Commission Regulation (EC) No 1399/2001 of 10 July 2001 on the organisation of an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 6215 tonnes of rice held by the Greek intervention agency
Date: 2001-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, award of contract, intervention agency, rice, sale, single market

11.7.2001

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1399/2001

of 10 July 2001

on the organisation of an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of
approximately 6 215 tonnes of rice held by the Greek intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

the resale on the internal market of approximately 6 215
tonnes of rice held by it.

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 fourth indent of Article 8(b) thereof,

Article 2

Notwithstanding Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 75/91,
tenders submitted must cover a whole lot.

Whereas:

Article 3

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Around 6 215 tonnes of paddy rice held by the Greek
intervention agency need to be put up for resale on the
Community market. The sale is to be organised in
accordance with the rules laid down in Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 of 11 January 1991 laying
down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of
paddy rice held by intervention agencies (3).

As the product has deteriorated in quality as a result of
the long period it has been in storage, the minimum
selling price of each lot put up for sale should be
determined having regard to its specific characteristics,
in accordance with Article 2(3)(d) of Commission Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3597/90 of 12 December 1990 on the
accounting rules for intervention measures involving the
buying-in, storage and sale of agricultural products by
intervention agencies (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1392/97 (5).

Given the quality and the characteristics of
the rice
concerned, tenderers should have analyses carried out of
the lots put up for sale.

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

The notice of invitation to tender shall require the tenderers to
have a prior analysis carried out of the quality characteristics of
the rice put up for sale. Before submitting their bids, tenderers
must have a sample taken at the store analysed. When taking
over the goods, the successful tenderer may not complain of
the quality or the characteristics of the rice.

Article 4

The first closing date for the submission of tenders shall
1.
be 23 July 2001; the closing date for the last submission of
tenders shall be 31 August 2001.

Tenders must be submitted to the Greek intervention

2.
agency at the following address:

DIDAGEP
Directorate-General
Agricultural Produce
Acharnon Street 241
GR-10466 Athens

for the Administration of Purchases of

Tel.: (30-1) 865 99 41 and 867 31 49
Fax: (30-1) 862 93 73

3.

The goods shall be stored at the following addresses:

Alexandros Abekse, Kougioumgidou 5, GR-58100, Yannitsa M.
Kourkouta & Sia O.E., GR-57500 Epanomi, Thessaloniki.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The minimum prices shall be as follows:

Article 5

In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, the Greek
intervention agency shall organise an invitation to tender for

(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.
(4) OJ L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 43.
(5) OJ L 190, 19.7.1997, p. 22.

— Lot No 1

Price: EUR 240,00/t

approximately 1 068 tonnes

Store: Kougioumgidou 5, GR-58100 Yannitsa — bin K1

— Lot No 2

Price: EUR 160,00/t

approximately 1 024 tonnes

Store: Kougioumgidou 5, GR-58100 Yannitsa — bin K3

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— Lot No 3

Store: GR-57500 Epanomi, Thessaloniki — bin K3.

Price: EUR 130,00/t
approximately 1 024 tonnes
Store: Kougioumgidou 5, GR-58100 Yannitsa — bin K2

— Lot No 4

approximately 1 064 tonnes
Price: EUR 230,00/t
Store: Kougioumgidou 5, GR-58100 Yannitsa — bin K5

— Lot No 5

Price: EUR 270,00/t
Store: GR-57500 Epanomi, Thessaloniki — bin K1

approximately 1 206 tonnes

— Lot No 6

Price: EUR 250,00/t

approximately 829 tonnes

Article 6

By no later than Tuesday of the week following the closing
tenders the Greek intervention
date for the submission of
agency shall notify the Commission of the quantities and the
prices of the various lots sold.

Article 7

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third 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, 10 July 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission