CELEX: 31985R1139
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1139/85 of 2 May 1985 on an invitation to tender for the sale of white sugar held by the Italian intervention agency

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1139/85
                                                        of 2 May 1985
                on an invitation to tender for the sale of white sugar held by the Italian
                                                     intervention agency
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
  COMMUNITIES,                                                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                   Committee for Sugar,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization
 of the market in sugar ('), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                                          Article 1
 tion (EEC) No 606/82 (2), and in particular Article 1 1
 (3) and the second paragraph of Article 39 thereof,
                                                                   1.    The Italian intervention agency shall issue an
 Whereas it is advisable, in view of the situation on the
                                                                  invitation to tender for the sale, on the Italian market,
                                                                  of the white sugar which it holds. The invitation to
 Italian , market with regard to supply, to issue an invita­
 tion to tender for the sale, in lots, of the sugar held by
                                                                  tender shall be in respect of the sugar's selling price.
 the Italian intervention agency ;
                                                                  2. The standing invitation to tender shall relate to
                                                                  quantities of white sugar made up into lots within the
 Whereas the general and detailed rules for the sale of           meaning of Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 intervention sugar by tender are laid down in Council            258 /72 and the characteristics of which are indicated
 Regulation (EEC) No 447/68 (3), as last amended by               in the Annex hereto.
 Regulation (EEC) No 1359/77 (4), and in Commission
 Regulation (EEC) No 258/72 (*), which shall apply to
 this invitation to tender, with the exception of Articles                               Article 2
 5 (3) (b), 6 (4) and 7 (1 ) ;
                                                                  The invitation to tender shall be conducted in accor­
 Whereas a minimum quantity per tender, appropriate               dance with the relevant provisions of Regulations
 to the intended use but at the same time encouraging             (EEC) No 447/68 and (EEC) No 258/72 and with the
 the participation of the greatest possible number of             provisions hereinafter set out.
 prospective purchasers, should be prescribed ;
Whereas the quality of the sugar to be sold falls within                                 Article 3
 the categories specified in Council Regulation (EEC)
 No 793/72 of 17 April 1972 fixing the standard                   1 . The period for the submission of tenders shall
 quality for white sugar (*) and Commission Regulation            expire on Wednesday, 15 May 1985 at 9.30 a.m.
(EEC) No 2103/77 of 23 September 1977 laying down
detailed rules for the buying in by intervention agen­            2. If, upon expiry of the period laid down in para­
cies of sugar manufactured from beet or cane harvested           graph 1 , the quantities stated in the Annex have not
in the Community Q, as last amended by Regulation                been fully allocated, the Italian intervention agency
(EEC) No 1708/83 (8) ; whereas, moreover, a minimum              shall issue further invitations to tender in respect of
price should, for all areas in Italy, be fixed per 100           the remaining quantities until the latter have been
kilograms on the basis of the intervention price                  fully allocated.
applicable when the sugar is put up for sale ; whereas
that minimum price should be quoted ex storage                    3 . For the purposes of paragraph 2, the period for
depot, goods laden and presented in the manner pres­             the submission of tenders in response to the second
cribed, but exclusive of internal taxes ;                        and any subsequent invitation to tender shall :
                                                                 (a) begin on the first working day after expiry of the
(')  OJ  No  L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                               preceding time limit and
(2)  OJ  No  L 74, 18 . 3. 1982, p. 1 .
0    OJ  No  L 91 , 12. 4. 1968, p. 5.                           (b) expire the following week, at 9.30 a.m. on
(4)  OJ  No  L 156, 25. 6. 1977, p. 7.                                Wednesday.
0    OJ  No  L 31 , 4. 2. 1972, p. 22.
(«)  OJ  No  L 94, 21 . 4. 1972„ p. 1 .                          4. The time limits laid down in respect of this invi­
f)   OJ  No  L 246, 27. 9. 1977, p. 12.
(■)  OJ  No  L 166, 25. 6. 1983, p. 15.                          tation to tender are expressed in Italian time.
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                         Article 4                            sugar for which the obligations applicable have not
                                                              been fulfilled.
An offer shall be valid only if :
(a) the security specified in Article 5 (1 ) has been                                 Article 6
     lodged or if the document concerning the lodging
     thereof is furnished to the Italian intervention         The minimum price payable for the white sugar shall
     agency before expiry of the time limit for the           be as fixed, per 100 kilograms in respect of each lot, in
     submission of tenders ;                                  the Annex hereto. The price for each lot is quoted ex
                                                              storage depot, goods loaded on to the means of trans­
(b) it relates to a quantity of not less than 250 tonnes      port chosen by the purchaser and presented in the
     or, when the residual quantity of a lot is less than     manner described in the Annex, but exclusive of
     250 tonnes, to that residual quantity ;                  internal taxes.
(c) it includes a declaration by the tenderer that if his
     tender is successful he will remove the sugar                                    Article 7
     within the prescribed time limit.
                                                              1 . The quantities for which contracts have been
                        Article 5                             awarded, the price payable in each case and the quan­
                                                              tities remaining shall immediately be notified to the
1 . A security of 3 ECU per 100 kilograms of sugar            Commission upon completion of each tendering
must be lodged by each tenderer.                              procedure.
2. The security shall be lodged in Italy. It may, at          2. The Italian intervention agency shall, upon
the tenderer's discretion, be lodged either in cash, in       completion of each tendering procedure, publish
Italian currency, or in the form of a guarantee               notices stating the quantites for which contracts have
approved by Italy.                                            been awarded and the quantities remaining, if any.
3. If the security referred to in paragraph 1 of this                                 Article 8
Article or, where applicable, a part thereof is not
released it shall be forfeit in respect of the quantity of    This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 May 1985.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 2 May 1985.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President
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                      BILAG — ANHANG — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE
    Partiets betegnelse
  Bezeichnung des Loses                                                    Mængde (t)       Kvalitetsbetegnelse    Præsentation    Pris (ECU/ 100 kg)
                           a) Lagerholder / Lagerhalter / Υπεύθυνος για
     Αριθμός παρτίδας         την αποθήκευση / Storer / Entreposeur /       Menge (t)      Qualitätsbezeichnung     Verpackung    Preis (ECU/ 1 00 kg)
    Reference number          Immagazzinatore / Depothouder                Ποσότητα (t) Ποιοτικός χαρακτηρισμός     Παρουσίαση    Τιμή (ECU/ 100 kg)
         of the lot                                                        Quantity (t)    Quality designation      Presentation  Price (ECU/100 kg)
                           b) Oplagringssted / Lagerort / Χώρος αποθή­
     Référence du lot         κευσης / Place of storage / Lieu d'entrepo­  Quantité (t) Dénomination qualitative    Présentation  Prix (Écus/100 kg)
 Riferimento della partita    sage / Luogo di deposito / Opslagplaats      Quantità (t)   Designazione qualitativa Presentazione Prezzo (ECU/ 1 00 kg)
    Referentienummer                                                      Hoeveelheid (t)  Kwaliteitsaanduiding     Verpakking     Prijs (Ecu/ 1 00 kg)
       van de partij
              1            a) Eridania Z.N. SpA
                               Corso Andrea Podestà 2
                               16128 Genova
                           b) stabilimento di Russi — Ravenna                10 000                  2              Stato sfuso           59,67
             2             a) Eridania Z.N. SpA                           l
                           b) stabilimento di S. Pietro in Casale —          15 000                  2              stato sfuso           59,67
                               Bologna
             3             a) Eridania Z.N. SpA                           l
                           b) stabilimento di S. Quirico Trecasali           15 000                  2              stato sfuso           59,67
                              — Parma
             4             a) Eridania Z.N. SpA                           l\
\                          b) stabilimento di Sarmato — Piacenza              5 000                  2              stato sfuso           59,67