CELEX: 31992R1301
Language: en
Date: 1992-05-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1301/92 of 21 May 1992 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 500 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the German intervention agency

No L 139/24                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 22. 5. 92
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1301 /92
                                                        of 21 May 1992
                 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 500 000 tonnes of
                             bread-making wheat held by the German intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                             Article 1
Economic Community,
                                                                   The German intervention agency may, on the conditions
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75               laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, open a
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the               standing invitation to tender for the export of 500 000
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         tonnes of bread-making wheat held by it.
No 674/92 (2), and in particular Article 7 (6) thereof,
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                                             Article 2
1581 /86 of 23 May 1986 laying down general rules for
intervention on the market in cereals (3), as last amended          1.   The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (4), lays down that                 500 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat to be exported to
cereals held by the intervention agencies are to be                all third countries. Customs export formalities must be
disposed of by invitation to tender ;                              completed during the period 1 July to 31 August 1992.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82 (*),                2. The regions in which the 500 000 tonnes of bread­
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3043/91 (6), lays           making wheat are stored are stated in Annex I to this
down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of              Regulation.
cereals held by intervention agencies ;
                                                                                             Article 3
Whereas, given the current market situation, a standing
invitation to tender should be opened for the export at            1 . The export licences shall be valid from their date of
the beginning of the 1992/93 cereals marketing year of             issue, within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation
500 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the                   (EEC) No 1836/82, until 31 August 1992.
German intervention agency ;
                                                                   2. Tenders submitted in response to this invitation to
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender for the export           tender shall be admissible only if they are accompanied
of intervention stocks is special in that it will be opened        by a written undertaking to export during the period 1
at the end of the marketing year, from June 1992, but for          July to 31 August 1992. They may not be accompanied
deliveries which will not be possible until the new mar­           by applications for export licences pursuant to Article 44
keting year between 1 July and 31 August 1992 ; whereas            of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 Q.
there should therefore be a derogation from the first para­
graph of Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82,
which provides for a maximum delay of one month                                              Article 4
between acceptance of the tender and payment and also a
derogation from the second paragraph of Article 1 6 of the         1.    Notwithstanding Article 7 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
said Regulation, application of which would have led to            No 1836/82, the time limit for submission of tenders
the price accepted already being increased by monthly              under the first partial invitation to tender shall expire on
increments for the removal of the cereals from the inter­          3 June 1992 at 1 p.m. (Brussels time).
vention store in July, whereas export was not scheduled
previously ;                                                       2.    The time limit for submission of tenders under the
                                                                   subsequent partial invitations to tender shall expire each
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are           Wednesday at 1 p.m. (Brussels time).
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Cereals,                                             3. The last partial invitation to tender shall expire on
                                                                   29 July 1992 at 1 p.m. (Brussels time).
(') OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No L 73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7.                                4. The tenders shall be lodged with the German inter­
(3) OJ  No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 36.                              vention agency.
0   OJ  No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5.
0   OJ  No L 202, 9. 7. 1982, p. 23.
 «) OJ  No L 288, 18. 10. 1991 , p. 21                             0 OJ No L 331 , 2. 12. 1988, p. 1 .
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                          Article 5                             until proof is furnished that the customs export formali­
                                                                ties have taken place during the period 1 July to 31
The successful tenderer shall pay for the cereals before        August 1992.
they are removed. Notwithstanding the first paragraph of
Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the time
limit of one month between the date on which the state­
                                                                                         Article 7
ment referred to in Article 15 of the said Regulation is
sent and payment shall not be applicable.                       The German intervention agency shall notify the
Notwithstanding the second paragraph of Article 16 of           Commission of the tenders received not later than two
Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the price payable for              hours after expiry of the time limit for the submission
export shall be that mentioned in the tender where the          thereof. Notification shall be given as specified in the
cereals are removed in July 1992. The price shall be            table in Annex II to this Regulation, to the telephone,
increased by a monthly increment where the cereals are          telex or telefax numbers in Annex III.
removed in August 1992.
                          Article 6                                                      Article 8
Notwithstanding Article 17 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
1836/82, the security referred to in the second indent of       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Article 17 (2) of the said Regulation shall not be released     European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 21 May 1992.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                     Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX I
                                                                                                 (tonnes)
                                            Place of storage                        Quantity
                                 Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg                          106 816
                                 Niedersachsen/Bremen                                118 563
                                 Nordrhein-Westfalen                                  86 881
                                 Hessen                                               20 016
                                 Rheinland-Pfalz                                      27 825
                                 Baden-Württemberg                                    11 394
                                 Bayern                                              118 770
                                 Sachsen-Anhalt                                         9 646
                                                              ANNEX II
            Standing invitation to tender for the export of 500 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held
                                              by the German intervention agency
                                                   (Regulation (EEC) No 1301 /92)
                     1                2               3              4                5              6               7
                                                                               Price increases
                                                                Offer price        (+) or      Commercial
                  Tender        Consignment       Quantity                       reductions
                                                               (ECU/tonne)                         costs        Destination
                    No               No           (tonnes)           0               (")       (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                    p.m.
                     1
                     2
                     3
                    etc.
            (') This price includes the increases or reductions relating to the lot to which the tender refers.
                                                             ANNEX III
            The only numbers to use to call Brussels (DG VI-C-1 (Attention : Messrs Thibault and Brus)) are :
            — telex :                22037 AGREC B
                                     22070 AGREC B (Greek characters)
            — telefax :              — 235 01 32,
                                     — 236 10 97,
                                     — 236 20 05,
                                     — 236 20 08 .