Commission Regulation (EC) No 124/1999 of 20 January 1999 amending Regulations (EEC) No 1589/87, (EEC) No 429/90, (EEC) No 1158/91, (EEC) No 3378/91, (EEC) No 3398/91 and (EC) No 2571/97 as regards the time limit for submission of tenders
Date: 1999-01-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, farm price support, intervention stock, milk product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 124/1999

of 20 January 1999

amending Regulations (EEC) No 1589/87, (EEC) No 429/90, (EEC) No 1158/91,
(EEC) No 3378/91, (EEC) No 3398/91 and (EC) No 2571/97 as regards the time
limit for submission of tenders

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market
in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 6(6),
Article 7(5), the first subparagraph of Article 7a(1), Article
7a(3) and Article 12(3) thereof,

the time limits for submission of tenders under Regula-
tion (EC) No 2571/97; whereas the experience gained
indicates
the desirability of making this adjustment
permanent and issuing only one invitation to tender for
the month of August under each of the abovementioned
Regulations; whereas if the time limit for submission of
tenders would fall on a holiday it should for market
reasons be made instead to fall on the previous working
day;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

in

for

intended

consumption

Whereas Commission Regulations (EEC) No 1589/87 of
5 June 1987 on the sale by tender of butter to interven-
tion agencies (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
455/95 (4), (EEC) No 429/90 of 20 February 1990 on the
granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated
butter
the
direct
Community (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
417/98 (6),
(EEC) No 1158/91 of 3 May 1991 on the
buying in by tender of skimmed-milk powder to inter-
vention agencies (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 569/96 (8), (EEC) No 3378/91 of 20 November 1991
laying down detailed rules for the sale of butter from
intervention stocks for export and amending Regulation
(EEC) No 569/88 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1802/95 (10), (EEC) No 3398/91 of 20 November 1991
on the sale by invitation to tender of skimmed-milk
powder for the manufacture of compound feedingstuffs
and amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 (11), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2080/96 (12), and (EC)
No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at
reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter
and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of
pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (13), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1982/98 (14), set provi-
sions on tendering procedures that include time limits;
whereas given the slowdown in economic activity during
August it made practical sense to alter for August 1998

(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 146, 6. 6. 1987, p. 27.
(4) OJ L 46, 1. 3. 1995, p. 31.
(5) OJ L 45, 21. 2. 1990, p. 8.
(6) OJ L 52, 21. 2. 1998, p. 18.
(7) OJ L 112, 4. 5. 1991, p. 65.
(8) OJ L 80, 30. 3. 1996, p. 48.
(9) OJ L 319, 21. 11. 1991, p. 40.
(10) OJ L 174, 26. 7. 1995, p. 27.
(11) OJ L 320, 22. 11. 1991, p. 16.
(12) OJ L 279, 31. 10. 1996, p. 15.
(13) OJ L 350, 20. 12. 1997, p. 3.
(14) OJ L 256, 18. 9. 1998, p. 9.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The text of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1589/87,
Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 429/90, Article 2 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1158/91, Article 3(2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 3378/91, Article 4(3) of Regulation (EEC) No
3398/91 and Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
is hereby replaced by:

‘The time limit for submission of tenders in response
to the individual
invitations to tender shall be 12
noon (Brussels
time) on the second and fourth
Tuesday of the month except for the second Tuesday
of August and the fourth Tuesday of December. If
Tuesday is a public holiday the time limit shall be 12
noon (Brussels time) on the previous working day.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 20 January 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission