Commission Regulation (EC) No 775/2005 of 23 May 2005 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of paddy rice held by the Italian intervention agency
Date: 2005-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, award of contract, intervention agency, rice, sale

24.5.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 775/2005

of 23 May 2005

opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of paddy rice held by
the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

of paddy rice held by it, as set out in the Annex to this Regu-
lation.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 2

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of
29 September 2003 on the common organisation of
the
in rice (1), and in particular Article 7(4) and (5)
market
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 (2)
the procedures and conditions
paddy rice held by intervention agencies.

for

lays down
the disposal of

The Italian intervention agency has been storing a very
significant quantity of paddy rice for a very long time.
A standing invitation to tender should therefore be
opened for the resale on the internal market of some
59 920 tonnes of paddy rice held by that agency.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

1.
The closing date for the submission of tenders in response
to the first partial invitation to tender shall be 1 June 2005.

2.
The closing date for the submission of tenders in response
to the last partial invitation to tender shall be 13 July 2005.

Tenders must be lodged with the Italian intervention

3.
agency:

Ente Nazionale Risi (ENR)
Piazza Pio XI, 1
I-20123 Milano
Telephone: (39) 02 885 51 11
Fax: (39) 02 86 13 72.

Article 3

As an exception to Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 75/91,
the Italian intervention agency shall inform the Commission, no
later than the Tuesday of the week following the closing date
for the submission of tenders, of the quantity and average prices
of the various lots sold, broken down by group where appro-
priate.

Article 1

Article 4

Under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 75/91,
the Italian intervention agency shall launch a standing invitation
to tender for the resale on the internal market of the quantities

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 23 May 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96.
(2) OJ L 9, 12.1.1991, p. 15.

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ANNEX

Group

1

2

3

4

Harvest year

Rice types

Quantity (approximate)

16 620 t

10 900 t

2002

2002

Round-grain,
medium-grain and
long-grain A

Long-grain B

Round-grain,
medium-grain and
long-grain A

3 400 t

2003

29 000 t

2003

Long-grain B