsatzgemäßArtikel1derVerordnung
(EWG)Nr.3503/91bestimmt,
—Προορίζεταιναδιατεθείσύμφωναμετο
άρθρο1τουκανονισμού (ΕΟΚ)αριθ.
3503/91,
—ForuseinaccordancewithArticle1ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No3503/91,
—Destinéàêtreécoulé[article1erdurèglement
(CEE)n03503/91],Article6
TheItalianinterventionagencyshallnotifytheCommis­
sion,atthelatestbyTuesdayoftheweekfollowingthe
closingdateforthesubmissionoftenders,ofthequanti­
tiesandaveragepricesofthevariouslotssold.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .—Destinatoadesseresmerciatoanormadellar­
ticolo1delregolamento (CEE)n.3503/91,
—Bestemdomtewordenafgezetovereenkom­
stigartikel1vanVerordening (EEG)nr.
3503/91,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2December1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission