23.9.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL260/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2221/78
of22September1978
layingdownconditionsforinvitationstotenderforcolzaandrapeseedheldby
theGermanandDanishinterventionagencies
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1562/78(2),andinparticularArticle26(3)thereof,sionofatender;whereas,moreover,thatsecurity
shouldbesuchastopreventtheseedsforwhicha
tenderisacceptedfrombeingofferedforintervention
asecondtime;whereasthesecurityshouldtherefore
beforfeitedunlessthesuccessfultendererprovides
proofthattheseedshavebeenplacedundercontrolat
anoilmillpursuanttoArticle2ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No2114/71of28September1971onthe
subsidyforoilseeds(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No851/78(6),orhavebeenexported;
Whereastheminimumsellingpricethatmostnearly
correspondstotheactualmarketsituationmaybe
determinedonthebasisofthetendersreceived;
Whereasthecontractshouldbeawardedtothe
tendererofferingthehighestprice;whereas,more­
over,thereshouldberulesconcerningtheawardof
thecontractintheeventofseveraltendersbeing
madeatthesameprice;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforOilsandFats,Whereasduringthe1977/78marketingyearthe
GermanandDanishinterventionagenciesboughtin
certainquantitiesofcolzaandrapeseedpursuantto
Article26ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No189/68of
16February1968oncertaindetailedrulesforthe
disposalofoilseedsboughtinbyinterventionagen­
cies(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1687/76(4),laiddowntheconditionsforsaleby
tenderontheCommunitymarketofseedsheldby
interventionagencies;whereas,inviewofthepresent
situationofthemarketforseedsintheCommunity ,it
isunlikelythatthequantitiesheldbytheGerman
andDanishinterventionagenciescanbesoldinaccor­
dancewiththepriceconditionslaiddowninArticle5
ofRegulation(EEC)No189/68;whereas,therefore,
specialmeasuresmustbetakentodisposeofthese
oilseeds;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Whereascolzaandrapeseedcanatpresentbe
marketedintheCommunityatapricewhichaccords
morecloselywiththeactualmarketsituationthanthe
pricefixedinaccordancewiththesaidArticle5;
Whereas,inordertoensurefavourablesellingcondi­
tions,theseedsshouldbeputupforsaleinlots;1.Thereshallbeputupforsalebytenderonthe
Communitymarkettwolotsofatotalquantityof
approximately 1092tonnesofcolzaandrapeseed
heldbytheGermaninterventionagencyandtwolots
ofatotalquantityofapproximately 963tonnesof
colzaandrapeseedheldbytheDanishintervention
agency,whichwereboughtinduringthe1977/78
marketingyear.
2.TheprovisionsofRegulation (EEC)No189/68
shallapply,subjecttothoseofthisRegulation .Whereasasecurityshouldbeprovidedtoensurethe
observanceoftheobligationsinvolvedinthesubmis­
(!)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL185,7.7.1978,p.1.
(3)OJNoL43,17.2.1968,p.7.
C)OJNoL190,14.7.1976,p.1.(5)OJNoL222,2.10.1971,p.2.
(')OJNoL116,28.4.1978,p.4.

NoL260/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.9.78
Article2
Thenoticeofinvitationtotendershallbepublished
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
notlessthan10daysbeforethefinaldateforthe
submissionoftenders.Thisdateshallbe6October
1978,notlaterthan2p.m.
Article3
1.Notendershallbeacceptedunlessitstatesa
priceperlot,deliveryexstoragedepot.
Thecostsofweighing,samplingandanalysisshallbe
bornebytheinterventionagency.Anyotherexitcosts
arisingshallbebornebythepurchaser.
2.Tendersshallbevalidonlyifaccompaniedbya
securityoftwounitsofaccountper100kilograms.
Thesecuritymaybeprovidedincashorintheform
ofaguaranteesatisfyingthecriterialaiddowninthe
FederalRepublicofGermanyandintheKingdomof
Denmark .
Article4
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle3(2)shallbe
releasedwhere:
(a)thetendererhasnotwithdrawnhistenderbefore
theawardofthecontractandthetenderhasbeen
unsuccessful ;
(b)thesuccessfultenderer,saveincasesofforce
majeure,haspaidtotheinterventionagencythe
amountcorresponding tohistender,hastaken
overtheoilseedsawardedtohimunderthetender
andhasgivenproofthattheoilseedshavebeen
placedundercontrolatanoilmillpursuantto
Article2ofRegulation(EEC)No2114/71orhave
beenexported.Article5
Inthelightofthetenderssubmitted,thereshallbe
fixedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article38ofRegulationNo136/66/EECaminimum
pricefortheseedsheldbytheGermanintervention
agencyandaminimumpriceforthoseheldbythe
Danishinterventionagency.
Thepricesshallbefixed,exstoragedepot,foroilseeds
ofthestandardqualityforwhichinterventionprices
arefixed.Wheretheoilseedsofferedforsalearenot
ofthesaidstandardqudity,theirweightshallbedeter­
minedbythemethoddescribedintheAnnexto
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1204/72of7June
1972layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationof
thesubsidysystemforoilseeds('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1856/78(2),andthesellingprice
shallbeincreasedorreducedasspecifiedinthe
AnnextoCommissionRegulationNo282/67/EECof
11July1967ondetailedrulesforinterventionfor
oilseeds(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1512/78(4).
Article6
SubjecttotheminimumpricesreferredtoinArticle
5,thecontractshallineachcasebeawardedtothe
highestbidder.
Iftwoormoretendererstenderatthesameprice,the
successfultenderershallbechosenbylot.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22September1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(»)OJNoL133,10.6.1972,p.1.$OJNoL212,2.8.1978,p.8.
(3)OJNo151,13.7.1967,p.1.
(<)OJNoL178,1.7.1978,p.58.