Commission Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006 of  7 July 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, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden
Date: 2006-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, award of contract, intervention agency, sale, single market, sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1039/2006

of 7 July 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, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary,
Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

would create administrative difficulties for the Member
States. It is therefore appropriate to exclude the appli-
cation of Regulation (EC) No 1262/2001 to the resale of
intervention sugar.

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of
20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market
in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 40(2)(d) 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)

(4)

(5)

Article 39(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
952/2006 of 29 June 2006 on the management of the
internal sugar market and the quota regime (2), and in
particular Article 40(2)(d) thereof,

Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Ireland,
Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, 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.

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.

intervention agencies of Belgium,

the Czech
The
Italy, Hungary,
Republic, Germany, Spain,
Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden should commu-
nicate the tenders to the Commission. The tenderers
should remain anonymous.

Ireland,

for

The second paragraph of Article 59 of Regulation (EC)
No 952/2006 provides that Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1262/2001 of 27 June 2001 laying down detailed
implementing Council Regulation (EC) No
rules
1260/2001 as regards the buying in and sale of sugar
by intervention agencies (3) continues to apply to sugar
accepted into intervention before 10 February 2006.
However,
this
implementation
distinction is unnecessary

intervention sugar,

the resale of

and its

for

Article 1

Ireland,

the Czech Republic,
The intervention agencies of Belgium,
Germany, Spain,
Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia,
Slovakia and Sweden shall offer for sale by standing invitation
to tender on the Community internal market a total quantity of
1 370 636,672 tonnes of sugar accepted into intervention and
available for sale on the internal market. The quantities involved
per Member State are set out in Annex I.

Article 2

The period during which tenders may be submitted in
1.
response to the first partial invitation to tender shall begin on
19 July 2006 and shall end on 26 July 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 9 and 30 August 2006,

— on 13 and 27 September 2006,

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 39.
(3) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 48. Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC)

No 952/2006.

— on 4 and 18 October 2006,

— on 8 and 22 November 2006,

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— on 6 and 20 December 2006,

— on 10 and 24 January 2007,

— on 7 and 21 February 2007,

— on 7 and 28 March 2007,

— on 18 and 25 April 2007,

— on 9 and 23 May 2007,

— on 13 and 27 June 2007,

— on 11 and 18 July 2007,

— on 8 and 29 August 2007,

— on 12 and 26 September 2007.

Article 4

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 39(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.

2. Where an award at a minimum price set pursuant to
in the available quantity for the
paragraph 1 would result
Member State concerned 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

Tenders shall be lodged with the intervention agency

2.
holding the sugar as set out in Annex I.

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

Article 3

(c) by drawing of lots.

The intervention agencies concerned shall communicate to the
Commission tenders submitted within two hours after the
expiry of
laid down in
Article 2(1).

the deadline for

the submissions

The tenderers shall not be identified.

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 5

By way of derogation from the second paragraph of Article 59
of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006, that Regulation shall apply to
the resale, as referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation, of sugar
accepted into intervention before 10 February 2006.

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 7 July 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 inter-
vention agency and available for
the sale on internal market
(in tonnes)

30 648,00

Czech Republic

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 87 14 27
Fax (420) 222 87 18 75

Germany

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
Deichmanns Aue 29
D-53179 Bonn

Spain

Ireland

Italy

Hungary

Poland

Tel. (49-228) 68 45-35 12/38 50
Fax (49-228) 68 45 36 24

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

Tel. (34) 913 47 64 66
Fax (34) 913 47 63 97

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

Tel. (353) 536 34 37
Fax (353) 914 28 43

AGEA — Agenzia per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura
Ufficio ammassi pubblici e privati e alcool
Via Torino, 45
I-00184 Roma

Tel. (39) 06 49 499 558
Fax (39) 06 49 499 761

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

Tel. 36/1/219-6213
Fax 36/1/219-8905 or 36/1/219-6259

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

Tel. +48 22 661 71 30
Fax +48 22 661 72 77

48 937,72

17 500,00

110 800,00

12 000,00

636 648,70

224 037,90

172 326,26

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Member State

Intervention Agency

Slovenia

Slovakia

Sweden

Agencija RS za kmetijske trge in razvoj podeželja;
Dunajska 160
1000 Ljubljana

Tel. +386 1 580 77 92
Fax +386 1 478 920

Pôdohospodarská platobná agentúra
Oddelenie cukru a ostatných komodít
Dobrovičova 12
815 26 Bratislava
Slovenská republika

Tel. (421-2) 58 24 32 55
Fax (421-2) 53 41 26 65

Statens jordbruksverk
Vallgatan 8
S-55182 Jönköping

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

Quantities held by the inter-
vention agency and available for
the sale on internal market
(in tonnes)

9 700,00

49 000,00

59 038,00

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ANNEX II

Model for the communication to the Commission as referred to in Article 3

Form (*)

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

Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006

1

2

3

Member State selling
intervention sugar

Numbering of tenderers

Lot No

4

Quantity
(t)

5

Tender price
EUR/100 kg

1

2

3

etc.

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