Commission Regulation (EC) No 1104/2002 of 25 June 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 395/2002 and increasing the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of rice held by the Italian intervention agency to approximately 60000 tonnes
Date: 2002-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, award of contract, domestic market, intervention agency, rice, sale

26.6.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 167/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1104/2002

of 25 June 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 395/2002 and increasing the quantity covered by the standing invita-
tion to tender for the resale on the internal market of rice held by the Italian intervention agency
to approximately 60 000 tonnes

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 (3) lays down
the procedures and conditions for the disposal of paddy
rice held by intervention agencies.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 395/2002 of 1 March
2002 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender
for the resale on the internal market of some 20 000
tonnes of rice held by the Italian intervention agency (4),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1082/2002 (5),
opens a standing invitation to tender for the resale on
the internal market of approximately 35 000 tonnes of
round-grain paddy rice and approximately 5 000 tonnes
of long-grain paddy rice B held by the Italian interven-
tion agency.

In view of the current market situation, the quantity of
rice placed on sale on the internal market should be in-
creased to include 10 000 tonnes of round-grain paddy
rice and approximately 10 000 tonnes of long-grain pad-
dy rice B held by the Italian intervention agency.

(4)

(5)

In view of the increase in the quantity of rice placed on
sale, the time limit for the submission of tenders for the
last partial invitation to tender should be extended.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in ac-
cordance with the opinion of the Management Commit-
tee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 395/2002 is amended as follows:

1. In Article 1,

‘approximately 40 000 tonnes of paddy rice
held by that agency, made up of approximately 35 000
tonnes of round-grain paddy rice and approximately 5 000
tonnes of long-grain paddy rice B’ is replaced by ‘approxi-
mately 60 000 tonnes of paddy rice held by that agency,
made up of approximately 45 000 tonnes of round-grain
paddy rice and approximately 15 000 tonnes of long-grain
paddy rice B.’

2. In Article 2(2), ‘26 June 2002’ is replaced by ‘31 July 2002’.

Article 2

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, 25 June 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 62, 5.3.2002, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 9, 12.1.1991, p. 15.
(4) OJ L 61, 2.3.2002, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 21.