Commission Regulation (EC) No 835/2006 of  6 June 2006  opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of common wheat held by the Polish intervention agency
Date: 2006-06-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, award of contract, common wheat, intervention agency, sale

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 835/2006

of 6 June 2006

opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of common wheat
held by the Polish 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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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,

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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.

Poland has intervention stocks of common wheat, which
should be used up.

conditions,

in particular price
In view of market
pressures,
the stocks of common wheat held by the
Polish intervention agency should be made available on
the internal market.

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
tenders
must be made for an award coefficient
offering the minimum selling price.

for

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

(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).

The Polish intervention agency shall open a standing invitation
to tender
sale on the Community market of
150 000 tonnes of common wheat held by it.

the

for

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.

Article 3

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 7 June 2006.

The subsequent partial
Wednesday at 15.00 (Brussels time).

invitations to tender shall expire each

The last partial
(Brussels time) on 28 June 2006.

invitation to tender shall expire at 15.00

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Tenders must be lodged with the Polish intervention

2.
agency:

Agencja Rynku Rolnego
Biuro Produktów Roślinnych
Dzial Zbóż
ul. Nowy Świat 6/12
PL-00-400 Warszawa
Tel. (48) 22 661 78 10
Fax (48) 22 661 78 26.

Article 5

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

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 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

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, 6 June 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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Standing invitation to tender for the resale of 150 000 tonnes of common wheat held by the Polish intervention
agency

ANNEX

Form (*)

(Regulation (EC) No 835/2006)

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 (D.2).