15.11.88NoL309/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3537/88
of14November 1988
openingastandinginvitationtotenderfortheresaleontheCommunitymarket
of112000tonnesofsorghumheldbytheSpanishinterventionagency
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,3333/880»shouldapplytoverificationofsatisfactory
utilizationofthecereals;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1799/87
of25June1987onspecialarrangementsforimportsof
maizeandsorghumintoSpainfrom1987to1990('),and
inparticularArticle4(2)thereof, HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
WhereaspursuanttoArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No
1799/87theSpanishinterventionagencyhaspurchased
300000tonnesofsorghumontheworldmarket;Article1
TheSpanishinterventionagencyshallsellbytenderon
theSpanishmarket112000tonnesofsorghtimpurchased
pursuanttoArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1799/87,
Thesaleshallbeoperatedinaccordancewiththeterms
ofthisRegulationandwiththoseofTitlesIandIIIof
Regulation(EEC)No1836/82.Whereas188000tonnesofsorghumwassoldonthe
internalmarket;whereasitisadvisable,inthelightofthe
situationonthemarketinfodderinSpain,toputupfor
saleon\heinternalmarkettheremainingquantitiesof
sorghumheldbytheSpanishinterventionagencyandto
laydowntheconditionsapplicabletothatsale;
Article2
1.TenderersshallundertaketoprocessoruseinSpain
notlaterthan30June1989anyproductsthattheyare
awarded,unlesspreventedfromdoingsobyforce
majeure.
2.Successfultenderersshalllodgesecurityof20ECU
pertonnewiththeSpanishinterventionagencyagainst
dischargeoftheobligationmentionedinparagraph1.
Securityshallbelodgedwithintwoworkingdaysatthe
latestofthatonwhichthenoticeofawardisreceived.WhereastheprovisionsofCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1836/82of7July1982layingdowntheprocedure
andconditionsforthedisposalofcerealsheldby
interventionagencies(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2418/87(3),willensurethattherequirementsof
Article4(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1799/87aremetand
constituteasuitableframeworkforoperationofthe
tenderingprocedure;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1799/87thecerealsinquestionmustbeusedor
processedinSpain;whereasinordertoensurethatthis
requirementismetsuccessfultenderersshouldbeobliged
tolodgeasecuritytobereleasedonpresentationofthe
proofspecifiedincertainprovisionsofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No3105/87of16October1987laying
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthespecial
arrangementsforimportsofmaizeandsorghuminto
Spainfrom1987to1990(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3106/88(*);whereas,moreover,the
provisionsofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No569/88
of16February1988layingdowncommondetailedrules
forverifyingtheuseand/ordestinationofproductsfrom
intervention (f),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)NoArticle3
1.TheobligationmentionedinArticle2(1)shallbe
consideredaprimaryrequirementasdefinedinArticle20
ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2220/85(8).Itshall
notbeconsideredtohavebeendischargedfulfilleduntil
thetendererprovidestheproofspecifiedinthefirstand
'secondparagraphsofArticle6ofRegulation(EEC)No
3105/87.
2.Regulation(EEC)No569/88shallapplyinthefield
coveredbythisRegulation .,(>)OJNoL170,30.6.1987,p.1.
(*)OJNoL202,9.7.1982,p.23.
MOJNoL223,11.8.1987,p.5.
OOJNoL294,17.10.1987,p.15.
(*)OJNoL277,8.10.1988,p.28.
(«)OJNoL55,1.3.1988,p.1.f)OJNoL295,28.10.1988,p.34.
(8)OJNoL205,3.8.1985,p.5.

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Article5 Article4
1.Thetimelimitforsubmissionoftendersinresponse
tothefirstindividualinvitationtotendershallbe24
November1988.
2.Thetimelimitforsubmissionoftendersinresponse
tothefinalindividualinvitationtotendershallbe26
January1989.
3.TendersmustbelodgedwiththeSpanish
interventionagency:TheSpanishinterventionagencyshallnotifythe
Commission ,atthelatestbyTuesdayoftheweek
followingthetimelimitforsubmissionoftenders,ofthe
quantitiesandaveragepricesofthevariouslotssold.
Article6
ServicioNacionaldeProductosAgrarios(SENPA),
Beneficencia 8,
E-280Q4Madrid,ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities . (Telex:23427SENPAE—Tel.2323488).
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14November1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President