CELEX: 32001R0492
Language: en
Date: 2001-03-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 492/2001 of 12 March 2001 opening an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 2752 tonnes of rice held by the Italian intervention agency

13.3.2001          EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 71/5
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 492/2001
                                                         of 12 March 2001
          opening an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 2 752
                                    tonnes of rice held by the Italian intervention agency
          THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
          Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
          Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation
          of the market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000 (2), and in particular the final
          indent of Article 8(b) thereof,
          Whereas:
          (1)     Approximately 2 752 tonnes of paddy rice held by the Italian intervention agency should be placed
                  on sale on the Community market. The sale should be carried out in accordance with Commission
                  Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 of 11 January 1991 laying down the procedures and conditions for the
                  disposal of paddy rice held by intervention agencies (3).
          (2)     As a result of the product's deterioration due to natural disasters, a minimum selling price should be
                  determined for each lot put up for sale, taking account of its specific characteristics, in accordance
                  with Article 2(3)(b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3597/90 of 12 December 1990 on the
                  accounting rules for intervention measures involving the buying-in, storage and sale of agricultural
                  products by intervention agencies (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1392/97 (5). However,
                  in view of the deterioration in lot No 5, no minimum price should be fixed for that lot and it should
                  be awarded to the highest bidder.
          (3)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                  Committee for Cereals,
          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                Article 1
          The Italian intervention agency shall open, on the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, an
          invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 2 752 tonnes of paddy rice held
          by that agency.
                                                                Article 2
          Notwithstanding Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, tenders must relate to an entire lot.
                                                                Article 3
          1.     The closing date for the initial submission of tenders shall be 21 March 2001; for the final submission
          of tenders it shall be 4 April 2001.
          2.     Tenders must be submitted to the Italian intervention agency:
          Ente nazionale risi
          Piazza Pio XI 1
          I-20123 Milano
          Tel. (02) 885 51 11
          Fax. (02) 86 13 72.
          3.     The products are stored in the following warehouses:
          Corso Dante, 24 — Balzola (AL)
          Via Roma, 128 — Casalvolone (NO)
          Via Roma — Formigliana (VC).
          (1) OJ L  329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
          (2) OJ L  193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.
          (3) OJ L  9, 12.1.1991, p. 15.
          (4) OJ L  350, 14.12.1990, p. 43.
          (5) OJ L  190, 19.7.1997, p. 22.
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                                                          Article 4
       The following minimum selling prices shall be respected:
       — Lot No 1:                 Price EUR 176/t                  461,08 tonnes
          — Store Formigliana: Nos A11, D12
          — Store Balzola: Nos 75, 85,
       — Lot No 2:                 Price EUR 232/t                  676,07 tonnes
          — Store Casalvolone: No 9
          — Store Balzola: Nos 44, 74, 86, 64,
       — Lot No 3:                 Price EUR 254/t                  345,94 tonnes
          — Store Casalvolone: Nos 7, 14
          — Store Balzola: No 52,
       — Lot No 4:                 Price EUR 267/t                  627,92 tonnes
          — Store Formigliana: No C12
          — Store Balzola: Nos 45, 65, 76, 84, 77,
       — Lot No 5:                 to the highest bidder            641,46 tonnes
          — Store Formigliana: No E12
          — Store Balzola: Nos 46, 63, 73, 81, 82.
                                                          Article 5
       By Tuesday of the week following the closing date for the submission of tenders, the Italian intervention
       agency shall notify the Commission of the quantities and prices of the lots sold.
                                                          Article 6
       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
       Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
             Done at Brussels, 12 March 2001.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission