Commission Regulation (EC) No 324/2001 of 16 February 2001 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 30000 tonnes of rice held by the Spanish intervention agency
Date: 2001-02-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, award of contract, intervention agency, rice, sale, single market

L 48/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

17.2.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 324/2001

of 16 February 2001

opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately
30 000 tonnes of rice held by the Spanish intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 last indent of Article 8(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 (3) lays down
the procedures and conditions for the disposal of paddy
rice held by intervention agencies.

There is strong demand on the Community market at
present for certain varieties of Japonica rice consumed
on the internal market, with market prices higher than
the intervention price. At the same time, certain quant-
ities of rice of those varieties are available in the Spanish
intervention agency's stores. Under those circumstances,
a standing invitation to tender should be opened for the
resale on the internal market of approximately 30 000
tonnes of Japonica paddy rice held by the Spanish inter-
vention agency.

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

approximately 30 000 tonnes of Japonica paddy rice held by
that agency, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 75/91.

Article 2

The closing date for

in
1.
response to the first partial intivation to tender shall be 28
February 2001.

the submission of

tenders

2.
The closing date for
response to the last partial
April 2001.

the submission of
in
invitation to tender shall be 25

tenders

Tenders must be lodged with the Spanish intervention

3.
agency at the following address:

Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria (FEGA)
C/Beneficencia 8
E-28004 Madrid
(telex 23427 FEGA E;
fax 915 21 98 32/915 22 43 87).

Article 3

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

Article 4

The Spanish intervention agency shall open, under the condi-
tions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, a standing
invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication 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, 16 February 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 9, 12.1.1991, p. 15.