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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1170/79
of14June1979
layingdownconditionsforinvitationstotenderforcolzaandrapeseedheldby
theBelgianinterventionagency
Whereastheminimumsellingpricethatmostclosely
correspondstotheactualmarketsituationmaybe
determinedonthebasisofthetendersreceived;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforOilsandFats,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Thereshallbeputupforsalebytenderonelot
ofatotalquantityofapproximately 60tonnesofcolza
andrapeseedheldbytheBelgianinterventionagency
andboughtinduringthe1978/79marketingyear.
2.TheprovisionsofRegulation (EEC)No189/68
shallapply,subjecttothoseofthisRegulation .THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
590/79(2),andinparticularArticle26(3)thereof,
Whereasduringthe1978/79marketingyearthe
Belgianinterventionagencyboughtincertainquanti­
tiesofcolzaandrapeseedpursuanttoArticle26of
RegulationNo136/66/EEC;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
189/68(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1687/76(4),laiddowntheconditionsforsaleby
tenderontheCommunitymarketofoilseedsheldby
interventionagencies;whereas,inviewofthepresent
situationontheCommunityoilseedsmarket,itis
unlikelythatthequantitiesheldbytheBelgianinter­
ventionagencycanbesoldinaccordancewiththe
priceconditionslaiddowninArticle5ofRegulation
(EEC)No189/68;whereas,therefore,special
measuresmustbetakentodisposeoftheseoilseeds;
Whereascolzaandrapeseedcanatpresentbe
marketedintheCommunityatapricewhichaccords
morecloselywiththeactualmarketsituationthan
thatfixedinaccordancewiththesaidArticle5;
Whereasasecurityshouldberequiredinorderto
ensurecompliancewiththeobligationsinvolvedin
thesubmissionofatender;whereas,moreover,that
securityshouldbesuchastopreventtheseedssoldby
tenderfrombeingofferedforinterventionasecond
time;whereasthesecurityshouldthereforebefor­
feitedunlessthesuccessfultendererprovidesproof
thattheseedshavebeenplacedundercontrolatan
oilmillpursuanttoArticle2ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2114/71(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No851/78(6),orhavebeenexported;Article2
Thenoticeofinvitationtotendershallbepublished
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
notlessthan10daysbeforethefinaldateforthe
submissionoftenders.Thisdateshallbe25June
1979,at2p.m.(localtime).
Article3
1.Notendershallbeacceptedunlessitstatesa
priceperlot,deliveryexstoragedepot.
Thecostsofweighing,samplingandanalysisshallbe
bornebytheinterventionagency.Anyotherexitcosts
arisingshallbebornebythepurchaser.
2.Tendersshallbevalidonlyifaccompaniedbya
securityof5ECUper100kilograms.
Thesecuritymaybeprovidedincashorintheform
ofaguaranteesatisfyingthecriterialaiddowninthe
KingdomofBelgium.P)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL78,30.3.1979,p.1.
(})OJNoL43,17.2.1968,p.7.
(<)OJNoL190,14.7.1976,p.1.
(*)OJNoL222,2.10.1971,p.2.
(4)OJNoL116,28.4.1978,p.4.

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Article4
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle3(2)shallbe
releasedwhere:
(a)thetendererhasnotwithdrawnhistenderbefore
theawardofthecontractandthetenderhasbeen
unsuccessful ; <
(b)thesuccessfultenderer,saveincaseofforce
majeure,haspaidtotheinterventionagencythe
amountcorresponding tohistender,hastaken
overtheoilseedsawardedtohimunderthe
tenderandhasgivenproofthattheoilseedshave
beenplacedundercontrolatanoilmillpursuant
toArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No2114/71or
havebeenexported.
Article5
Inthelightofthetenderssubmitted,aminimum
pricefortheseedsshallbefixedinaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle38ofRegulation
No136/66/EEC.
Thepriceshallbefixed,exstoragedepot,foroilseeds
ofthestandardqualityforwhichinterventionprices
arefixed.Wheretheoilseedsofferedforsalearenot
ofthesaidstandardquality,theirweightshallbedeter­
minedbythemethoddescribedintheAnnextoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1204/72('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2980/78(2),andthe
sellingpriceshallbeincreasedorreducedasspecified
intheAnnextoCommissionRegulationNo282/
67/EEC(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1512/78(4).
Article6
Ifnosaletakesplaceanewnoticeofinvitationto
tendershallbepublishedintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunitiesnotlessthan10days
beforethesecondexpirydateforthesubmissionof
tenders.Thelattershallbe16July1979,at2p.m.
(localtime).
Article7
SubjecttotheminimumpricereferredtoinArticle5,
thecontractshallbeawardedtothehighestbidder.
Iftwoormoretendererstenderatthesameprice,the
successfultenderershallbechosenbylot.
Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14June1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(>)OJNoL133,10.6.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL355,19.12.1978,p.17.
(»)OJNo151,13.7.1967,p.1.
(♦)OJNoL178,1.7.1978,p.58.