Commission Regulation (EC) No 58/2008 of 24 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 712/2007 opening standing invitations to tender for the resale on the Community market of cereals held by the intervention agencies of the Member States
Date: 2008-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, cereals, intervention agency, sale

25.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 22/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 58/2008

of 24 January 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 712/2007 opening standing invitations to tender for the resale on the
Community market of cereals held by the intervention agencies of the Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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)

for

Commission Regulation (EC) No 712/2007 (2) opened
standing invitations to tender
the resale on the
Community market of cereals held by the intervention
agencies of the Member States. Article 2 of the said
Regulation stipulates that operators’
tenders must be
tonne,
accompanied by a security of EUR 10 per
notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article
13(4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 of
28 July 1993 laying down the procedures and conditions
for the sale of cereals held by intervention agencies (3).

The Community market has seen a dramatic overall rise
in cereal prices since the start of the 2007/08 marketing
year. Nevertheless, this rise has not been constant; prices
have fluctuated significantly, resulting in at times great
disparity between the falling prices on the Community
market and the prices at which products are sold during
tender procedures upon their release from intervention
storage. On the basis of these disparities, it transpires that
the lots awarded are not being removed by the operators

to which awards are made. The security of EUR 10 per
tonne currently in place is therefore not sufficient to
ensure that these lots are removed. In order to avoid
this situation and to ensure the smooth running of the
tendering process
covered by Regulation (EC) No
712/2007, the security should be increased.

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 712/2007 should be amended
accordingly.

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

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 712/2007 is replaced with the
following wording:

‘Article 2

The sales referred to in Article 1 shall be carried out under
the terms laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.
However, notwithstanding the second subparagraph of
Article 13(4) of that Regulation, the tender security shall
be set at EUR 25 per tonne.’

Article 2

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, 24 January 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 735/2007 (OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 6).

(2) OJ L 163, 23.6.2007, p. 7. Regulation as

last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1227/2007 (OJ L 277, 20.10.2007, p. 10).
(3) OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76. Regulation as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 367/2007 (OJ L 91, 31.3.2007, p. 14).