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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2310/2000
of 18 October 2000
openingan invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 5 000
tonnes of rice held by the Greek intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December1995onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinrice(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000(2),
and in particular the final indent of Article 8(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Approximately 5000 tonnes of paddy rice held by the
Greekinterventionagencythatprovedimpossibletosellagainst the invitation to tender opened by CommissionRegulation (EC) No 528/2000(
3) and that remains in
stock should be placed on sale on the Communitymarket. The sale should be carried out in accordancewith Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 of 11January 1991 laying down the procedures and condi-tionsforthedisposalofpaddyriceheldbyinterventionagencies(
4).
(2)As a result of the product's deterioration after a longperiod of storage, a minimum selling price should bedetermined for each lot put up for sale, taking accountof its specific characteristics, in accordance with Article2(3)(d) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3597/90 of12 December 1990 on the accounting rules for inter-vention measures involving the buying in, storage andsale of agricultural products by intervention agencies(
5),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1392/97(6).
(3)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Greek intervention agency shall open, on the conditions
laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, an invitation totender for the resale on the internal market of approximately
5000 tonnes of rice held by that agency.
Article 2
Notwithstanding Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 75/91,
tenders must relate to an entire lot.
Article 3
1. Theclosingdatefortheinitialsubmissionoftendersshall
be 14 November 2000; for the final submission of tenders itshall be 21 November 2000.
2. Tenders must be submitted to the Greek intervention
agency:
DIDAGEP
Directorate-General for the Administration of Purchases ofAgricultural ProduceAcharnon Street 241GR-10466 AthensTel. (30-1) 8659941 and 8673149FAx (30-1) 8629373
Article 4
The following minimum selling prices shall be respected:
— Lot No 1 (price EUR 206/t):
StoreMiloiGiannitsaNo4: 1615,100 tStoreMiloiGiannitsaNo5: 1574,520 t,
— Lot No 2 (price EUR 242/t):
StoreMiloiGiannitsaNo8: 810,218 tStoreMiloiGiannitsaNo9: 1094,480 t.
Article 5
By Tuesday of the week following the closing date for the
submission of tenders, the Greek intervention agency shallnotify the Commission of the quantities and prices of the lotssold.
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.
(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 64, 11.3.2000, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 9, 12.1.1991, p. 15.
(5) OJ L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 43.
(6) OJ L 190, 19.7.1997, p. 22.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 October 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission