Commission Regulation (EC) No 615/2005 of 21 April 2005 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat held by the Slovak intervention agency
Date: 2005-04-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, award of contract, common wheat, export, intervention agency

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 615/2005

of 21 April 2005

opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat held by the Slovak
intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of
29 September 2003 on the common organisation of
the
market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

As provided for in this Regulation,
the Slovak intervention
agency shall issue a standing invitation to tender in accordance
with Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 for the export of common
wheat held by it.

Whereas:

Article 2

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (2) lays down
the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals
held by intervention agencies.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 (3) lays down
common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or desti-
nation of products from intervention.

Given the current market situation, a standing invitation
to tender should be opened for the export of 65 000
tonnes of common wheat held by the Slovak inter-
vention agency.

the
Special rules must be laid down to ensure that
operations are properly carried out and monitored. To
that end, securities should be lodged to ensure that the
goals of the operation are achieved without excessive cost
to the operators. Derogations should accordingly be
made to certain rules, in particular those laid down in
Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.

To forestall reimportation, refunds should be awarded
only for exportation to certain third countries.

1.
The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 65 000
tonnes of common wheat for export to third countries with the
exception of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Liechtenstein,
Romania, Serbia and Montenegro (4) and Switzerland.

The quantity of common wheat referred to in paragraph 1

2.
is stored in the regions mentioned in Annex I.

Article 3

No export refund or tax or monthly increase shall be

1.
granted on exports carried out under this Regulation.

Article 8(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 shall not

2.
apply.

3.
Notwithstanding the third paragraph of Article 16 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the price to be paid for the
export shall be that quoted in the tender, without monthly
increase.

The second paragraph of Article 7(2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2131/93 allows the successful exporting tenderer to
be reimbursed the lowest transport costs between the
place of storage and the actual place of exit, up to a
In view of Slovakia’s geographical
certain ceiling.
location, this provision should be applied.

Under the second paragraph of Article 7(2) of Regulation
4.
(EEC) No 2131/93, the lowest transport costs between the place
of storage and the actual place of exit shall be reimbursed to the
successful tenderer, up to the ceiling set in the invitation to
tender.

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

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.
(2) OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2045/2004 (OJ L 354, 30.11.2004, p. 17).

Article 4

Export licences shall be valid from their date of issue
1.
within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC)
the fourth month thereafter.
No 2131/93 until

the end of

(3) OJ L 301, 17.10.1992, p. 17. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(4) Including Kosovo, as defined in UN Security Council Resolution

lation (EC) No 770/96 (OJ L 104, 27.4.1996, p. 13).

1244 of 10 June 1999.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

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Tenders submitted in response to this invitation to tender
2.
may not be accompanied by export
licence applications
submitted under Article 49 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1291/2000 (1).

(b) higher than the minimum characteristics laid down for
intervention but below the quality described in the notice
of invitation to tender, providing that the differences do not
exceed the following limits:

Article 5

Notwithstanding Article
the time limit

1.
No 2131/93,
under
(Brussels time) on 28 April 2005.

the first partial

7(1)

of Regulation
for the submission of

(EEC)
tenders
shall be 9.00

invitation to tender

— one kilogram per hectolitre as regards specific weight,

which must not, however, be less than 75 kg/hl,

— one percentage point as regards moisture content,

The time limit for submitting tenders under subsequent partial
invitations to tender shall be 9.00 (Brussels time) each Thursday
thereafter, with the exception of 5 May 2005.

— half a percentage point as regards the impurities referred
to in points B.2 and B.4 of Annex I to Commission
Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 (2), and

The last partial invitation to tender shall expire at 9.00 (Brussels
time) on 23 June 2005.

Tenders must be lodged with the Slovak intervention

2.
agency:

Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra
oddelenie obilnín a škrobu
Dobrovičova 12
SK-815 26 Bratislava
Tel. (421-2) 58 24 32 71
Fax (421-2) 58 24 33 62.

— half a percentage point as regards the impurities referred
to in point B.5 of Annex I
to Regulation (EC)
No 824/2000, the percentages admissible for noxious
grains and ergot remaining unchanged, however.

If

the final result of

2.
the analyses carried out on the
samples indicates a quality higher than the minimum character-
istics laid down for intervention but below the quality described
in the notice of invitation to tender and the difference exceeds
the limits set out in paragraph 1(b), the successful tenderer may:

(a) accept the lot as established, or

Article 6

(b) refuse to take over the lot concerned.

The intervention agency, the storer and a successful tenderer
shall, at the request of the latter and by common agreement,
either before or at the time of removal from storage as the
tenderer chooses, take reference samples for counter-analysis
at the rate of at least one sample for every 500 tonnes and
shall analyse the samples. The intervention agency may be
represented by a proxy, provided this is not the storer.

Reference samples for counter-analysis shall be taken and
analysed within seven working days of the date of the successful
tenderer's request or within three working days if the samples
are taken on removal from storage.

In the event of a dispute, the analysis results shall be forwarded
to the Commission.

Article 7

The successful tenderer must accept the lot as established

1.
if the final result of the sample analyses indicates a quality:

(a) higher than that specified in the notice of

invitation to

tender;

(b) above,

the successful

tenderer shall be
In the case of
discharged of all obligations relating to the lot
in question
and the securities shall be released provided the Commission
and the intervention agency are immediately notified using the
form in Annex II.

3.
If the final result of the sample analyses indicates a quality
below the minimum characteristics laid down for intervention,
the successful tenderer cannot remove the lot in question. The
successful tenderer shall be discharged of all obligations relating
to the lot
in question and the securities shall be released
provided the Commission and the intervention agency are
immediately notified using the form in Annex II.

Article 8

Should the cases mentioned in Article 7(2)(b) and 7(3) arise, the
successful tenderer may ask the intervention agency to supply
an alternative lot of common wheat of the requisite quality, at
no extra cost. In that case, the security shall not be released. The
the
lot must be replaced within three days of
successful tenderer's request. The successful tenderer shall imme-
diately inform the Commission thereof using the form in Annex
II.

the date of

(1) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 100, 20.4.2000, p. 31.

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If, as a result of successive replacements, the successful tenderer
has not received a replacement lot of the quality laid down
within one month of the date of the request for a replacement,
the successful tenderer shall be discharged of all obligations and
the securities shall be released, provided the Commission and
the intervention agency have been immediately informed using
the form in Annex II.

Article 9

1.
If the common wheat is removed before the results of the
analyses provided for in Article 6 are known, all risks shall be
is
borne by the successful
the
removed, without prejudice to any means of
tenderer might have against the storer.

tenderer from the time the lot

redress

2.
The costs of
taking the samples and conducting the
analyses provided for
in Article 6, with the exception of
shall be borne by the
those referred to in Article 7(3),
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
for up to one analysis per 500 tonnes, with the exception of the
cost of inter-bin transfers. The costs of inter-bin transfers and
any additional analyses requested by a successful tenderer shall
be borne by that tenderer.

Article 10

lation (EEC) No 3002/92, the export declaration and, where
applicable, the T5 copy shall carry the entry set out in Annex
III.

Article 11

1.
The security lodged under Article 13(4) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2131/93 shall be released once the export licences
have been issued to the successful tenderers.

2.
Notwithstanding Article 17(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2131/93, the obligation to export shall be covered by a
security equal to the difference between the intervention price
applying on the day of the award and the price awarded but not
less than EUR 25 per tonne. Half of the security shall be lodged
when the licence is issued and the balance shall be lodged
before the cereals are removed.

Article 12

Within two hours of
the expiry of
for the
the Slovak intervention agency shall
tenders,
submission of
notify the Commission of tenders received. This notification
shall be made using the form in Annex IV.

the time limit

Notwithstanding Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 3002/92, the documents relating to the sale of common
wheat under
the export
this Regulation, and in particular
licence, the removal order referred to in Article 3(1)(b) of Regu-

Article 13

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 April 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Place of storage

Vel’ké Ripňany, Lučenec, Rimavská Sobota, Senica, Bytčica, Malacky, Galanta-nové silo l,
Tornal’a,
Sered’, Želiezovce, Marcelová, Dvory n/Žitavou, Gbelce, Vel’ké Bedzany,
Nedanovce, Podunajské Biskupice, Jesenské, Senec, Piešt’any, Lužianky, Malé Straciny

(in tonnes)

Quantity

65 000

Communication of refusal of lots under the standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat held
by the Slovak intervention agency

ANNEX II

(Regulation (EC) No 615/2005)

— Name of successful tenderer:
— Date of award:
— Date of refusal of the lot by the successful tenderer:

Lot number

Quantity in
tonnes

Address of the
silo

Reason for refusal to take over

— specific weight
— % of sprouted grains
— % of miscellaneous impurities (Schwarzbesatz)
— % of matter other than basic cereals of unimpaired quality
— Other

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ANNEX III

Entry referred to in Article 10

— Trigo blando de intervención sin aplicación de restitución ni gravamen, Reglamento (CE) no 615/2005

— Intervenční pšenice obecná nepodléhá vývozní náhradě ani clu, nařízení (ES) č. 615/2005

— Blød hvede fra intervention uden restitutionsydelse eller -afgift, forordning (EF) nr. 615/2005

— Weichweizen aus

Interventionsbeständen ohne Anwendung von Ausfuhrerstattungen oder Ausfuhrabgaben,

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 615/2005

— Pehme nisu sekkumisvarudest, mille puhul ei rakendata toetust või maksu, määrus (EÜ) nr 615/2005

— Μαλακός σίτος παρέμβασης χωρίς εφαρμογή επιστροφής ή φόρου, κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 615/2005

— Intervention common wheat without application of refund or tax, Regulation (EC) No 615/2005

— Blé tendre d'intervention ne donnant pas lieu à restitution ni taxe, règlement (CE) no 615/2005

— Frumento tenero d'intervento senza applicazione di restituzione né di tassa, regolamento (CE) n. 615/2005

— Intervences parastie kvieši bez kompensācijas vai nodokļa piemērošanas, Regula (EK) Nr. 615/2005

— Intervenciniai paprastieji kviečiai, kompensacija ar mokesčiai netaikytini, Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 615/2005

— Intervenciós búza, visszatérítés, illetve adó nem alkalmazandó, 615/2005/EK rendelet

— Zachte tarwe uit interventie, zonder toepassing van restitutie of belasting, Verordening (EG) nr. 615/2005

— Pszenica zwyczajna interwencyjna niedająca prawa do refundacji ani do opłaty, rozporządzenie (WE) nr 615/2005

— Trigo mole de intervenção sem aplicação de uma restituição ou imposição, Regulamento (CE) n.o 615/2005

— Intervenčná pšenica obyčajná nepodlieha vývozným náhradám ani clu, nariadenie (ES) č. 615/2005

— Intervencija navadne pšenice brez zahtevkov za nadomestila ali carine, Uredba (ES) št. 615/2005

— Interventiovehnä, johon ei sovelleta vientitukea eikä vientimaksua, asetus (EY) N:o 615/2005

— Interventionsvete, utan tillämpning av bidrag eller avgift, förordning (EG) nr 615/2005.

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ANNEX IV

Form (*)

Standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat held by the Slovak intervention agency

(Regulation (EC) No 615/2005)

1

2

3

4

Serial numbers
of tenderers

Lot number

Quantity in
tonnes

Tender prices
(EUR/tonne) (1)

5

Increases(+)
Reductions(–)
(EUR/tonne)
(p.m.)

6

7

Commercial
costs
(EUR/tonne)

Destination

1

2

3

etc.

(1) This price includes the increases and reductions relating to the lot covered by the tender.

(*) To be sent to DG AGRI, Unit D.2:
— by fax (32-2) 292 10 34.