Commission Regulation (EC) No 22/2006 of  9 January 2006  opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of sugar held by the intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden
Date: 2006-01-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, intervention agency, sale, sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 22/2006

of 9 January 2006

opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of sugar held by
the intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Hungary,
Poland, Slovakia and Sweden

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

intervention agencies of Belgium,

The
the Czech
Republic, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland,
Slovakia and Sweden should communicate the tenders
to the Commission. The
should remain
anonymous.

tenderers

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of
19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the market in
the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,

(6)

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy,
Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden have intervention
stocks of sugar. In order to respond to market needs, it is
appropriate to make these stocks available on the internal
market.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1262/2001 of 27 June
2001 laying down detailed rules
implementing
Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as regards the
buying in and sale of sugar by intervention agencies (2)
should apply to such a sale.

for

However, Article 22(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No
1262/2001 providing for the publication of the invi-
tation of tender in the ‘C’ series of the Official Journal
of the European Union at least 10 days before the period
for submission of tenders expires should not apply as
Member States have difficulties for the translation into
all Community languages and this will create unnecessary
intervention sugar.
delays
their
Furthermore, Article 28(1)(a) of
the said Regulation
provides for a tendering security of EUR 0,73 per 100
kilograms. For the sale of
intervention sugar on the
the security lodged by the tenderer
internal market,
should be brought in line with the intervention price.
As a consequence, Article 28(1)(a) should not apply.

sales of

in the

Article 1

the Czech Republic,
The intervention agencies of Belgium,
Spain, France,
Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and
Ireland,
Sweden shall offer for sale by standing invitation to tender
on the Community internal market a total quantity of
1 009 124 tonnes of sugar accepted into intervention and
available for sale on the internal market. The Member States
concerned and the quantities involved are laid down in Annex I.

Article 2

1.
The tenders and the sales provided for in Article 1 shall
take place in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1262/2001,
except as otherwise provided by this Regulation.

2.
By way of derogation from Article 22(2) and (3) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1262/2001, each intervention agency concerned
shall draw up a notice of invitation to tender and publish it at
least eight days before the beginning of the period for the
submission of tenders.

The notice shall indicate,
tation to tender.

in particular, the terms of the invi-

(4)

To take account of
the situation on the Community
market, provision should be made for the Commission
to fix a minimum selling price for each partial invitation
to tender.

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004,
p. 16).

(2) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 48. Regulation amended by Regulation (EC)

No 1498/2005 (OJ L 240, 16.9.2005, p. 39).

The notice, and all changes to it, shall be forwarded to the
Commission before publication.

Article 3

The minimum bid for each partial invitation to tender shall be
250 tonnes.

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Article 4

The tenderers shall not be identified.

1.
The period during which tenders may be submitted in
response to the first partial invitation to tender shall begin on
26 January 2006 and shall end on 1 February 2006 at 15.00,
Brussels time.

The periods during which tenders may be submitted in response
to the second and subsequent partial invitations shall begin on
the first working day following the end of the preceding period.
They shall end at 15.00, Brussels time:

— on 15 February 2006,

— on 1, 15 and 29 March 2006,

— on 5 and 19 April 2006,

— on 3, 17 and 31 May 2006,

— on 7, 14, 21 and 28 June 2006.

Tenders shall be lodged with the intervention agency

2.
holding the sugar as laid down in Annex I.

Article 5

By way of derogation from Article 28(1)(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 1262/2001, a tendering security of EUR 20 per 100 kg of
sugar shall be lodged by each tenderer.

Tenders submitted shall be communicated in electronic form
according to be the model laid down in the Annex II.

When no tenders are submitted,
the Member State shall
communicate this to the Commission within the same time
limit.

Article 7

1.
The Commission shall fix per Member State concerned the
minimum sale price or decide not to accept the tenders in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 42(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

2. Where an award at a minimum price set pursuant to
paragraph 1 would result
in the available quantity for that
Member State being exceeded, that award shall be limited to
such quantity as is still available.

Where awards for a Member State to all tenderers offering the
same price would result in the quantity for that Member State
being exceeded, then the quantity available shall be awarded as
follows:

(a) by division among the tenderers concerned in proportion of

the total quantities in each of their tenders; or

(b) by apportionment among the tenderers concerned by
reference to a maximum tonnage fixed for each of them; or

Article 6

(c) by drawing of lots.

Article 8

The intervention agencies concerned shall communicate to the
Commission tenders submitted within two hours from the
expiry of
laid down in
Article 4(1).

the deadline for

the submissions

This Regulation shall enter
following that of its publication in the Official
European Union.

into force on the third day
Journal of the

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

Done at Brussels, 9 January 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Member States holding intervention sugar

Member State

Intervention Agency

Belgium

Bureau d’intervention et de restitution belge
Rue de Trèves, 82
B-1040 Bruxelles

Quantities held by the intervention
agency and available for the sale
on the internal market

100 539

Czech Republic

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Hungary

Poland

Tel. (32-2) 287 24 11
Fax (32-2) 287 25 24

Státní zemědělský intervenční fond
Oddělení pro cukr a škrob
Ve Smečkách 33
CZ-11000 Praha 1

Tel. 420 222 871 886
Fax 420 296 806 404

Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria
C/Beneficencia, 8
E-28004 Madrid

Tel. (34-91) 347 64 66
Fax (34-91) 347 63 97

Fonds d’intervention et de régularisation du marché du
sucre
Bureau de l’intervention
21, avenue Bosquet
F-75007 Paris

Tél. (33) 144 18 23 37
Fax (33) 144 18 20 08

Intervention Section
On Farm Investment
Subsidies & storage Division
Department of Agriculture & Food
Johnstown Castle Estate
Wexford

Tel. (353) 536 34 37
Fax (353) 534 28 41

AGEA — Agenzia per le erogazioni in Agricoltura
Ufficio ammassi pubblici e privati e alcool
Via Torino, 45
00185 Roma

Tel. (39) 06 49 49 95 58
Fax (39) 06 49 49 97 61

Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal (MVH)
(Agricultural and Rural Development Agency)
Soroksári út 22-24
H-1095 Budapest

Tel. (36-1) 219 62 13
Fax (36-1) 219 89 05 or (36-1) 219 62 59

Agencja Rynku Rolnego
Biuro Cukru
Dział Dopłat i Interwencji
Nowy Świat 6/12
00-400 Warszawa

Tel. (48) 226 61 71 30
Fax (48) 226 61 72 77

13 000

8 300

20 000

12 000

571 111

110 500

94 636

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Member State

Intervention Agency

Slovakia

Sweden

Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra
Oddelenie cukru a ostatných komodít
Dobrovičova, 12
SK-81526 Bratislava

Tel. (421-2) 58 24 32 55
Fax (421-2) 58 24 33 62

Statens jordbruksverk
Vallgatan 8
S-55182 Jönköping

Tel. (46-36) 15 50 00
Fax (46-36) 19 05 46

Quantities held by the intervention
agency and available for the sale
on the internal market

20 000

59 038

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ANNEX II

Standing invitation to tender for the resale of sugar held by the intervention agencies

Form (*)

Model for the communication to the Commission as referred to in Article 6

(Regulation (EC) No 22/2006)

1

2

Member State selling
intervention sugar

Numbering of
tenderers

3

Lot No

4

Quantity
(t)

5

Tender price
EUR/100 kg

1

2

3

etc.

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(*) To be faxed to the following number: (32-2) 292 10 34.