CELEX: 32000R0528
Language: en
Date: 2000-03-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 528/2000 of 10 March 2000 opening an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 14 000 tonnes of rice held by the Greek intervention agency

11.3.2000               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                         L 64/9
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 528/2000
                                                             of 10 March 2000
                opening an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 14 000
                                         tonnes of rice held by the Greek intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                2.    Tenders must be lodged with the Greek intervention
                                                                           agency at the following address:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                 DIDAGEP
                                                                           Directorate General for the Administration of Purchases of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22                  Agricultural Produce
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in                  Acharnon Street 241
rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (2), and           GR-10466 Athens
in particular the last indent of Article 8(b) thereof,                     Tel. (30-1) 865 99 41 and 867 31 49
                                                                           Fax (30-1) 862 93 73
Whereas:
(1)      Approximately 14 000 tonnes of paddy rice held by the
         Greek intervention agency should be put back on the                                           Article 4
         Community market for sale in accordance with
         Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 of 11 January
                                                                           The following minimum selling prices shall be respected:
         1991 laying down the procedures and conditions for the
         disposal of paddy rice held by intervention agencies (3).         — Lot No 1 EUR 185/t
(2)      As a result of the product's deterioration after a long               — Store: Krokio Volos No 514                  (559,640 t)
         period of storage a minimum selling price should be
         determined for each lot put up for sale taking account of         — Lot No 2 EUR 195/t
         its specific characteristics, in accordance with Article              — Store: Krokio Volos No 504                (1 815,650 t)
         2(3)(d) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3597/90 of
         12 December 1990 on the accounting rules for inter-                   — Store: Krokio Volos No 511                (1 313,280 t)
         vention measures involving the buying-in, storage and
         sale of agricultural products by intervention agencies (4),       — Lot No 3 EUR 206/t
         as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1392/97 (5).                    — Store: Miloi Giannitsa No 4               (1 615,100 t)
(3)      The Management Committee for rice has not delivered                   — Store: Miloi Giannitsa No 5               (1 574,520 t)
         an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
                                                                           — Lot No 4 EUR 214/t
                                                                               — Store: Miloi Giannitsa No 2               (1 615,100 t)
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                               — Lot No 5 EUR 224/t
                                                                               — Store: Miloi Giannitsa No 1               (1 609,690 t)
                                Article 1                                      — Store: Miloi Giannitsa No 3               (1 606,980 t)
The Greek intervention agency shall open, under the conditions             — Lot No 6 EUR 242/t
laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, an invitation to
tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately                  — Store: Miloi Giannitsa No 8                 (810,218 t)
14 000 tonnes of rice held by that agency.                                     — Store: Miloi Giannitsa No 9               (1 094,480 t)
                                Article 2
                                                                                                       Article 5
By derogation from Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 75/91
tenders must relate to an entire lot.
                                                                           By Tuesday of the week following the closing date for the
                                                                           submission of tenders, the Greek intervention agency shall
                                Article 3                                  notify the Commission of the quantities and prices of the
                                                                           various lots sold.
1.     The closing date for the initial submission of tenders shall
be 21 March 2000; for the final submission of tenders it shall
be 4 April 2000.
                                                                                                       Article 6
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    OJ  L  329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ  L  265, 30.9.1998, p. 4.                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(3) OJ  L  9, 12.1.1991, p. 15.
(4) OJ  L  350, 14.12.1990, p. 43.                                         following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
(5) OJ  L  190, 19.7.1997, p. 22.                                          Communities.
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        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
        Done at Brussels, 10 March 2000.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                   Member of the Commission