Commission Regulation (EC) No 774/2005 of 23 May 2005 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of paddy rice held by the Spanish intervention agency
Date: 2005-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, award of contract, intervention agency, rice, sale

24.5.2005

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 774/2005

of 23 May 2005

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

quantities of paddy rice held by it, as set out in the Annex to
this Regulation.

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 Spanish 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 26 299
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:

Article 1

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 shall be lodged with the Spanish intervention

3.
agency:

Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria (FEGA)
Beneficencia, 8
E-28004 Madrid
Telex: 23427 FEGA E
Fax: (34) 915 21 98 32 and (34) 915 22 43 87.

Article 3

As an exception to Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 75/91,
the Spanish 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 4

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

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication 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, 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

Quantity (approximate)

22 743 t

Harvest year

Rice types

2001

Long-grain B

2 509 t

2002

1 047 t

2003

round-grain, medium-grain
and long-grain A

round-grain, medium-grain
and long-grain A