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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1524/92
of12June1992
authorizingdieItalianinterventionagencytoputup(orsalebyinvitationto
tender12000tonnesofpaddyricewithaviewtoexportintheformofmilled
ricetotheRepublicsresultingfromthedissolutionoftheSovietUnion
Article2
1.Theinvitationtotendershallbeopenfrom25June
to31July1992.
2.Thepaddyriceawardedmustbeconvertedinto
milledriceforhumanconsumptionandexportedto
Ukraine,Belarus,Moldova,Russia,Georgia,Armenia,
Azerbaijan,Kazakhistan ,Turkmenistan ,Uzbekistan,Taji­
kistanandKirghizstan.
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.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No674/92(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
sionofitswishtosell12000tonnesofpaddyriceheld
byitsinterventionagencywithaviewtoexporttothe
RepublicsresultingfromthedissolutionoftheSoviet
Unionintheformofmilledrice;whereasthatrequest
canbeaccededto;
Whereasthequantityofmilledricetobeexported
followingtreatmentofthepaddyriceshouldbespecified;
WhereasItalyistotakeallfurtheractioncompatiblewith
theprovisionsinforcetoensurethattheoperationruns
smoothlyandtoinformtheCommissionthereof;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,Article4
1.Notwithstanding Article21(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No3719/88(6),exportlicencesissued
shallbedeemed,forthepurposesofdeterminingtheir
termofvalidity,tohavebeenissuedonthedayof
submissionofthetender.
2.Exportlicencesissuedwithintheframeworkofthis
invitationtotendershallcarrythefollowingentryin
section22:
'InvitationtotenderopenedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1542/92—TenderofHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheItalianinterventionagencyisherebyauthorizedto
putupforsaleontheCommunitymarketbyinvitationto
tender12000tonnesofpaddyriceheldbyit.Article5
Forthepurposesofdeterminingthequantityofmilled
ricetobeexported,thequantityofpaddyriceawarded
shallbemultipliedbyacoefficientbasedonthemilling(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
OOJNoL73,19.3.1992,p.7.
(3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.24.0OJNoL82,28.3.1991,p.5.0OJNoL9,12.1.1991,p.15. (*)OJNoL331,2.12.1988,p.1.

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yieldsinwholegrainsrecordedwhenthericewastaken
intointervention andindicatedforeachlotinthenotice
ofinvitationtotenderpublishedbytheintervention
agency.RegulationandshallimmediatelyinformtheCommis­
sionthereof.
ItshallinformtheCommissioneachweek,throughthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals,ofprogressinthe
salebyinvitationtotender.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .Article6
TheItalianinterventionagencyshalltakeallnecessary
actiontoensurecompliancewiththeprovisionsofthis
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12June1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission