4.6.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL140/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1494/91
of31May1991
authorizingtheSpanishinterventionagencytoputupforsalebyinvitationto
tender24000tonnesofpaddyricewithaviewtoexportintheformofmilled
rice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1806/89(2),andinparticularArticle5(3)thereof,
WhereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1424/76of21June1976layingdowngeneralrulesfor
interventiononthemarketinrice(•'),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No794/91(4),providesthatsalesofrice
heldbyinterventionagenciesaretobeorganizedbyinvi­
tationtotender;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No75/91(5)lays
downtheproceduresandtheconditionsforthesaleof
paddyriceheldbyinterventionagencies;
Whereason16May1991SpainnotifiedtheCommission
ofitswishtosell24000tonnesofpaddyriceheldbyits
interventionagencywithaviewtoexporttothirdcoun­
triesintheformofmilledrice;whereasthatrequestcan
beaccededto;
Whereasthequantityofmilledricetobeexportedfollo­
wingtreatmentofthepaddyriceshouldbespecified;
WhereasSpainistotakeallfurtheractioncompatible
withtheprovisionsinforcetoensurethattheoperation
runssmoothlyandtoinformtheCommissionthereof;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,Article2
1.Theinvitationtotendershallbeopenfrom11June
to31August1991.
2.Thepaddyriceawardedmustbeconvertedinto
milledriceforhumanconsumptionandexportedtoa
destinationinzonesItoVIorVIII,excludingGuyana,
MadagascarandSurinam,asindicatedinAnnexIto
Regulation (EEC)No1124/77(6).
Tendersshallnotbevalidunlessaccompaniedby:
—anapplicationforanexportlicenceformilledricein
bulkand/orinpackagesofmorethanfivekilograms,
fallingwithinCNcodes10063092,10063094
and/or10063096,togetherwithanapplicationfor
advancefixingoftherefundfortheproductinques­
tion,
—evidencethatthetendererhaslodgedthesecurity
providedforinArticle13(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No
75/91,
—awrittenundertakingbythetenderertolodge,on
paymentofthegoodsatthelatest,thesecurity
providedforinthefifthparagraphofArticle17of
Regulation(EEC)No75/91.
Article3
TheminimumsellingpriceshallbeECU235,86per
tonne.
Article4
1.Notwithstanding Article21(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No3719/88(7),exportlicencesissued
shallbedeemed,forthepurposesofdeterminingtheir
termofvalidity,tohavebeenissuedonthedayof
submissionofthetender.
2.Exportlicencesissuedwithintheframeworkofthis
invitationtotendershallcarrythefollowingentryin
section22:
'InvitationtotenderopenedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1494/91—Tenderof '
Article5
Forthepurposesofdeterminingthequantityofmilled
ricetobeexported,thequantityofpaddyriceawarded
shallbemultipliedbyacoefficientbasedonthemillingHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheSpanishinterventionagencyisherebyauthorizedto
putupforsaleontheCommunitymarketbyinvitationto
tender24000tonnesofpaddyriceheldbyit.
(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL177,24.6.1989,p.1.
(■')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.24.
(4)OJNoL82,28.3.1991,p.5.hOJNoL9,12.1.1991,p.15.(")OJNoL134,28.5.1977,p.53.
0OJNoL331,2.12.1988,p.1.

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yieldsrecordedwhenthericewastakenintointervention
andindicatedforeachlotinthenoticeofinvitationto
tenderpublishedbytheinterventionagency.RegulationandshallimmediatelyinformtheCommis­
sionthereof.
ItshallinformtheCommissioneachweek,throughthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals,orprogressinthe
salebyinvitationtotender.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .Article6
TheSpanishinterventionagencyshalltakeallnecessary
actiontoensurecompliancewiththeprovisionsofthis
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31May1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission