CELEX: 31993R1516
Language: en
Date: 1993-06-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1516/93 of 21 June 1993 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the Danish intervention agency

No L 150/24                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  22. 6. 93
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1516/93
                                                         of 21 June 1993
                   opening a standing invitation to tender (or the export of 100 000 tonnes of
                               bread-making wheat held by the Danish intervention agency
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         tion without prejudice to the possibility of fixing the agri­
                                                                     cultural conversion rate in advance in accordance with
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Articles 13 to 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                Committee for Cereals,
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 7 (6) thereof,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1581 /86 of 23 May 1986 laying down general rules for
 intervention on the market in cereals (3), as last amended                                   Article 1
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 ("), lays down that
 cereals held by the intervention agencies are to be
                                                                    The Danish intervention agency may, on the conditions
 disposed of by invitation to tender ;
                                                                     laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, open a
                                                                    standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 000
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82 (5),                 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by it.
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 966/93 (6), lays
 down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of
cereals held by intervention agencies ;                                                       Article 2
Whereas, given the current market situation, a standing              1.    The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
invitation to tender should be opened for the export at              100 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat to be exported to
the beginning of the 1993/94 cereals marketing year of              all third countries. Customs export formalities must be
 100 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the                   completed during the period 1 July to 30 September
 Danish intervention agency ;                                        1993 .
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender for the export            2. The regions in which the 100 000 tonnes of bread­
of intervention stocks is special in that it will be opened         making wheat are stored are stated in Annex I to this
at the end of the marketing year, from May 1993, but for            Regulation.
deliveries which will not be possible until the new
 1993/94 marketing year between 1 July and 30
September 1993 ; whereas there should therefore be a                                          Article 3
derogation from the first paragraph of Article 1 6 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1836/82, which provides for a maximum                1 . The export licences shall be valid from their date of
delay of one month between acceptance of the tender and             issue, within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation
payment and also a derogation from the second paragraph             (EEC) No 1836/82, until 30 September 1993 .
of Article 16 of the said Regulation, application of which
would have led to the price accepted already being                  2. Tenders submitted in response to this invitation to
increased by monthly increments for the removal of the              tender shall be admissible only if they are accompanied
cereals from the intervention store in July, whereas export         by a written undertaking to export during the period 1
was not scheduled previously ;                                      July to 30 September 1993. They may not be accompa­
                                                                    nied by applications for export licences pursuant to
Whereas from 1 July 1993 the operative event for the                Article 44     of   Commission       Regulation   (EEC)   No
conversion of tenders submitted for intervention stocks is          3719/88 (8).
the date of payment for cereals as fixed by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 (7) ; whereas this rule
                                                                                              Article 4
should be applied to the sales provided for in this Regula
                                                                    1.     Notwithstanding Article 7 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           No 1836/82, the time limit for submission of tenders
(2) OJ  No  L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 36.                              under the first partial invitation to tender shall expire on
(4) OJ  No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5.                             30 June 1993 at 1 p.m. (Brussels time).
(5) OJ  No  L 202, 9. 7. 1982, p. 23.
(«) OJ  No  L 98, 24. 4. 1993, p. 25.
0   OJ  No  L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.                             (") OJ No L 331 , 2. 12. 1988, p. 1 .
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2.    The time limit for submission of tenders under the            converted using the agricultural conversion rate appli­
subsequent partial invitations to tender shall expire each          cable on the date on which the cereals are paid for.
Wednesday at 1 p.m. (Brussels time).
                                                                                         Article 6
3. The last partial invitation to tender shall expire on
25 August 1993 at 1 p.m. (Brussels time).                      Notwithstanding Article 17 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                1836/82, the security referred to in the second indent of
4. The tenders shall be lodged with the Danish inter­          Article 17 (2) of the said Regulation shall not be released
vention agency.                                                until proof is furnished that the customs export formali­
                                                               ties have taken place during the period 1 July to 30
                                                               September 1993.
                         Article 5
                                                                                         Article 7
The following provisions shall apply to tenders submitted
                                                               The Danish intervention agency shall notify the Commis­
before 1 July 1993 :                                           sion of the tenders received not later than two hours after
— notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 16 of      expiry of the time limit for the submission thereof. Noti­
    Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the products must be          fication shall be given as specified in the table in Annex
    removed not later than 31 July 1993,                        II to this Regulation, to the telex or telefax numbers in
                                                               Annex III.
— notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article
    16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the price to be
                                                                                         Article 8
    paid for products for export shall be that indicated in
    the tender,                                                "this Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
— without prejudice to the possibility of fixing the agri­     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
    cultural conversion rate in advance, tender^ shall be       European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 21 June 1993.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            René STEICHEN
                                                                     Member of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX I
                                                                                                    (tonnes)
                                            Place of storage                          Quantity
                                  Jylland                                              39 500
                                  Sjaelland                                            47 000
                                  Falster                                              10 500
                                  Men                                                    3 000
                                                               ANNEX II
            Standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held
                                                by the Danish intervention agency
                                                   (Regulation (EEC) No 1516/93)
                     1         I       2      |       3      |        4       I         5       I       6     |      7
                                                                                Price increases
                                                                 Offer price        ( + ) or      Commercial
                  Tender         Consignment      Quantity                        reductions
                                                                (ECU/tonne)                           costs     Destination
                    No                No          (tonnes)           (')              (-)         (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                 (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                      p.m.
                     1
                     2
                     3
                    etc.
            (') This price includes the increases or reductions relating to the lot to which the tender refers.
                                                             ANNEX III
            The only numbers to use to call Brussels are (DG VI-C-1 (Attention : Messrs Thibault and Brus)) :
            — telex :                 22037 AGREC B
                                      22070 AGREC B (Greek characters)
            — telefax :               — 295 01 32
                                      — 296 10 97
                                      — 295 25 15 .