Commission Regulation (EC) No 38/2007 of 17 January 2007 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale for export of sugar held by the intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden
Date: 2007-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, export, intervention agency, sale, sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 38/2007

of 17 January 2007

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(6)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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

Whereas:

Article 39(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
952/2006 of 29 June 2006 laying down detailed rules
the application of Council Regulation (EC) No
for
318/2006
the
Community market in sugar and the quota system (2)
provides that the intervention agencies may sell sugar
only after a decision to that effect has been adopted by
the Commission.

the management

regards

of

as

the Czech Republic, Spain,

Belgium,
Italy,
Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden have intervention
stocks of sugar. In order to respond to market needs, it is
appropriate to open a standing invitation to tender to
make these stocks available for export.

Ireland,

(7)

(8)

(9)

Pursuant
952/2006,
tenderer
tender.

to Article 42(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No
the price to be paid by the successful
should be determined by the invitation to

Pursuant
to Article 42(2)(e) of Regulation (EC) No
952/2006, it is appropriate to determine the period of
validity of the export licences.

In order to ensure proper management of sugar in
storage, provision should be made for a communication
from the Member States to the Commission on the quan-
tities actually sold and exported.

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
rules
implementing Council Regulation (EC) No
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.
this
However,
distinction is unnecessary
implementation
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 pursuant to this Regulation.

intervention sugar,
and its

the resale of

for

In order to prevent any abuse associated with the re-
import or re-introduction into the Community of sugar
sector products that have qualified for export refunds, no
export refund should be fixed for the countries of the
western Balkans.

(10)

the situation on the Community
To take account of
market, provision should be made for the Commission
to fix a maximum export refund for each partial
invi-
tation to tender.

The quantities available for a Member State that can be
awarded when the Commission fixes
the maximum
export refund should take into account the quantities
awarded pursuant to 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 (4).

Spain,

intervention agencies of Belgium,
Ireland,

the Czech
The
Republic,
Poland,
Slovakia and Sweden should communicate the tenders
should remain
to the Commission. The
anonymous.

Italy, Hungary,

tenderers

(11)

The Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered
an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

No 952/2006.

(EC) No 2011/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 3. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

(2) OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 39.

No 1555/2006 (OJ L 288, 19.10.2006, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 48. Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

expiry of
Article 2(1).

the deadline for

the submissions laid down in

Article 1

Ireland,

the Czech Republic,
The intervention agencies of Belgium,
Spain,
Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden
shall offer for sale by standing invitation to tender for export
to all destinations excluding Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herze-
govina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia,
Kosovo and Montenegro a total quantity of 852 681 tonnes
of sugar accepted into intervention and available for export.
The maximum 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 January 2007 and shall end on 24 January 2007 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 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,

The tenderers shall not be identified.

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

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

Article 4

1.
The Commission shall fix a maximum export refund for
white sugar and for raw sugar 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.
The available quantity for a lot shall be reduced by the
quantities awarded the same day for that lot by Regulation (EC)
No 1039/2006.

Where an award at a maximum export refund set pursuant to
paragraph 1 would result in that reduced available quantity for
a lot being exceeded, that award shall be limited to that reduced
available quantity.

Where awards for a Member State to all tenderers offering the
same export refund for one lot would result in that reduced
available quantity for that
that reduced
available quantity shall be awarded as follows:

lot being exceeded,

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

the total quantities in each of their tenders; or

— on 12 and 26 September 2007.

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

Tenders shall be lodged with the intervention agency

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

(c) by drawing of lots.

Article 3

The intervention agencies concerned shall communicate to the
Commission tenders submitted within two hours after the

The price to be paid by the successful

3.
in
accordance with article 42(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No
952/2006 shall be EUR 632 per tonne for white sugar and
EUR 497 per tonne for raw sugar.

tenderer

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Article 5

Export licence applications and licences shall contain in

1.
box 20 one of the entries listed in Annex III.

2.
Export licences issued in connection with a partial invi-
tation to tender shall be valid from the day of issue until the
end of the fifth calendar month following that in which the
partial invitation was issued.

Article 6

On the

fifth working day at

the
1.
Commission fixes the maximum export refund, the intervention
agencies involved shall communicate to the Commission, in the
form laid down in Annex IV, the exact quantity sold by partial
invitation to tender.

latest

after

the

Not later than the end of each calendar month in respect
2.
of the preceding calendar month, Member States shall notify to
the Commission the quantities of sugar of the export licences
returned to the competent authorities and the corresponding
quantities of sugar exported, taking account of the tolerances
permitted by Article 8(4) and (5) of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1291/2000 (1).

Article 7

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 8

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
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, 17 January 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.

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ANNEX I

Member States holding intervention sugar

Member State

Intervention Agency

Belgium

Czech Republic

Spain

Ireland

Italy

Hungary

Poland

Slovakia

Sweden

Bureau d’intervention et de restitution belge/
Belgisch Interventie- en Restitutiebureau (BIRB)
Rue de Trèves, 82/Trierstraat 82
B-1040 Bruxelles/B-1040 Brussel
Tél./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

Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria
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
Ireland
Tél.: (00 353) 53 63437
Fax: (00 353) 9142843

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.
HU-1095 Budapest
Tel.: 36/1/219-6213
Fax: 36/1/219-8905 vagy 36/1/219-6259

Agencja Rynku Rolnego
Biuro Cukru
Dział Dopłat i Interwencji
Nowy Świat 6/12
00-400 Warszawa
Tél.: +48 22 661 71 30
Fax: +48 22 661 72 77

Pôdohospodárska 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
S-551 82 Jönköping
Tél.: (46-36) 15 50 00
Fax: (46-36) 19 05 46

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

28 648,00

35 902,72

43 084,00

12 000,00

492 791,70

138 592,90

8 623,00

34 000,00

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 38/2007

1

2

3

Member State
selling intervention sugar

Numbering of tenderers

Lot No

4

Quantity
(tonnes)

5

Export refund
EUR/100 kg

1

2

3

etc.

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

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ANNEX III

Entries referred to in Article 5(1)

in Bulgarian:

Изнесено с възстановяване съгласно Регламент (ЕО) № 38/2007

in Spanish:

Exportado con restitución en virtud del Reglamento (CE) no 38/2007

in Czech:

Vyvezeno s náhradou podle nařízení (ES) č. 38/2007

in Danish:

Eksporteret med restitution i henhold til forordning (EF) nr. 38/2007

in German:

Mit Erstattung ausgeführt gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 38/2007

in Estonian:

Eksporditud toetusega vastavalt määrusele (EÜ) nr 38/2007

in Greek:

Εξαγωγή με επιστροφή σύμφωνα με τον κανονισμό (ΕΚ) αριθ. 38/2007

in English:

Exported with refund pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 38/2007

in French:

Exporté avec restitution conformément au règlement (CE) no 38/2007

in Italian:

Esportato con restituzione ai sensi del regolamento (CE) n. 38/2007

in Latvian:

Saskaņā ar Regulu (EK) Nr. 38/2007 eksportēts, saņemot kompensāciju

in Lithuanian:

Eksportuota su grąžinamąja išmoka, remiantis Reglamentu (EB) Nr. 38/2007

in Hungarian: Visszatérítéssel exportálva a 38/2007/EK rendelet szerint

in Maltese:

Esportat b’rifużjoni skond ir-Regolament (KE) Nru 38/2007

in Dutch:

Uitgevoerd met restitutie overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 38/2007

in Polish:

Wywóz objęty refundacją zgodnie z rozporządzeniem (WE) nr 38/2007

in Portuguese:

Exportado com restituição, nos termos do Regulamento (CE) n.o 38/2007

in Romanian:

Exportat cu restituire în baza Regulamentului (CE) nr. 38/2007

in Slovak:

Vyvezené s náhradou podľa nariadenia (ES) č. 38/2007

in Slovenian:

Izvoženo z nadomestilom v skladu z Uredbo (ES) št. 38/2007

in Finnish:

Viety asetuksen (EY) N:o 38/2007 mukaisella vientituella

in Swedish:

Exporterat med exportbidrag enligt förordning (EG) nr 38/2007

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ANNEX IV

Model for the notification to the Commission as referred to in Article 6(1)

Form (*)
Partial invitation to tender of … for the resale of sugar held by the intervention agencies

Regulation (EC) No 38/2007

1

2

Member State selling intervention sugar

Quantity actually sold (in tonnes)

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