Commission Regulation (EC) No 1377/2005 of 23 August 2005 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by the Finnish intervention agency
Date: 2005-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1377/2005

of 23 August 2005

opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by the Finnish intervention
agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(7)

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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 27 780
tonnes of barley held by the Finnish intervention agency.

Special procedures must be laid down to ensure that the
operations and their monitoring are properly effected. To
that end, securities should be lodged to ensure that the
goals of the operations 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.

(5)

To forestall reimportation, exports under this invitation
to tender should be limited to certain third countries.

(6) With a view to modernising the management of the
system, provision should be made for the electronic
transmission of
the
Commission.

information required by

the

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

(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).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Finnish intervention agency shall issue a standing invitation
to tender for the export of barley held by it in accordance with
Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, save as otherwise provided for in
this Regulation.

Article 2

The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 27 780
to third countries with the
tonnes of barley for export
exception of Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Canada, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Liechtenstein, Mexico, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro (4),
Switzerland and the United States of America.

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.

Notwithstanding the third paragraph of Article 16 of
3.
Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the price to be paid for the
export shall be that quoted in the tender, with no monthly
increase.

Article 4

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

(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.

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

(a) higher than that specified in the notice of

invitation to

tender;

Article 5

1.
Notwithstanding Article 7(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2131/93, the time limit for submission of tenders under the
first partial invitation to tender shall be 09.00 (Brussels time) on
8 September 2005.

The time limit for submitting tenders pursuant to subsequent
partial invitations to tender shall be 09.00 (Brussels time) each
Thursday thereafter, with the exception of 3 November 2005,
29 December 2005, 13 April 2006 and 25 May 2006, there
being no invitation to tender in the weeks concerned.

The closing date for the submission of tenders for the last
partial tendering procedure shall be 22 June 2006 at 09.00
(Brussels time).

Tenders must be lodged with the Finnish intervention

2.
agency:

Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö, interventioyksikkö
PL 232
FI-00171 Helsinki
Fax (358-9) 16 05 27 72, (358-9) 16 05 27 78

Article 6

The intervention agency, the storer and the 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.

(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 having
regard to those criteria do not exceed the following limits:

— one kilogram per hectolitre as regards specific weight,
which must not, however, be less than 64 kg/hl,

— one percentage point as regards moisture content,

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

— half a percentage point as regards the impurities referred
to at 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

(b) refuse to take over the lot concerned.

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 case of paragraph (b), 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 I.

In the event of a dispute, the analysis results shall be forwarded
electronically 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:

3. Where the final result of sample analyses indicates a
quality below the minimum characteristics laid down for inter-
vention, the successful tenderer may not remove the lot in
question. The successful tenderer shall be discharged of all obli-
gations 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 I.

(1) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(2) OJ L 100, 20.4.2000, p. 31. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1741/2004 (OJ L 311, 8.10.2004, p. 17).

lation (EC) No 1068/2005 (OJ L 174, 7.7.2005, p. 65).

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Article 8

Article 10

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 barley of the requisite quality, at no extra
cost. In that case, the security shall not be released. The lot must
be replaced within three days of the date of the successful
tenderer's request. The successful
immediately
inform the Commission thereof using the form in Annex I.

tenderer shall

If, following 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 I.

Article 9

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

taking the samples and conducting the
The costs of
2.
in Article 6, with the exception of
analyses provided for
those referred to in Article 7(3),
shall be borne by the
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.

Notwithstanding Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3002/92, the documents relating to the sale of barley under this
Regulation, and in particular the export licence, the removal
order referred to in Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No
3002/92, the export declaration and, where applicable, the T5
copy shall carry one of the entries set out in Annex II.

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.

Notwithstanding Article 17(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2.
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
for the
the expiry of
submission of tenders, the Finnish intervention agency shall
electronically notify the Commission of tenders received. This
notification shall be made by e-mail, using the form in Annex
III.

the time limit

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, 23 August 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Communication of refusal and possible replacement of lots under the standing invitation to tender for the
export of barley held by the Finnish intervention agency

(Regulation (EC) No 1377/2005)

— 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

— SW (kg/hl)
— % of sprouted grains
— % of miscellaneous impurities (Schwarzbesatz)
— % of matter other than basic cereals of unim-

paired quality

— Other

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ANNEX II

Entries referred to in Article 10

— in Spanish:

Cebada de intervención sin aplicación de restitución ni gravamen, Reglamento (CE) no 1377/2005

— in Czech:

Intervenční ječmen nepodléhá vývozní náhradě ani clu, nařízení (ES) č. 1377/2005

— in Danish:

— in German:

Byg fra intervention uden restitutionsydelse eller -afgift, forordning (EF) nr. 1377/2005

Interventionsgerste ohne Anwendung von Ausfuhrerstattungen oder Ausfuhrabgaben, Verordnung (EG)
Nr. 1377/2005

— in Estonian:

Sekkumisoder, mille puhul ei rakendata toetust või maksu, määrus (EÜ) nr 1377/2005

— in Greek:

Κριθή παρέμβασης χωρίς εφαρμογή επιστροφής ή φόρου, κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1377/2005

— in English:

Intervention barley without application of refund or tax, Regulation (EC) No 1377/2005

— in French:

Orge d'intervention ne donnant pas lieu à restitution ni taxe, règlement (CE) no 1377/2005

— in Italian:

Orzo d'intervento senza applicazione di restituzione né di tassa, regolamento (CE) n. 1377/2005

— in Latvian:

Intervences mieži bez kompensācijas vai nodokļa piemērošanas, Regula (EK) Nr. 1377/2005

— in Lithuanian:

Intervenciniai miežiai, kompensacija ar mokesčiai netaikytini, Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 1377/2005

— in Hungarian:

Intervenciós árpa, visszatérítés, illetve adó nem alkalmazandó, 1377/2005/EK rendelet

— in Dutch:

— in Polish:

Gerst uit interventie, zonder toepassing van restitutie of belasting, Verordening (EG) nr. 1377/2005

Jęczmień interwencyjny niedający prawa do refundacji
nr 1377/2005

ani do opłaty,

rozporządzenie

(WE)

— in Portuguese: Cevada de

n.o 1377/2005

intervenção sem aplicação de uma restituição ou imposição, Regulamento (CE)

— in Slovak:

Intervenčný jačmeň nepodlieha vývozným náhradám ani clu, nariadenie (ES) č. 1377/2005

— in Slovenian:

Intervencija ječmena brez zahtevkov za nadomestila ali carine, Uredba (ES) št. 1377/2005

— in Finnish:

— in Swedish:

Interventio-ohra, johon ei sovelleta vientitukea eikä vientimaksua, asetus (EY) N:o 1377/2005

Interventionskorn, utan tillämpning av bidrag eller avgift, förordning (EG) nr 1377/2005.

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Standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by the Finnish intervention agency

ANNEX III

Form (*)

(Regulation (EC) No 1377/2005)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Serial numbers of
tenderers

Lot number

Quantity
in tonnes

Tender price
(EUR/tonne) (1)

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

Commercial costs (2)
(EUR/tonne)

Destination

1

2

3

etc.

(1) This price includes the increases and reductions relating to the lot covered by the tender.
(2) The commercial costs corresponding to insurance and services provision borne after the exit of the intervention stock up to the FOB
stage at the port of export, with the exception of transport costs. The notified costs shall be established on the basis of the average real
costs recorded by the intervention agency in the six months preceding the opening of the tendering period and shall be expressed in
EUR per tonne.

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