Commission Regulation (EC) No 1863/2005 of 15 November 2005 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of common wheat held by the Latvian intervention agency for processing into flour in the Community
Date: 2005-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Latvia, award of contract, common wheat, intervention agency, sale

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1863/2005

of 15 November 2005

opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of common wheat
held by the Latvian intervention agency for processing into flour in the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

for verifying the use and/or destination of products from
intervention (3) should be made compulsory.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(5)

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:

To guarantee proper performance, tenderers should be
asked to lodge a security which, in view of the nature
of the operations concerned, should be fixed by dero-
gation from Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, in particular
as regards its level, which must be sufficient to guarantee
the proper use of the products, and the conditions for its
release, which must include proof of processing of the
products into flour.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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 a
selling price which is not below the price recorded on
the market at the place of storage or, failing that, on the
nearest market, account being taken of transport costs,
for an equivalent quality and for a representative quantity
preventing market disturbance.

to meet

insufficient

Due to adverse weather conditions at the time of the
2005 harvest, the forecast quantity of common wheat
internal demand.
in Latvia is
Moreover, Latvia has intervention stocks of common
wheat, outlets for which are hard to find and which
should
on the
disposed
Community market may therefore be organised by
tendering procedure with a view to processing the
common wheat into flour.

therefore

Sales

of.

be

the situation on the Community
To take account of
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

covered by

To enable checks on the particular destination of the
stocks
tendering procedures, provision
should be made for specific monitoring of the delivery
of the common wheat and its processing into flour. To
permit this monitoring, application of the procedures laid
down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 of
16 October 1992 laying down common detailed rules

(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).

(6)

It is also important that the Latvian intervention agency’s
notification to the Commission should 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.

(8)

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

The Latvian intervention agency shall open a standing invitation
to tender
sale on the Community market of
24 276 tonnes of common wheat held by it with a view to
its processing into flour.

the

for

Article 2

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

However, notwithstanding:

(a) Article 13(1) of that Regulation, tenders shall be drawn up
by reference to the actual quality of the lot to which they
apply;

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

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

lation (EC) No 1169/2005 (OJ L 188, 20.7.2005, p. 19).

lation (EC) No 1169/2005.

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(b) the second paragraph of Article 10 of that Regulation, the
minimum selling price shall be set at a level which does not
disturb the cereals market.

Article 3

Tenders shall be valid only if they are accompanied by:

(a) proof

that

the tenderer has

lodged a security which,
notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 13(4)
is set at EUR 10 per
of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93,
tonne;

(b) the tenderer’s written undertaking to use the common
for processing within the Community into flour
wheat
within 60 days of
its release from intervention storage
and in any event before 31 August 2006 and to lodge a
security of EUR 40 per tonne within two working days of
is
the day on which the notice of award of contract
received;

(c) an undertaking to keep stock records so that checks may be
carried out to ensure that the quantities of common wheat
awarded have been processed on Community territory into
flour.

Article 5

The Latvian intervention agency shall send the Commission the
tenders received, no later than two hours after expiry of the
time-limit
for submitting tenders. This notification shall be
made by e-mail, using the form in Annex I hereto.

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.

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

Article 7

The security referred to in Article 3(a) shall be released in

1.
full in respect of quantities for which:

(a) no award is made;

Article 4

The first partial invitation to tender shall expire at 15.00

1.
(Brussels time) on 23 November 2005.

(b) payment of the selling price is made within the period set
and the security referred to in Article 3(b) has been lodged.

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 28 December 2005 and
12 April and 24 May 2006, i.e. weeks when no invitation to
tender shall be made.

The security referred to in Article 3(b) shall be released in
2.
proportion to the quantities of common wheat used for the
production of flour in the Community.

The closing date for the submission of tenders for the last
partial
invitation to tender shall be 28 June 2006 at 15.00
(Brussels time).

1.
Proof that the undertakings referred to in Article 3(b) have
been met shall be supplied in accordance with Regulation (EEC)
No 3002/92.

Article 8

Tenders must be lodged with the Latvian intervention

2.
agency at the following address:

In addition to the particulars provided for in Regulation
2.
(EEC) No 3002/92, box 104 of the control copy T5 shall refer
to the undertaking provided for in Article 3(b) and (c) and
contain one of the entries shown in Annex II.

Rural Support Service
Republic Square 2,
Riga, LV-1981
Latvia
Tel. (371) 702 78 93
Fax (371) 702 78 92.

Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 November 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Standing invitation to tender for the resale of 24 276 tonnes of common wheat held by the Latvian intervention
agency

Form (1)

(Regulation (EC) No 1863/2005)

1

2

Serial numbers of tenderers

Lot No

3

Quantity
(t)

4

Tender price
EUR/tonne

1

2

3

etc.

___________
(1) To be sent to DG AGRI (D2).

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ANNEX II

Entries referred to in Article 8(2)

–– in Spanish:

Producto destinado a la transformación prevista en las letras b) y c) del artículo 3 del Reglamento (CE)
no 1863/2005

–– in Czech:

Produkt určený ke zpracování podle čl. 3 písm. b) a c) nařízení (ES) č. 1863/2005

–– in Danish:

–– in German:

Produkt til forarbejdning som fastsat i artikel 3, litra b) og c), i forordning (EF) nr. 1863/2005

Erzeugnis zur Verarbeitung gemäß Artikel 3 Buchstaben b und c der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1863/2005

–– in Estonian: määruse (EÜ) nr 1863/2005 artikli 3 punktides b ja c viidatud töötlemiseks mõeldud toode

–– in Greek:

Προϊόν προς μεταποίηση όπως προβλέπεται στο άρθρο 3, στοιχεία β) και γ), του κανονισμού (ΕΚ) αριθ.
1863/2005

–– in English:

–– in French:

–– in Italian:

Product intended for processing referred to in Article 3(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1863/2005

Produit destiné à la transformation prévue à l'article 3, points b) et c), du règlement (CE) no 1863/2005

Prodotto destinato alla trasformazione di cui all’articolo 3,
n. 1863/2005

lettere b) e c), del regolamento (CE)

–– in Latvian:

Produkts paredzēts tādai pārstrādei, kā noteikts Regulas (EK) Nr. 1863/2005 3. panta b) un c) punktā

–– in Lithuanian: produktas, kurio perdirbimas numatytas Reglamento (EB) Nr. 1863/2005 3 straipsnio b ir c punktuose

–– in Hungarian: Az 1863/2005/EK rendelet 3. cikkének b) és c) pontja szerinti feldolgozásra szánt termék

–– in Dutch:

Product bestemd voor de verwerking bedoeld in artikel 3, onder b) en c), van Verordening (EG)
nr. 1863/2005

–– in Polish:

Produkt przeznaczony do przetworzenia przewidzianego w art. 3 lit. b) i c) rozporządzenia (WE)
nr 1863/2005

–– in Portuguese: Produto para a transformação a que se referem as alíneas b) e c) do artigo 3.o do Regulamento (CE) n.o

1863/2005

–– in Slovak:

Produkt určený na spracovanie podľa článku 3 písm. b) a c) nariadenia (ES) č. 1863/2005

–– in Slovenian:

Proizvod za predelavo iz člena 3(b) in (c) Uredbe (ES) št. 1863/2005

–– in Finnish:

–– in Swedish:

Asetuksen (EY) N:o 1863/2005 3 artiklan b ja c alakohdan mukaiseen jalostukseen tarkoitettu tuote

Produkt avsedda för bearbetning enligt artikel 3 b och c i förordning (EG) nr 1863/2005