Commission Regulation (EC) No 572/2001 of 23 March 2001 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 10000 tonnes of rice held by the French intervention agency
Date: 2001-03-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, France, award of contract, intervention agency, rice

24.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 85/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 572/2001

of 23 March 2001

opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately
10 000 tonnes of rice held by the French 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 French
intervention agency's stores. Under those circumstances,
a standing invitation to tender should be opened for the
resale on the internal market of approximately 10 000
tonnes of Japonica paddy rice held by the French 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

The French 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

approximately 10 000 tonnes of Japonica paddy rice held by
that agency.

Article 2

The closing date for

1.
in
response to the first partial invitation to tender shall be 4 April
2001.

the submission of

tenders

The closing date for

2.
in
response to the last partial invitation to tender shall be 27 June
2001.

the submission of

tenders

Tenders must be lodged with the French intervention

3.
agency at the following address:

interprofessionnel des céréales

ONIC
Office national
Service des interventions
21, avenue Bosquet
F-75341 Paris Cedex 07
(Tel. (33) 144 18 21 36 — Fax (33) 144 18 20 80).

Article 3

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

Article 4

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, 23 March 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.