CELEX: 31993R2780
Language: en
Date: 1993-10-09
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2780/93 of 8 October 1993 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 50 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the Spanish intervention agency

9 . 10 . 93                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 252/ 11
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2780/93
                                                      of 8 October 1993
                   on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal
                   market of 50 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the Spanish intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Servicio Nacional de Productos Agrarios,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            (SENPA) c/Beneficiencia 8,
 Economic Community,                                              E-28004 Madrid,
                                                                  (telex : 41 818, 23 427 SENPA E ; telefax : 521 98 32,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              522 43 87).
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                 Article 3
 No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                  When the successful tenderer removes the cereals from
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93 (3)               intervention, the intervention agency shall, for cross­
lays down the procedures and conditions governing the             checking purposes, take a sample using the same method
offer for sale of cereals held by intervention agencies ;         as that laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                  No 689/92 (4).
Whereas, in the present situation, a standing invitation to
tender should be opened for the resale on the internal            If the analysis shows a sizeable difference between the
market of 50 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the                quality of the cereals removed and the quality as
Spanish intervention agency ;                                     described in the notice of invitation to tender, referred to
Whereas the market situation for durum wheat is charac­
                                                                  in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, the
                                                                  successful tenderer may refuse the goods.
terized by a severely diminished 1993 harvest and, conse­
quently, by abnormally high prices by comparison with             A difference of more than one percentage point in respect
the support prices ; whereas no account should be taken           of one of the impurities referred to in the Annex to Regu­
therefore of the market price in the appraisal of tenders,        lation (EEC) No 689/92, with the exception of broken
and a minimum price should be fixed in excess of the              grains or mottled grains, shall be considered a sizeable
intervention price ;                                              difference.
Whereas, given the lengthy storage period for certain lots        The successful tenderer may also refuse the goods if they
reoffered for sale on the market, potential buyers, should        do not correspond to the criteria set out in sections A, C,
be afforded a degree of security as regards quality ;             E, F and G of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 689/92.
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not              In the event of dispute, the intervention agency shall
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its             submit the sample in question for inspection and the
chairman,                                                         costs incurred shall be borne by the losing party.
                                                                                           Article 4
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                  Notwithstanding Article 5 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                  No 2131 /93, the highest bid exceeding the minimum
                            Article 1                             price of ECU 130 per tonne shall be accepted. The
                                                                  minimum price shall be raised by monthly increases, to
The Spanish intervention agency shall, under the terms            be applied to the intervention prices as laid down in
specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, initiate a stan­       Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 542/93 (*).
ding invitation to tender for the resale on the internal
market of 50 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by it.
                                                                                           Article 5
                            Article 2                             The Spanish intervention agency shall notify the
1.     The deadline for the submission of tenders for the         Commission, by no later than the Tuesday of the week
                                                                  following the expiry of the deadline for the submission of
first partial invitation to tender shall be 14 October 1993.      tenders, of the quantity and the average prices of the
2.    The deadline for the submission of tenders for the          different lots sold.
final partial invitation to tender shall be 23 December
1993 .                                                                                     Article 6
3. The tenders shall be deposited with the Spanish                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
intervention agency : SENPA                                       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.                               0 OJ No L 74, 20. 3. 1992, p. 18 .
0 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