15.2.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL39/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No361/92
of13February1992
authorizingtheItalianinterventionagencytoputupforsalebyinvitationto
tender100000tonnesofpaddyricewithaviewtoexportintheformofmilled
ricetotheRepublicsresultingfromthedissolutionoftheSovietUnion
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;
Whereason30January1992ItalynotifiedtheCommis­
sionofitswishtosell100000tonnesofpaddyriceheld
byitsinterventionagencywithaviewtoexporttothe
RepublicsresultingfromthedissolutionoftheSoviet
Unionintheformofmilledrice;whereasthatrequest
canbeaccededto;
Whereasthequantityofmilledricetobeexported
followingtreatmentofthepaddyriceshouldbespecified;
WhereasItalyistotakeallfurtheractioncompatiblewith
theprovisionsinforcetoensurethattheoperationruns
smoothlyandtoinformtheCommissionthereof;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,Article2
1.Theinvitationtotendershallbeopenfrom27
Februaryto31March1992.
2.Thepaddyriceawardedmustbeconvertedinto
milledriceforhumanconsumptionandexportedtothe
RepublicsresultingfromthedissolutionoftheSoviet
Union.
Tendersshallnotbevalidunlessaccompaniedby:
—anapplicationforanexportlicenceformilledricein
bulkand/orinpackagesofmorethanfivekilograms,
fallingwithinCNcodes10063092,10063094and
10063096togetherwithanapplicationforadvance
fixingoftherefundfortheproductinquestion,
—evidencethatthetendererhaslodgedthesecurity
providedforinArticle13(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No
75/91,
—awrittenundertakingbythetenderertolodge,on
paymentofthegoodsatthelatest,thesecurity
providedforinthefifthparagraphofArticle17of
Regulation(EEC)No75/91.
Article3
TheminimumsellingpriceshallbeECU235,86per
tonne.
Article4
1.Notwithstanding Article21(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No3719/88(6),exportlicencesissued
shallbedeemed,forthepurposesofdeterminingtheir
termofvalidity,tohavebeenissuedonthedayof
submissionofthetender.
2.Exportlicencesissuedwithintheframeworkofthis
invitationtotendershallcarrythefollowingentryin
section22:
'InvitationtotenderopenedbyRegulation (EEC)No
361/92—Tenderof'.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheItalianinterventionagencyisherebyauthorizedto
putupforsaleontheCommunitymarketbyinvitationto
tender80000tonnesofroundgrainpaddyriceand
20000tonsofmediumgrainandlonggrainApaddyrice
heldbyit.Article5
Forthepurposesofdeterminingthequantityofmilled
ricetobeexported,thequantityofpaddyriceawarded
shallbemultipliedbyacoefficientbasedonthemilling(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.0OJNoL177,24.6.1989,p.1.0OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.24.if)OJNoL82,28.3.1991,p.5.
0OJNoL9,12.1.1991,p.15. (')OJNoL331,2.12.1988,p.1.

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yieldsinwholegrainsrecordedwhenthericewastaken
intointerventionandindicatedforeachlotinthenotice
ofinvitationtotenderpublishedbytheintervention
agency.RegulationandshallimmediatelyinformtheCommis­
sionthereof.
ItshallinformtheCommissioneachweek,throughthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals,ofprogressinthe
salebyinvitationtotender.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .Article6
TheItalianinterventionagencyshalltakeallnecessary
actiontoensurecompliancewiththeprovisionsofthis
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13February1992.
1 FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission