Commission Regulation (EC) No 549/2002 of 27 March 2002 opening an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 342,92 tonnes of rice held by the Italian intervention agency
Date: 2002-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, award of contract, intervention agency, rice, sale

28.3.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 549/2002

of 27 March 2002

opening an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 342,92 tonnes of rice held
by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

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 Commission Regulation (EC) No
411/2002 (2), and in particular the final indent of Article 8(b)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 492/2001 (3) opened
an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal
market of approximately 2 752 tonnes of paddy rice
held by the Italian intervention agency. The quantity
consisted of five lots. Lot No 4, of 627,92 tonnes, was
placed on sale at a minimum price of EUR 267 per
tonne. Part of that lot, totalling 342,92 tonnes, is still in
stock and has now seriously deteriorated.
It should
therefore be placed on sale again on suitable terms.

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 (4).

Given the specific characteristics of the rice, which has
deteriorated due to natural disasters and is now seriously
degraded, in accordance with Article 2(3)(b) of Commis-
sion 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 (5), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1392/97 (6), no minimum price
should be fixed for that lot and it should be awarded to
the highest bidder.

(4)

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

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 62, 5.3.2002, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 71, 13.3.2001, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 9, 12.1.1991, p. 15.
(5) OJ L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 43.
(6) OJ L 190, 19.7.1997, p. 22.

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 a lot of 342,92
tonnes of paddy rice held by that agency.

Article 2

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

Article 3

The closing date for the initial submission of tenders shall
1.
be 10 April 2002, for the final submission of tenders it shall be
24 April 2002.

Tenders must be submitted to the Italian intervention

2.
agency:

Ente nazionale risi
Piazza Pio XI — 1
I-20123 Milano
Telephone: (02) 885 51 11
Fax: (02) 86 13 72

3.

The rice is stored at the following warehouse:

Corso Dante, 24 - Balzola (AL),

bins 67, 76 and 86.

Article 4

The lot shall be awarded to the highest bidder with no
minimum price requirement.

Article 5

By Tuesday of the week following the closing date for the
submission of tenders, the Italian intervention agency shall
inform the Commission whether the lot has been sold and, if
so, at what price.

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, 27 March 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission