CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1975-08-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 July 1975 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the export of approximately 22300 metric tons of rye held by the Danish intervention agency

9 . 8 . 75                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 212/ 11
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 7 July 1975
                on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the export of approximately
                           22 300 metric tons of rye held by the Danish intervention agency
                                              (Only the Danish text is authentic)
                                                        (75/475/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 (5)
COMMUNITIES,                                                      of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules to be
                                                                  applied in the event of the cereals market being
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      disturbed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
European Economic Community;                                      86/75 (6), makes provisions for the fixing of an
                                                                  export levy; whereas pursuant to Article 3 (4) of that
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/                    Regulation such levy may be subject to advance
EEC (x ) of 13 June 1967 on the common                            fixing ;
organization of the market in cereals, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 665/75 (2), and in
particular Article 1 (5) thereof;                                 Whereas it is only possible to make a proper
                                                                  assessment of a tender if the tender is linked with the
                                                                  export levy applicable on the day on which it is
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   lodged ; whereas to this end it is appropriate to apply
376/70 (3) of 27 February 1970 laying down the                    mutatis mutandis to the export levy the rules of
procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals              Article 5 (5 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 376/70 together
held by the intervention agencies, as last amended by             with all the other provisions applicable in such
Regulation (EEC) No 129/73 (4), and in particular                 cases ;
Article 5 ( 1 ) and (7) thereof;
Whereas the Kingdom of Denmark in its                             Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
communication of 23 June 1975 informed the                        are in accordance with the Opinion of the
Commission        of   the   intention   of    the  Danish        Management Committee for Cereals,
intervention agency to invite tenders for the export
of approximately 22 300 metric tons of rye;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the 22 300 metric tons of rye to be tendered
for will be exported from those of the prescribed
                                                                                            Article 1
ports specified by the tenderers; whereas the rye is
stored elsewhere; whereas the Danish intervention
agency, in order to place all those participating in              The Danish intervention agency may, in accordance
the invitation to tender on the same competitive                  with the provisions hereinafter set out, open a
footing, must sell at a uniform price; whereas it must            standing invitation to tender for the export of rye
accordingly bear the cost of transport from the place             held by it.
of storage to the ports stipulated;
Whereas under Article 5 (5 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
376/70 it may be provided that a tender shall be                                            Article 2
valid only if accompanied by an application for an
export licence and by an application for advance                  1.     The    invitation to tender shall relate to a
fixing of the refund for the destination in question;             quantity of approximately 22 300 metric tons of rye.
whereas the intention of this provision is to facilitate
assessment of the tender;
                                                                  2. The places in which the said rye is stored are
                                                                  specified in the Annex hereto.
(!) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(2) OJ No L 72, 20. 3. 1975, p. 14.
(3) OJ No L 47, 28. 2. 1970, p. 49.                               (5) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973, p. 10.
(4) OJ No L 17, 20. 1. 1973, p. 17.                               («) OJ No L 11, 16. 1. 1975, p. 2.
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                        Article 3                               of paragraph 2, successful tenderers shall be entitled
                                                                to reimbursement by the Danish intervention agency
1 . The places for which a minimum selling price                in respect of the cost of transport on the most
shall be fixed in accordance with Article 5 (7) of              favourable terms from the place of storage to the
Regulation (EEC) No 376/70 are as follows :                     place of embarkation at the port specified in
Alborg, Abenra, Kalundborg and Nakskov.                         paragraph 1 which may be reached at the lowest
                                                                cost .
2.    Tenders must be made for one or more of these
ports. The tenderer shall specify the port or ports
for which his tender is made.                                                                 Article 4
Tenders shall be understood to relate to rye which is           The Danish intervention agency shall specify in the
either :                                                        notice of invitation to tender the dates for the
                                                                submission of tenders .
— stored in harbour silos from which it can be
    loaded directly into a seagoing vessel, or
                                                                There must be at least 10 days between publication
— supplied undischarged           at    the      place    of    of the notice of invitation to tender and the first date
    embarkation at the port.                                    laid down for submission of tenders . The last date
                                                                on which tenders may be submitted shall be 31
                                                                December 1975 .
3 . Where an export refund or levy is applicable on
the day on which tenders are submitted, tenders shall
be valid only if accompanied by an application for
an export licence lodged by the tenderer and a
                                                                                              Article 5
corresponding application either :
— for advance fixing of the refund for the                      This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
                                                                 Denmark.
    destination in question, or
— for advance fixing of the export levy. In this case
    there shall be applied those provisions of Regu­
    lations (EEC) No 2637/70 and (EEC ) No 376/70                Done at Brussels, 7 July 1975 .
    applicable in the event of Article 5 (5 ) of the
    last named Regulation being applied.                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
4. As regards those quantities of rye not stored or
supplied as provided in the first and second indents                                       Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
                                                                                (in metric tons )
                                         Place of storage              Quantity stored
                                 Nordjyllands Amt                          2 650
                                 Arhus Amt                                 6 500
                                 Sonderjyllands Amt                        2 900
                                 Vestsjasllands Amt                        1 150
                                 Roskilde Amt                              1 800
                                 Frederiksborg Amt                           650
                                 Storstrams Amt                            5 100
                                 Fyn                                       1550