CELEX: 31993R2781
Language: en
Date: 1993-10-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2781/93 of 8 October 1993 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 200 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the Italian intervention agency

9. 10. 93                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 252/ 13
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2781 /93
                                                      of 8 October 1993
                   on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal
                   market of 200 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Via Palesstro 81 ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              1-00100 Rome,
 Economic Community,                                              (tel. 49 49 91 ; telex : 62 03 31 ).
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
                                                                                             Article 3
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)        When the successful tenderer removes the cereals from
No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,               intervention, the intervention agency shall, for cross­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93 (3)                checking purposes, take a sample using the same method
lays down the procedures and conditions governing the              as that laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC)
offer for sale of cereals held by intervention agencies ;          No 689/92 (4).
Whereas, in the present situation, a standing invitation to        If the analysis shows a sizeable difference between the
tender should be opened for the resale on the internal             quality of the cereals removed and the quality as
market of 200 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the                described in the notice of invitation to tender, referred to
Italian intervention agency ;                                      in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, the
Whereas the market situation for durum wheat is charac­           successful tenderer may refuse the goods.
terized by a severely diminished 1993 harvest and, conse­         A difference of more than one percentage point in respect
quently, by abnormally high prices by comparison with             of one of the impurities referred to in the Annex to Regu­
the support prices ; whereas no account should be taken           lation (EEC) No 689/92, with the exception of broken
therefore of the market price in the appraisal of tenders,        grains or mottled grains, shall be considered a sizeable
and a minimum price should be fixed in excess of the              difference.
intervention price ;
                                                                  The successful tenderer may also refuse the goods if they
Whereas, given the lengthy storage period for certain lots        do not correspond to the criteria set out in sections A, C,
reoffered for sale on the market, potential buyers, should         E, F and G of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 689/92.
be afforded a degree of security as regards quality ;
                                                                   In the event of dispute, the intervention agency shall
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not              submit the sample in question for inspection and the
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its             costs incurred shall be borne by the losing party.
chairman,
                                                                                             Article 4
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                  Notwithstanding Article 5 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                            Article 1                             No 2131 /93, the highest bid exceeding the minimum
                                                                  price of ECU 130 per tonne shall be accepted. The
The Italian intervention agency shall, under the terms            minimum price shall be raised by monthly increases, to
specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, initiate a stan­       be applied to the intervention prices as laid down in
ding invitation to tender for the resale on the internal          Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/93
market of 200 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by it.
                            Article 2                                                       Article 5
 1.   The deadline for the submission of tenders for the
                                                                  The Italian intervention agency shall notify the Commis­
first partial invitation to tender shall be 14 October 1993.      sion, by no later than the Tuesday of the week following
2.    The deadline for the submission of tenders for the          the expiry of the deadline for the submission of tenders,
final partial invitation to tender shall be 23 December           of the quantity and the average prices of the different lots
1993.                                                             sold.
3. The tenders shall be deposited with the Italian inter­                                   Article 6
vention agency :
Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nul mercato agricolo          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
(AIMA),                                                           publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                   Communities.
(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2) OJ No L 196, 5. 8. 1993, p. 22.                               (4) OJ No L 74, 20. 3. 1992, p. 18.
(3) OJ No L 191 , 31 . 7. 1993, p. 76.                            0 OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 3.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 8 October 1993.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      René STEICHEN
                                                                Member of the Commission