CELEX: 31988R2610
Language: en
Date: 1988-08-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2610/88 of 22 August 1988 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of 217 000 tonnes of sorghum held by the Spanish intervention agency

No L 233/6                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 23 . 8 . 88
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2610/88
                                                       of 22 August 1988
                  opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market
                       of 217 000 tonnes of sorghum held by the Spanish intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Spain from 1987 to 1990 (6), as last amended by
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 198/88 Q ; whereas moreover the
                                                                    provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               of 16 February 1988 laying down common detailed rules
Economic Community,                                                 for verifying the use and/or destination of products from
                                                                    intervention (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87                2415/88 (9), should apply to verification of satisfactory
of 25 June 1987 on special arrangements for imports of              utilization of the cereals ;
maize and sorghum into Spain from 1987 to 1990 ('), and
in particular Article 4 (2) thereof,                                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                    Committee for Cereals,
Whereas pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No
1799/87 the Spanish intervention agency has purchased
300 000 tonnes of sorghum on the world market ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
whereas 33 000 tonnes of sorghum was sold on the
internal market by way of the standing invitation to                                           Article 1
tender which was opened by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1559/88 (2) ; whereas the entire quantity put up           The Spanish intervention agency shall sell by tender on
for sale pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                 the Spanish market 217 000 tonnes of sorghum purchased
2305/88 of 26 July 1988 opening a standing invitation to            pursuant to Article 4 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87.
tender for the resale, on the internal market, of 50 000
tonnes of sorghum held by the Spanish intervention                  The sale shall be operated in accordance with the terms
agency (3) was sold by way of the first partial invitation to       of this Regulation and with those of Titles I and III of
tender held under the said Regulation ; whereas it is                Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82.
advisable, in the light of the situation on the market in
fodder in Spain, to put up for sale on the internal market
the remaining quantities of sorghum held by the Spanish                                        Article 2
intervention agency and to lay down the conditions
applicable to that sale ;                                            1 . Tenderers shall undertake to process or use in Spain
                                                                     not later than 31 December 1988 any products that they
Whereas the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC)                are awarded, unless prevented from doing so by force
 No 1836/82 of 7 July 1982 laying down the procedure                 majeure.
 and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by
                                                                     2.    Successful tenderers shall lodge security of 20 ECU
 intervention agencies (4), as last amended by Regulation            per tonne with the Spanish intervention agency against
 (EEC) No 2418/87 0, will ensure that the requirements of            discharge of the obligation mentioned in paragraph 1 .
 Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87 are met and            Security shall be lodged within two working days at the
 constitute a suitable framework for operation of the                latest of that on which the notice of award is received.
 tendering procedure ;
 Whereas pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No                                      Article 3
  1799/87 the cereals in question must be used or
 processed in Spain ; whereas in order to ensure that this           1 . The obligation mentioned in Article 2 (1 ) shall be
 requirement is met successful tenderers should be obliged           considered a primary requirement as defined in Article 20
 to lodge a security to be released on presentation of the           of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (10). It shall
 proof specified in certain provisions of Commission                 not be considered to have been discharged fulfilled until
 Regulation (EEC) No 3105/87 of 16 October 1987 laying               the tenderer provides the proof specified in the first and
 down detailed rules for the application of the special              second paragraphs of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No
 arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into                  3105/87.
 (')  OJ No  L  170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 1 .                             («) OJ No L 294, 17. 10. 1987, p. 15.
 (2)  OJ No  L  140, 7. 6. 1988, p. 9.                               Q OJ No L 20, 26. 1 . 1988, p. 8.
  (3) OJ No  L 201 , 27. 7. 1988, p. 63.                             (8) OJ No L 55, 1 . 3. 1988, p. 1 .
  (4) OJ No  L 202,  9. 7. 1982, p. 23.                              0 OJ No L 208, 2. 8 . 1988, p. 11 .
  M OJ No L 223, 11 . 8. 1987, p. 5.                                 (10) OJ No L 205, 3. 8 . 1985, p. 5.
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2. Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 shall apply in the field                                  Article 5
covered by this Regulation.
                                                                The Spanish intervention agency shall notify the
                          Article 4                             Commission, at the latest by Tuesday of the week
                                                                following the time limit for submission of tenders, of the
1.     The time limit for submission of tenders in response     quantities and average prices of the various lots sold.
to the first individual invitation to tender shall be 25
August 1988 .                                                                           Article 6
2.     The time limit for submission of tenders in response
to the final individual invitation to tender shall be 27
                                                                Council Regulation (EEC) No 2305/88 is hereby repealed.
October 1988 .
3 . Tenders must be lodged with the Spanish
intervention agency :                                                                   Article 7
Servicio Nacional de Productos Agrarios (SENPA),
Beneficencia 8,                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
E-28004 Madrid,                                                 publication in the Official Journal of the European
(Telex : 23427 SENPA E — Tel. 232 34 88).                       Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 22 August 1988 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                             Vice-President