CELEX: 31993R2870
Language: en
Date: 1993-10-21
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2870/93 of 20 October 1993 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 200 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the French intervention agency

No L 262/30                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                21 . 10. 93
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2870/93
                                                      of 20 October 1993
                   on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal
                   market of 200 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the French intervention
                                                             agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC),
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              21 , avenue Bosquet,
                                                                    F-75326 Panx Cedex 07,
 Economic Community,
                                                                    (telex OFIBLE A 27807 F).
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                                            Article 3
 market in cereals ('), as amended by Commission Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 5              When the successful tenderer removes the cereals from
thereof,                                                            intervention, the intervention agency shall, for cross­
                                                                    checking purposes, take a sample using the same method
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93 (3)                 as that laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC)
 lays down the procedures and conditions governing the              No 689/92 (4).
offer for sale of cereals held by intervention agencies ;
Whereas, in the present market situation, a standing invi­          If the analysis shows a sizeable difference between the
tation to tender should be opened for the resale on the             quality of the cereals removed and the quality as
                                                                    described in the notice of invitation to tender, referred to
internal market of 200 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat
held by the French intervention agency ;                            in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, the
                                                                    successful tenderer may refuse the goods.
Whereas the market situation for bread-making wheat is
characterized by a severely diminished 1993 harvest and,            A difference of more than one percentage point in respect
consequently, by abnormally high prices by comparison               of one of the impurities referred to in the Annex to Regu­
with the support prices ; whereas no account should be              lation (EEC) No 689/92, with the exception of broken
taken therefore of the market price in the appraisal of             grains or mottled grains, shall be considered a sizeable
                                                                    difference.
tenders, and a minimum price should be fixed in excess
of the intervention price ;                                        The successful tenderer may also refuse the goods if they
Whereas, given the lengthy storage period for certain lots          do not correspond to the criteria set out in Sections A, C,
reoffered for sale on the market, potential buyers should           E, F and G of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 689/92.
be afforded a degree of security as regards quality ;               In the event of dispute, the intervention agency shall
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not               submit the sample in question for inspection and the
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its               costs incurred shall be borne by the losing party.
chairman,
                                                                                             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 125 per tonne shall be accepted. The
The French intervention agency shall, pursuant to the              minimum price shall be raised by monthly increases, to
terms specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, initiate          be applied to the intervention price as laid down in
a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the              Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/93 (5).
internal market of 200 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat
held by it.                                                                                  Article 5
                            Article 2                              The French intervention agency shall notify the Commis­
                                                                   sion, by no later than the Tuesday of the week following
1.    The deadline for the submission of tenders for the           the expiry of the deadline for the submission of tenders,
first partial invitation to tender shall be 26 October 1993.       of the quantity and the average prices of the different lots
                                                                   sold.
2.    The deadline for the submission of tenders for the
final partial invitation to tender shall be 21 December
1993 .                                                                                       Article 6
3 . The tenders shall be deposited with the French                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
intervention agency :                                              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.                                (4) 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, 20 October 1993.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Rene STEICHEN
                                                               Member of the Commission