CELEX: 31996R0668
Language: en
Date: 1996-04-12 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 668/96 of 12 April 1996 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for 65 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the Italian intervention agency

13 . 4. 96           EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 92/ 13
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 668/96
                                                        of 12 April 1996
                      on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for 65 000 tonnes of durum
                                       wheat held by the Italian intervention agency
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      sion an anonymous list showing for each tender the quan­
                                                                    tity, price and the increase or reductions applicable .
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
   Community,
                                                                    3. The Commission, in accordance with the procedure
                                                                    laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
                                                                    shall fix the minimum selling price or decide not to
   of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
                                                                    accept any of the tenders submitted.
   market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
   No 1863/95 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                   The minimum selling price shall be fixed at a level which
  Whereas Italy has a large quantity of durum wheat bought          does not disturb the Italian market.
   into intervention during the 1991 /92 marketing year,
  whereas, on account of the long period in storage, the
  quality of the cereals in question has deteriorated;
                                                                                              Article 3
  whereas, to prevent further deterioration, provision should
  be made for the product in question to be put up for sale
  without delay, whereas, therefore, the minimum selling            1.    The time limit for the submission of tenders in
  price should be determined in accordance with the proce­         response to the first partial invitation to tender shall
  dure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No              expire at 9 a.m. (Brussels time) on 25 April 1996.
   1766/92, in connection with resale by tender, by way of
  derogation from Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   2.     The time limit for the submission of tenders in
  2131 /93 of 28 July 1993 laying down the procedure and
  conditions for the sale of cereals held by intervention          response to the following partial invitations to tender
  agencies (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 120/94 (4);       shall expire at 9 a.m. (Brussels time) each Thursday, with
                                                                   the exception of 9 May and 16 May 1996.
  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
  in accordance with the opinion of the Management                 3.     The time limit for the submission of tenders in
  Committee for Cereals,                                           response to the final partial invitation to tender shall
                                                                   expire at 9 a.m. (Brussels time) on 23 May 1996.
                                                                  4.      Tenders must be submitted to the Italian interven­
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                  tion agency at the following address:
                                                                   Ente per gli interventi nel mercato (EIMA)
                            Article 1
                                                                  Via Palestro 81 ,
                                                                  1-00100 Roma
  1.     The Italian intervention agency shall issue a stan­      (tel: 49 49 91 ; telex: 62 03 31 )
 ding invitation to tender, in accordance with the condi­
 tions laid down hereafter, for 65 000 tonnes of durum
 wheat it holds.
                                                                                             Article 4
 2.      The regions in which the 65 000 tonnes of durum
 wheat are stored are set out in Annex I.
                                                                  Not later than two hours after the expiry of the time limit
                                                                  for the submission of tenders, the Italian intervention
                            Article 2                             agency shall notify the Commission of tenders received .
                                                                  Such notifications shall be sent to the telex or fax
                                                                  numbers set out in Annex III, using the model set out in
 1.      Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93 shall not      Annex II .
 apply.
 2.      After expiry of each time limit specified for the
 submission of tenders, Italy shall submit to the Commis­                                   Article 5
(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
I1) OJ No L 179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 191 , 31 . 7. 1993, p. 76.                            publication in the Official Journal of the European
(<) OJ No L 21 , 26. 1 . 1994, p. 1 .                             Communities.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 12 April 1996.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                           ANNEX I
                                                                                        (tonnes)
                                       Place of storage                  Quantity
                             Verona                                      1 943,741
                             Grosseto                                       217,790
                             Livorno                                    2 207,088
                             Ancona                                          18,250
                             Macerata                                      314,090
                             Campobasso                                 6 962,480
                             Matera                                    14 307,722
                             Potenza                                    5 586,137
                             Bari                                      14 935,664
                             Brindisi                                   4 776,128
                             Caltanissetta                              1 713,971
                             Palermo                                       498,941
                            Siracusa                                   10 319,342
                                                        Total          63 872,344
                                                          ANNEX II
            Standing invitation to tender for the resale of 65 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the
                                               Italian intervention agency
                                               [Regulation (EC) No 668/96]
                     1                   2                       3               4                      5
                                                                                                 Price increases
                                                                                                       (+)
                  Tender           Consignment              Quantity        Offer price          or reductions
                    No                  No                   (tonnes)      (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                                       (")
                                                                                                  (ECU/tonne)
                     1
                    2
                    3
                   etc .
                                                         ANNEX III
           The only numbers to use to call Brussels are (DG VI-C-1 )
           — telex:            22037 AGREC B,
                               22070 AGREC B (Greek characters);
           — fax:              295 01 32
                               295 25 15
                               296 10 97.