Commission Regulation (EC) No 2310/2000 of 18 October 2000 opening an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 5 000 tonnes of rice held by the Greek intervention agency
Date: 2000-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, award of contract, intervention agency, minimum price, rice, sale

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Official Journal of the European Communities

19.10.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2310/2000

of 18 October 2000

opening an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 5 000
tonnes of rice held by the Greek intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately
5 000 tonnes of rice held by that agency.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000 (2),
and in particular the final

indent of Article 8(b) thereof,

Article 2

Notwithstanding Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 75/91,
tenders must relate to an entire lot.

Whereas:

Article 3

(1)

(2)

Approximately 5 000 tonnes of paddy rice held by the
Greek intervention agency that proved impossible to sell
against the invitation to tender opened by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 528/2000 (3) and that remains in
stock should be placed on sale on the Community
market. The sale should be carried out in accordance
with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 of 11
January 1991 laying down the procedures and condi-
tions for the disposal of paddy rice held by intervention
agencies (4).

As a result of the product's deterioration after a long
period of storage, a minimum selling price should be
determined for each lot put up for sale, taking account
of its specific characteristics, in accordance with Article
2(3)(d) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3597/90 of
12 December 1990 on the accounting rules for inter-
vention measures involving the buying in, storage and
sale of agricultural products by intervention agencies (5),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1392/97 (6).

(3)

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

1.
The closing date for the initial submission of tenders shall
be 14 November 2000; for the final submission of tenders it
shall be 21 November 2000.

Tenders must be submitted to the Greek intervention

2.
agency:

for the Administration of Purchases of

DIDAGEP
Directorate-General
Agricultural Produce
Acharnon Street 241
GR-10466 Athens
Tel. (30-1) 865 99 41 and 867 31 49
FAx (30-1) 862 93 73

Article 4

The following minimum selling prices shall be respected:

— Lot No 1 (price EUR 206/t):

Store Miloi Giannitsa No 4:

Store Miloi Giannitsa No 5:

— Lot No 2 (price EUR 242/t):

Store Miloi Giannitsa No 8:

Store Miloi Giannitsa No 9:

1 615,100 t

1 574,520 t,

810,218 t

1 094,480 t.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 5

Article 1

The Greek intervention agency shall open, on the conditions
laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, an invitation to

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 64, 11.3.2000, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 9, 12.1.1991, p. 15.
(5) OJ L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 43.
(6) OJ L 190, 19.7.1997, p. 22.

By Tuesday of the week following the closing date for the
submission of tenders, the Greek intervention agency shall
notify the Commission of the quantities and prices of the lots
sold.

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third 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, 18 October 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission