Commission Regulation (EC) No 1168/2005 of 19 July 2005 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of maize held by the Austrian intervention agency
Date: 2005-07-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, award of contract, intervention agency, maize, sale

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1168/2005

of 19 July 2005

opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of maize held by
the Austrian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(8)

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

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 of 28 July
1993 laying down the procedure and conditions for
the sale of cereals held by intervention agencies (2),
provides in particular that cereals held by intervention
agencies are to be sold by tendering procedure at
prices preventing market disturbance.

Because of unfavourable weather conditions on the
Iberian Peninsula, maize prices on the Community
market are relatively high, causing supply difficulties at
competitive prices for growers and the livestock feed
industry alike.

Austria has intervention stocks of maize, which should
be used up.

To take account of
the situation on the Community
market, provision should be made for the Commission
to manage this invitation to tender. In addition, provision
must be made for an award coefficient
tenders
offering the minimum selling price.

for

It is also important for the Austrian intervention agency’s
notification to the Commission to maintain the
anonymity of the tenderers.

(7) With a view to modernising management,

the infor-
mation required by the Commission should be sent by
electronic mail.

The Austrian intervention agency shall open a standing invi-
tation to tender for the sale on the Community market of
113 297 tonnes of maize held by it.

Article 2

The sale provided for in Article 1 shall take place in accordance
with Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.

However, notwithstanding that Regulation:

(a)

tenders shall be drawn up on the basis of the actual quality
of the lot to which they apply;

(b) the minimum selling price shall be set at a level which does
not disturb the cereals market; it may not in any event be
lower than the intervention price in force for the month in
question, including any monthly increases.

Notwithstanding Article 13(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93
the tender security is set at EUR 10 per tonne.

Article 4

The first partial invitation to tender shall expire at 15.00

1.
(Brussels time) on 27 July 2005.

The closing dates for the submission of tenders for subsequent
partial invitations to tender shall be each Wednesday at 15.00
(Brussels time), with the exception of 3 August, 17 August and
31 August 2005, i.e. weeks when no invitation to tender shall
be made.

It is therefore appropriate to make the stocks of maize
held by the Austrian intervention agency available on the
internal market.

Article 3

(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 749/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 10).

The closing date for the submission of tenders for the last
partial
invitation to tender shall be 26 October 2005 at
15.00 (Brussels time).

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Tenders must be lodged with the Austrian intervention

2.
agency at the following address:

AMA (Agrarmarkt Austria)
Dresdnerstraße 70
A-1200 Wien
Fax (00 43 1) 33151 4624
(00 43 1) 33151 4469.

Article 5

Within two hours of
for the
the expiry of
submission of tenders, the Austrian intervention agency shall
notify the Commission of tenders received. This notification
shall be made by e-mail, using the form in the Annex hereto.

the time limit

Article 6

Under the procedure laid down in Article 25(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1784/2003 the Commission shall set the minimum
selling price or decide not
In the
event that tenders are submitted for the same lot and for a
quantity larger than that available, the Commission may fix
this price separately for each lot.

to award any quantities.

the
Where tenders are offering the minimum sale price,
Commission may fix an award coefficient for the quantities
offered at the same time as it fixes the minimum sale price.

Article 7

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
of 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, 19 July 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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Standing invitation to tender for the resale of 113 297 tonnes of maize held by the Austrian intervention agency

ANNEX

Form (*)

(Regulation (EC) No 1168/2005)

1

2

Serial numbers of tenderers

Lot No

3

Quantity
(t)

4

Tender price
(EUR /t)

1

2

3

etc.

(*) To be sent to DG AGRI, Unit D.2.