Commission Regulation (EC) No 1945/2000 of 14 September 2000 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat of breadmaking quality from harvests prior to 1999 held by the French intervention agency
Date: 2000-09-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, award of contract, common wheat, export, intervention agency

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1945/2000

of 14 September 2000

opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat of breadmaking quality
from harvests prior to 1999 held by the French intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Article 2

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1666/2000 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
1.
1 000 000 tonnes of common wheat of breadmaking quality
from harvests prior to 1999 for export to third countries.

2.
The regions in which the 1 000 000 tonnes of common
wheat of breadmaking quality from harvests prior to 1999 are
stored are set out in Annex I.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1630/2000 (4),
lays
down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of
cereals held by intervention agencies.

Given the current market situation, a standing invitation
to tender should be opened for the export of 1 000 000
tonnes of common wheat of breadmaking quality from
harvests prior to 1999 held by the French intervention
agency.

Special procedures must be laid down to ensure that the
operations and their monitoring are properly effected.
To that end, provision should be made for a security
lodgement scheme which ensures that aims are met
while avoiding excessive costs for the operators. Deroga-
tions should accordingly be made to certain rules,
in
particular those laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2131/
93.

(4) Where removal of the common wheat of breadmaking
quality from harvests prior to 1999 is delayed by more
than five days or the release of one of the securities
required is delayed for reasons imputable to the inter-
vention agency the Member State concerned must pay
compensation.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject to the provisions of this Regulation the French inter-
vention agency issues a standing invitation to tender for the
export of common wheat of breadmaking quality from
harvests prior to 1999 held by it in accordance with Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2131/93.

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 24.

Article 3

1.
Notwithstanding the third paragraph of Article 16 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the price to be paid for the
export shall be that quoted in the tender.

2.
No export refund or tax or monthly increase shall be
granted on exports carried out pursuant to this Regulation.

Article 8(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 shall not

3.
apply.

Article 4

The export licences shall be valid from their date of issue
1.
within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/
93 until the end of the fourth month thereafter.

Tenders submitted in response to this invitation to tender
2.
licence applications
may not be accompanied by export
submitted pursuant to Article 44 of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 3719/88 (5).

Article 5

1.
Notwithstanding Article 7(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2131/93, the time limit for submission of tenders in respect of
the first partial invitation to tender shall be 9 a.m. (Brussels
time) on 21 September 2000.

2.
The time limit for submission of tenders in respect of
subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be 9 a.m. (Brussels
time) each Thursday thereafter.

The last partial invitation to tender shall be 9 a.m. (Brus-

3.
sels time) on 17 May 2001.

Tenders shall be lodged with the French intervention

4.
agency.

Article 6

The intervention agency, the storer and the successful
1.
tenderer shall, at the request of the latter and by common
agreement, either before or at the time of removal from storage

(5) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.

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as the successful tenderer chooses, take reference samples for
counter-analysis at the rate of at least one sample for every 500
tonnes and shall analyse the samples. The intervention agency
may be represented by a proxy, provided this is not the storer.

The analysis results shall be forwarded to the Commission in
the event of a dispute.

Reference samples for counter-analysis shall be taken and
analysed within seven working days of
the
successful tenderer's request or within three working days if the
samples are taken on removal from storage. Where the final
result of sample analyses indicates a quality:

the date of

(a) higher than that specified in the notice of invitation to
tender, the successful tenderer must accept the lot as estab-
lished;

(b) higher than the minimum characteristics laid down for
intervention but below the quality described in the notice
of
the differences
having regard to those criteria do not exceed the following
limits:

invitation to tender, providing that

— two kilograms per hectolitre as regards specific weight,
which must not, however, be less than 72 kg/hl,

— one percentage point as regards moisture content,

— 20 percentage points for the Hagberg falling index,

— half a percentage point as regards impurities as speci-
fied in points B.2 and B.4 of the Annex to Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 (1), and

— half a percentage point as regards impurities as speci-
fied in point B.5 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
689/92, the percentages admissible for noxious grains
and ergot, however, remaining unchanged,

the successful tenderer must accept the lot as established;

(c) higher than the minimum characteristics laid down for
intervention but below the quality described in the notice
of invitation to tender, and a difference exceeding the limits
set out in point (b), the successful tenderer may:

— accept the lot as established, or

— refuse to take over the lot in question. The successful
tenderer shall be discharged of all his obligations
relating to the lot in question and the securities shall be
released only once he has informed the Commission
and the intervention asgency forthwith in accordance
with Annex II; however, if he requests the intervention
agency to supply him with another lot of intervention
common wheat of breadmaking quality of the quality
laid down at no additional charge, the security shall not
be released. The lot must be replaced within three days
of the date of the successful tenderer's request. The
successful tenderer shall notify the Commission imme-
diately thereof in accordance with Annex II;

(d) below the minimum characteristics laid down for interven-
tion, the successful tenderer may not remove the lot in
question. He shall be discharged of all his obligations
relating to the lot in question and the securities shall be

released only once he has informed the Commission and
the intervention agency forthwith in accordance with
Annex II; however, he may request the intervention agency
to supply him with another lot of intervention common
wheat of bread-making quality of the quality laid down at
no additional charge. In that case, the security shall not be
released. The lot must be replaced within three days of the
date of the successful tenderer's request. The successful
tenderer shall immediately inform the Commission thereof
in accordance with Annex II.

2.
However, if the common wheat of breadmaking quality is
removed before the results of the analyses are known, all risks
shall be borne by the successful tenderer from the time the lot
is removed, without prejudice to any means of redress of which
he may avail himself against the storer.

If, as a result of successive replacements, the successful
3.
tenderer has not received a replacement lot of the quality laid
down within one month of the date of his request for a
replacement, he shall be discharged of all his obligations and
the securities shall be released once he has informed the
Commission and the intervention agency forthwith in accord-
ance with Annex II.

4.
Except where the final results of analyses indicate a
quality below the minimum characteristics laid down for inter-
vention, the costs of taking the samples and conducting the
analyses provided for in paragraph 1 but not of
inter-bin
transfers shall be borne by the European Agricultural Guidance
and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) in respect of up to one analysis
per 500 tonnes. The costs of inter-bin transfers and any addi-
tional analyses requested by the successful tenderer shall be
borne by him.

Article 7

By derogation from Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 3002/92 (2), the documents relating to the sale of wheat of
breadmaking quality in accordance with this Regulation, and in
particular the export licence, the removal order referred to in
Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, the export
declaration and, where necessary, the T5 copy shall carry the
entry:

— Trigo blando panificable de intervención sin aplicación de
restitución ni gravamen, Reglamento (CE) no 1945/2000

— Bageegnet blød hvede fra intervention uden restitutionsy-

delse eller -afgift, forordning (EF) nr. 1945/2000

— Interventions-Brotweichweizen

von
Ausfuhrerstattungen oder Ausfuhrabgaben, Verordnung
(EG) Nr. 1945/2000

ohne Anwendung

— Μαλακός αρτοποιήσιµος σίτος παρέµβασης χωρίς εφαρµογή
επιστροφής ή φόρου, κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1945/2000

— Intervention common wheat of breadmaking quality
without application of refund or tax, Regulation (EC) No
1945/2000

(1) OJ L 74, 20.3.1992, p. 18.

(2) OJ L 301, 17.10.1992, p. 17.

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— Blé tendre d'intervention panifiable ne donnant pas lieu à

restitution ni taxe, règlement (CE) no 1945/2000

— Frumento tenero d'intervento panificabile senza applica-
zione di restituzione né di tassa, regolamento (CE) n. 1945/
2000

— Zachte tarwe van bakkwaliteit uit

interventie, zonder
toepassing van restitutie of belasting, Verordening (EG) nr.
1945/2000

— Trigo mole panificável de intervenção sem aplicação de
uma restituição ou imposição, Regulamento (CE) n.o 1945/
2000

— Interventioleipävehnää,

johon ei sovelleta vientitukea eikä

vientimaksua, asetus (EY) N:o 1945/2000

— Interventionsvete, av brödkvalitet, utan tillämpning av

bidrag eller avgift, förordning (EG) nr 1945/2000.

Article 8

The security lodgement pursuant

to Article 13(4) of
1.
Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 must be released once the export
licences have been issued to the successful tenderers.

2.
The obligation to export to the third countries shall be
covered by a security amounting to EUR 75 per tonne of
which EUR 50 per tonne shall be lodged when the export
licence is issued, with the balance of EUR 25 per tonne being
lodged before removal of the cereals.

Article 15(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 notwithstanding:

— the amount of EUR 25 per tonne must be released within
20 working days of
the date on which the successful
tenderer supplies proof that the common wheat of bread-
making quality removed has left the customs territory of
the Community,

— the amount of EUR 50 per tonne must be released within
15 working days of
the date on which the successful
tenderer supplies the proof referred to in Article 17(3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.

Except in duly substantiated exceptional cases, in partic-
3.
ular the opening of an administrative enquiry, any release of
the securities provided for in this Article after the time limits
specified in this same Article shall confer an entitlement to
to
compensation from the Member
EUR 0,015 per 10 tonnes for each day's delay.

amounting

State

This compensation shall not be charged to the EAGGF.

Article 9

Within two hours of the expiry of the time limit for the
submission of tenders, the French intervention agency shall
notify the Commission of tenders received. Such notification
shall be made using the model set out in Annex III and the
telex or fax numbers set out in Annex IV.

Article 10

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 September 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

(tonnes)

Place of storage

Amiens

Châlons

Clermont-Ferrand

Dijon

Lille

Lyon

Nancy

Nantes

Orléans

Paris

Poitiers

Rennes

Rouen

Toulouse

Quantity

137 500

125 800

36 000

31 800

56 700

24 800

73 300

19 200

122 300

5 500

36 300

166 300

120 100

44 400

ANNEX II

Communication of refusal of lots under the standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat of
breadmaking quality from harvests Prior to 1999 held by the French intervention agency

(Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1945/2000)

— Name of successful tenderer:

— Date of award of contract:

— Date of refusal of lot by successful tenderer:

Lot
No

Quantity
in tonnes

Address
of silo

Reason for refusal to take over

— Specific weight (kg/hl)

— % sprouted grains

— % miscellaneous impurities (Schwarzbesatz)

— % of matter which is not basic cereal of unimpaired

quality

— Other

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ANNEX III

Standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat of breadmaking quality from harvests Prior to
1999 held by the French intervention agency

(Regulation (EC) No 1945/2000)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Tender
No

Consignment
No

Quantity
(tonnes)

Offer price
(EUR/tonne)
(1)

Price increases
(+) or
reductions
(–)
(EUR/tonne)
p.m.

Commercial
costs
(EUR/tonne)

Destination

1

2

3

etc.

(1) This price includes the increases or reductions relating to the lot to which the tender refers.

ANNEX IV

The only numbers to use to call Brussels are (DG AGRI C-1):

— fax:

— telex:

296 49 56,
295 25 15,

22037 AGREC B,
22070 AGREC B (Greek characters).