CELEX: 31993R2326
Language: en
Date: 1993-08-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2326/93 of 19 August 1993 opening a standing invitation to tender in Greece for the free supply of durum wheat flour to Albania

21 . 8 . 93                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 210/ 1
                                                                 I
                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2326/93
                                                        of 19 August 1993
                   opening a standing invitation to tender in Greece for the free supply of durum
                                                     wheat flour to Albania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          awarded in return should not be made available to the
                                                                     successful tenderer until the takeover certificate has been
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                p esented ;
Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                     in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3106/92                 Committee for cereals,
of 26 October 1992 on emergency action for the supply
of agricultural products to the people of Albania ('),
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization on the
market in cereals (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                                               Article 1
No 2193/93 f), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                     Under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC)
Whereas 309/93 of 10 February 1993 laying down                       No 309/93 the Greek intervention agency shall open a
detailed rules for the supply of agricultural products to            standing invitation to tender for the supply of 3 500
the people of Albania (4) provides for alloction of the              tonnes of durum wheat flour as set out in Annex I and in
supply of cereals pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC)               accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.
No 3106/92 to be made by invitation to tender ; whereas
the invitations to tender for the free supply of processed
products cover the quantities of basic products to be                                          Article 2
taken from intervention stocks as payment in kind for
these supplies and for the processing, transport and other           Tenders shall be for the quantity, in metric tonnes, of
related costs ;                                                      durum wheat necessary to cover the supply, transport and
                                                                     other costs, up to the delivery stage provided for, of each
                                                                     entire lot indicated in the notice of invitation to tender as
Whereas a standing invitation to tender should be opened
urgently in Greece for the supply of 3 500 tonnes of                 provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 309/93.
durum wheat flour ;
                                                                     The quantity of wheat awarded as payment in kind for the
                                                                     supply shall be made available, at the successful tenderer's
Whereas tenders relate to durum wheat ;                              choice, from the intervention stocks designated for this
                                                                     purpose in the abovementioned notice of invitation to
Whereas experience has shown the need to be sure that                tender. The tender security shall be set at ECU 15 per
the scheduling of deliveries is respected ; that therefore an        tonne .
amount should be deducted from the performance
guarantee in certain cases of delayed delivers ;
                                                                                               Article 3
Whereas each lot of durum wheat flour for this emer­
                                                                     1 . For possible late deliveries Article 13 (4) of Regula­
gency operation must arrive within the deadline which                tion (EEC) No 309/93 applies.
has been set ; whereas, therefore, the basic product
                                                                     2. Notwithstanding Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 309/93, the basic product awarded will not be made
(') OJ  No  L 312, 29 . 10. 1992,   p. 2.                            available until the original of the takeover certificate
0   OJ  No  L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
0   OJ  No  L 196, 5. 8. 1993, p.   22.                              referred to in Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
0   OJ  No  L 36, 12. 2. 1993, p.   30.                              No 309/93 has been presented.
 ---pagebreak---  No L 210/2                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               21 . 8 . 93
                           Article 4                               products involved and the Commission of the progress of
                                                                   the supply operation as far as the takeover stage.
 1.    The time limit for submission of tenders for the first
 invitation to tender shall be 10 p.m. on 26 August 1993                                   Article 8
(Brussels time).
                                                                   For the purposes of booking the expenditure by the Euro­
 2.    The time limit for submission of tenders for the            pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
 following partial invitation to tender shall expire at 10         (EAGGF), the book value of the products concerned shall
 p.m. each Thursday (Brussels time).                               be :
 3.    The time limit for submission of tenders of the last        Durum wheat : ECU 65 per tonne.
 partial invitation to tender shall expire at 10 p.m. on
2 September 1993 (Brussels time).                                                          Article 9
4. The intervention agency concerned shall publish an             When scrutinizing tenders, the Commission departments
 invitation to tender at least three days before the date laid    shall determine the value of the quantities of basic
down for the first partial invitation to tender.                  products requested as payment in kind on the basis of the
                                                                  intervention price applicable in the month of the last day
                                                                  for submission of tenders. The tender offering the lowest
                           Article 5
                                                                  value for the quantity of the basic product requested as
Tenders shall be submitted to the Greek intervention
                                                                  payment in kind shall be selected.
agency. The Greek intervention agency shall forward the
tenders to the the Commission in accordance with the                                      Article 10
schedule specified in Annex II.                                   Greece shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that
                                                                  no refund is applied within the framework of the supply,
                           Article 6                              in particular by specifying this on the export licence .
A specimen of the takeover certificate referred to in                                     Article 11
Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 309/93 shall be
issued after the goods have been taken .                          1 . Greece shall adopt all additional provisions neces­
                                                                  sary for implementation of this Regulation.
                           Article 7                              2.    Greece shall send to the Commission all informa­
                                                                  tion on the carrying out of the supply, in particular rela­
1 . The successful tenderer shall undertake to provide            ting to the award of the contract, delivery times and the
the Albanian authorities with the documents required for          actual date of takeover by the Albanian authorities.
the purposes of the supply which shall be specified in the
invitation to tender issued by the Greek intervention                                     Article 12
agency.
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
2. The successful tenderer shall regularly inform the             publication in the Official Journal of the European
Albanian authorities, the intervention agency holding the         Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 19 August 1993.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Rene STEICHEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
 ---pagebreak--- 21 . 8 . 93                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                                      No L 210/3
                                                                     ANNEX I
             1.    Common wheat flour — Albania
             1.1 . Number of lots : seven
                   Lot No 1 : 500 tonnes
                    Lot No 2 : 500 tonnes
                    Lot No 3 : 500 tonnes
                   Lot No 4 : 500 tonnes
                   Lot No 5 : 500 tonnes
                   Lot No 6 : 500 tonnes
                   Lot No 7 : 500 tonnes
             1.2. Characteristics and quality of the goods (') : OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 (point II.B.l (c))
             1.3. Packaging : OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 (point II.B.2 (d))(2)
                   The sacks shall be put on single-use pallets of an appropriate size and each pallet shall be wrapped over
                   with a polyethylene net.
             1 .4. Marking :
                   (a) European flag : OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991 (Annex I)
                   (b) and inscriptions in Albanian
                        ' DURUM WHEAT FLOUR / EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'
             2.    Conditions of supply
             2.1 . Mobilization of the product : domestic market of Greece
             2.2. Method of transport : overland
             2.3. Stage of delivery : free mill or warehouse in Albania
             2.4. Deadlines for delivery :
                   Lot No 1 : 24 September 1993
                   Lot No 2 : 7 October 1993
                   Lot No 3:18 October 1993
                   Lot No 4 : 29 October 1993
                   Lot No 5 : 9 November 1993
                   Lot No 6 : 20 November 1993
                   Lot No 7 : 30 November 1993
                   If no tender is accepted on 26 August 1993 all the above dates are deferred by seven days.
            (') The successul tenderer shall submit to the beneficiary a certificate issued by an official authority certifying that, for the
                product to be supplied, the standards relating to radioactivity levels have been complied with in the Member State
                concerned. The radioactivity certificate must specify the caesium- 134 and - 137 and iodine-131 contents.
            (2) With a view to possible re-bagging, the successful tenderer shall supply 2 % of empty bags of the same quality as those
                containing the goods, bearing the inscription followed by a capital *R\ (Point II.B.2 (d), amended by OJ No C 135,
                26. 5. 1992, p. 20).
 ---pagebreak--- No L 210/4                      Official Journal of the European Communities                     21 . 8 . 93
                                                     ANNEX II
           Standing invitation to tender for the free supply of the durum wheat flour to Albania
                                          (Regulation (EEC) No 2326/93)
                                                       ,     , ,   .    Quantity of durum wheat
                          Tenderer's             Number of the lot        required as payment
                             No                    35 rffrre(d ;° ,n .           in kind
                                                pmnt 1.1 of Annex I              (tQnnes)
                              1                            2                        3
                                                      Lot No 1
                              1
                              2
                              3
                             4
                                                      Lot No 2
                              1
                              2
                             3
                             4
                                                      Lot No 3
                              1
                             2
                             3
                             4
                                                         etc .