Commission Regulation (EC) No 1378/2001 of 6 July 2001 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 12560 tonnes of rice held by the French intervention agency
Date: 2001-07-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, award of contract, intervention agency, rice, single market

L 186/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

7.7.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1378/2001

of 6 July 2001

opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately
12 560 tonnes of rice held by the French intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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,

Article 1

The French intervention shall open, under the conditions laid
down in Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, a standing invitation to
tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately
10 150 tonnes of Japonica rice and 2 410 tonnes of Indica
paddy rice held by that agency.

Article 2

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 and Indica
rice consumed on the internal market, with market
prices higher than the intervention price. At the same
time, certain quantities 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
Japonica
market of approximately 10 150 tonnes of
paddy rice and 2 410 tonnes of Indica paddy rice held
by the French intervention agency.

The closing date for

in
1.
response to the first partial invitation to tender shall be 18 July
2001.

the submission of

tenders

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

the submission of
in
invitation to tender shall be 31

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.

(3)

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

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, 6 July 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.