Commission Regulation (EC) No 80/2006 of  18 January 2006  opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of rye held by the German intervention agency
Date: 2006-01-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, award of contract, intervention agency, rye, sale

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 80/2006

of 18 January 2006

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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)

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.

However, as rye no longer benefits from intervention
measures since the 2004/05 marketing year,
there is
no further need when reselling rye stocks either to
provide for a particular destination requirement
in
their being presented a
order to prevent
second time for intervention or, should no intervention
price be applicable on the day in question, to require a
selling price
in
accordance with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2131/93.

intervention price

linked to the

the risk of

(3)

Germany has intervention stocks of rye, 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

(6)

(7)

In view of the significant financial interests at stake, the
amount of
the security required from the tenderers
should be set at a sufficiently high level, with a
consequent derogation from Article 13(4) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2131/93.

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

(8) With a view to modernising management,

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

(9)

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 German intervention agency shall open a standing invi-
tation to tender for the sale on the Community market of
50 000 tonnes of rye held by it.

Article 2

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

(4)

In view of the strong demand on the internal market and
the situation on that market, the stocks of rye held by
the German intervention agency should be made
available to the market.

However, notwithstanding

(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).

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

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(b) Article 5 of that Regulation, the minimum selling price shall
be set at a level which does not disturb the cereals market.

Article 3

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

Article 4

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE),
Deichmannsaue 29
D-53179 Bonn
Fax 1 (49) 228 68 45 39 85
Fax 2 (49) 228 68 45 32 76.

Article 5

The German 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 the Annex hereto.

The first partial invitation to tender shall expire at 15.00

1.
(Brussels time) on 25 January 2006.

Article 6

to tender

The time-limit for submitting tenders under subsequent partial
invitations
each
Wednesday thereafter, with the exception of 12 April 2006
and 24 May 2006, there being no invitation to tender in the
weeks concerned.

shall be 15.00 (Brussels time)

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).

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 to award any quantities. 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.

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

Article 7

Tenders must be lodged with the German intervention

2.
agency at the following address:

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
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, 18 January 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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Standing invitation to tender for the resale of 50 000 tonnes of rye held by the German intervention agency

ANNEX

Form (*)

(Regulation (EC) No 80/2006)

1

Serial numbers of tenderers

2

Lot No

3

Quantity
(t)

4

Tender price
(EUR/t)

1

2

3

etc.

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