Commission Regulation (EC) No 2269/2001 of 22 November 2001 opening an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 329 tonnes of paddy rice held by the Italian intervention agency
Date: 2001-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, award of contract, intervention agency, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2269/2001

of 22 November 2001

opening an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 329 tonnes
of paddy rice held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Article 2

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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

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 1987/2001 (2),
and in particular the final

indent of Article 8(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Approximately 329 tonnes of paddy rice held by the
Italian intervention agency 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 conditions for the disposal of paddy rice held by
intervention agencies (3).

As a result of the product's deterioration due to natural
disasters, a minimum selling price should be determined,
taking account of its specific characteristics, in accord-
ance with Article 2(3)(b) of Commission Regulation
(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).

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Italian intervention agency shall open, on the conditions
laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, an invitation to
tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately
329 tonnes of paddy rice held by that agency.

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 271, 12.10.2001, p. 5.
(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.

Article 3

1.
The closing date for the initial submission of tenders shall
be 5 December 2001; for the final submission of tenders it
shall be 19 December 2001.

Tenders must be submitted to the Italian intervention

2.
agency:

Ente nazionale risi
Piazza Pio XI — 1
I-20123 Milano
Tel. (39-02) 8 855 111
Fax (39-02) 861 372.

3.

The products are stored in the following warehouses:

— Corso Dante, 24 — Balzola (AL)

— Via Roma, 128 — Casalvolone (NO).

Article 4

The following minimum selling price shall be respected:

Lot No 1

Price EUR/t 199

329,48 tonnes

— Store Casalvolone: No 14

— Store Balzola: Nos 47, 86

Article 5

By Tuesday of the week following the closing date for the
submission of tenders, the Italian 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, 22 November 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission