13.4.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL92/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No668/96
of12April1996
ontheopeningofastandinginvitationtotenderfor65000tonnesofdurum
wheatheldbytheItalianinterventionagency
sionananonymouslistshowingforeachtenderthequan­
tity,priceandtheincreaseorreductionsapplicable.
3.TheCommission ,inaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle23ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92,
shallfixtheminimumsellingpriceordecidenotto
acceptanyofthetenderssubmitted.
Theminimumsellingpriceshallbefixedatalevelwhich
doesnotdisturbtheItalianmarket.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1863/95(2),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
WhereasItalyhasalargequantityofdurumwheatbought
intointerventionduringthe1991/92marketingyear,
whereas,onaccountofthelongperiodinstorage,the
qualityofthecerealsinquestionhasdeteriorated ;
whereas,topreventfurtherdeterioration ,provisionshould
bemadefortheproductinquestiontobeputupforsale
withoutdelay,whereas,therefore,theminimumselling
priceshouldbedeterminedinaccordancewiththeproce­
durelaiddowninArticle23ofRegulation (EEC)No
1766/92,inconnectionwithresalebytender,bywayof
derogationfromCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2131/93of28July1993layingdowntheprocedureand
conditionsforthesaleofcerealsheldbyintervention
agencies(3),asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No120/94(4);
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,Article3
1.Thetimelimitforthesubmissionoftendersin
responsetothefirstpartialinvitationtotendershall
expireat9a.m.(Brusselstime)on25April1996.
2.Thetimelimitforthesubmissionoftendersin
responsetothefollowingpartialinvitationstotender
shallexpireat9a.m.(Brusselstime)eachThursday,with
theexceptionof9Mayand16May1996.
3.Thetimelimitforthesubmissionoftendersin
responsetothefinalpartialinvitationtotendershall
expireat9a.m.(Brusselstime)on23May1996.
4.TendersmustbesubmittedtotheItalianinterven­
tionagencyatthefollowingaddress:HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Entepergliinterventinelmercato(EIMA)
ViaPalestro81,
1-00100Roma
(tel:494991;telex:620331)Article1
1.TheItalianinterventionagencyshallissueastan­
dinginvitationtotender,inaccordancewiththecondi­
tionslaiddownhereafter,for65000tonnesofdurum
wheatitholds.
2.Theregionsinwhichthe65000tonnesofdurum
wheatarestoredaresetoutinAnnexI.Article4
Notlaterthantwohoursaftertheexpiryofthetimelimit
forthesubmissionoftenders,theItalianintervention
agencyshallnotifytheCommissionoftendersreceived.
Suchnotifications shallbesenttothetelexorfax
numberssetoutinAnnexIII,usingthemodelsetoutin
AnnexII.Article2
1.Article5ofRegulation(EEC)No2131/93shallnot
apply.
2.Afterexpiryofeachtimelimitspecifiedforthe
submissionoftenders,ItalyshallsubmittotheCommis­ Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
I1)OJNoL179,29.7.1995,p.1.
(3)OJNoL191,31.7.1993,p.76.
(<)OJNoL21,26.1.1994,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12April1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEXI
(tonnes)
Placeofstorage Quantity
Verona 1943,741
Grosseto 217,790
Livorno 2207,088
Ancona 18,250
Macerata 314,090
Campobasso 6962,480
Matera 14307,722
Potenza 5586,137
Bari 14935,664
Brindisi 4776,128
Caltanissetta 1713,971
Palermo 498,941
Siracusa 10319,342
Total 63872,344
ANNEXII
Standinginvitationtotenderfortheresaleof65000tonnesofdurumwheatheldbythe
Italianinterventionagency
[Regulation(EC)No668/96]
1 2 3 4 5
Tender
NoConsignment
NoQuantity
(tonnes)Offerprice
(ECU/tonne)Priceincreases
(+)
orreductions
(")
(ECU/tonne)
1
2
3
etc.
ANNEXIII
TheonlynumberstousetocallBrusselsare(DGVI-C-1)
—telex: 22037AGRECB,
22070AGRECB(Greekcharacters);
—fax: 2950132
2952515
2961097.