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Language: en
Date: 1979-05-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 8 May 1979 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the export of 60 390 tonnes of rye held by the German intervention agency

No L 123 / 20                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 19 . 5 . 79
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                             of 8 May 1979
                 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the export of 60 390 tonnes
                                        of rye held by the German intervention agency
                                                   (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                              (79/480/ EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         standing invitation to tender for the export of rye held
 COMMUNITIES,                                                           by it.
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                                                  Article 2
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                  1 . The invitation to tender shall relate to a quantity
 Regulation ( EEC) No 1 254/78 (2), and in particular                   of 60 390 tonnes of rye .
 Article 7 (5) thereof,
 Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
                                                                        2.     The places in which the said rye is stored are
 376/70 of 27 February 1970 laying down the proce­                      listed in the Annex hereto .
 dure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by
 intervention agencies (3 ), as last amended by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 1 687/76 (4), and in particular Article 5
 ( 1 ) and (7) thereof,                                                                         Article 3
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany in its
 communication of 30 April 1979 informed the                            1 . The place for which a minimum selling price is
 Commission of the intention of the German interven­                    to be fixed in accordance with Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regula­
 tion agency to issue an invitation to tender for the                   tion (EEC) No 376/70 are as follows :
 export of 60 390 tonnes of rye ;
Whereas the 60 390 tonnes of rye to be tendered for                     Hamburg, Brunsbüttel , Lübeck, Kiel , Bremen , Braun­
will be exported from those of the prescribed points                    schweig, Fallersleben .
 of exit specified by the tenderers ; whereas the the rye
 is stored elsewhere ; whereas the German intervention                  2.     Tenders shall be made for one or more of these
 agency, in order to place all those participating in the               ports or exit points . The tenderer shall specify the
 invitation to tender on the same competitive footing,                  ports or exit points for which his tender is made .
 must sell at a uniform price ; whereas it must accord­
 ingly bear the cost of transport from the place of                     Tenders shall be understood to relate to rye which is
 storage to the points of exit stipulated ;                             either :
Whereas under Article 5 (5) of Regulation ( EEC) No
 376/70 it may be provided that a tender shall only be                  — stored     in harbour silos   from which     it can     be
valid if it is accompanied by an application for an                          loaded directly into a seagoing vessel or into a
export licence and by an application for advance                             barge, or
 fixing of the refund for the destination in question ;
whereas the intention of this provision is to facilitate                — supplied undischarged at the place of embarkation
assessment of the tender ;                                                   at the port or exit point.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                       3.     Where an export refund is applicable on the day
 ment Committee for Cereals,                                            on which tenders are submitted , tenders shall only be
                                                                        valid if accompanied by an application for an export
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                            licence lodged by the tenderer and a corresponding
                                                                        application for advance fixing if the refund for the
                               Article 1
                                                                        destination in question .
The German intervention agency may, in accordance
with the provisions hereinafter set out, open a                         4. As regards those quantities of rye not stored or
                                                                        supplied as provided in the first and second indents of
(')   OJ No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                             paragraph 2, successful tenderers shall be entitled to
(2 )  OJ No  L  156, 14. 6 . 1978 , p. 1 .
(3 )  OJ No  L  47, 28 . 2. 1970 , p. 49 .                              reimbursement by the German intervention agency in
  4   OJ No  L  190 , 14. 7 . 1976, p. 1 .                              respect of the cost of transport on the most favourable
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terms from the place of storage to that place of embar­                                    Article 5
kation at the ports or exit points specified in para­
graph 1 which may be reached at the lowest cost.                This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
                                                                Germany.
                        Article 4
The German intervention agency shall specify in the
notice of invitation to tender the dates for the submis­
                                                                Done at Brussels, 8 May 19 79 .
sion of tenders .
There must be at least 10 days between publication of
the notice of invitation to tender and the first date                                         For the Commission
laid down for submission of tenders . The last date on                                         Finn GUNDELACH
which tenders may be submitted shall be 13 June
1979 .                                                                                            Vice-President
                                                            ANNEX
                                                                                  (in tonnes)
                                           Place of storage              Quantity
                                Hamburg                                  20 282
                                Schleswig-Holstein                       14814
                                Bremen                                   10 782
                                Niedersachsen                            14512