CELEX: 31991R1495
Language: en
Date: 1991-06-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1495/91 of 31 May 1991 authorizing the Italian intervention agency to put up for sale by invitation to tender 100 000 tonnes of paddy rice with a view to export in the form of milled rice

4. 6 . 91                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 140/ 15
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1495/91
                                                           of 31 May 1991
                   authorizing the Italian intervention agency to put up for sale by invitation to
                   tender 100 000 tonnes of paddy rice with a view to export in the form of milled
                                                                 rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                                    Article 2
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 1 . The invitation to tender shall be open from 1 1 June
 Economic Community,                                                  to 30 September 1991 .
                                                                       2. The paddy rice awarded must be converted into
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                  milled rice for human consumption and exported to a
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                     destination in zones I to VI or VIII, excluding Guyana,
 market in rice (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               Madagascar and Surinam, as indicated in Annex I to
 No 1806/89 (2), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,               Regulation (EEC) No 1 124/77 (6).
 Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Tenders shall not be valid unless accompanied by :
 1424/76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for
 intervention on the market in rice (3), as last amended by           — an application for an export licence for milled rice in
 Regulation (EEC) No 794/91 (4), provides that sales of rice               bulk and/or in packages of more than five kilograms,
 held by intervention agencies are to be organized by invi­                falling within CN codes 1006 30 92, 1006 30 94
 tation to tender ;                                                        and/or 1006 30 96, together with an application for
                                                                           advance fixing of the refund for the product in ques­
                                                                           tion,
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 0 lays
 down the procedures and the conditions for the sale of               — evidence that the tenderer has lodged the security
 paddy rice held by intervention agencies ;                                provided for in Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                           75/91 ,
 Whereas on 16 May 1991 Italy notified the Commission                 — a written undertaking by the tenderer to lodge, on
 of its wish to sell 100 000 tonnes of paddy rice held by its              payment of the goods at the latest, the security
 intervention agency with a view to export to third coun­                  provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article 17 of
 tries in the form of milled rice ; whereas that request can               Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 .
 be acceded to ;
                                                                                                Article 3
Whereas the quantity of milled rice to be exported follo­
wing treatment of the paddy rice should be specified ;                The minimum selling price shall be ECU 235,86 per
                                                                       tonne .
Whereas Italy is to take all further action compatible with
 the provisions in force to ensure that the operation runs
 smoothly and to inform the Commission thereof ;                                                Article 4
                                                                       1 . Notwithstanding Article 21 ( 1 ) of Commission
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                      Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 Q, export licences issued
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Committee for Cereals,                                               shall be deemed, for the purposes of determining their
                                                                       term of validity, to have been issued on the day of
                                                                      submission of the tender.
                                                                      2.     Export licences issued within the framework of this
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                        invitation to tender shall carry the following entry in
                                                                      section 22 :
                                                                      'Invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No
                             Article 1                                 1495/91 — Tender of
The Italian intervention agency is hereby authorized to                                         Article 5
put up for sale on the Community market by invitation to
tender 100 000 tonnes of paddy rice held by it.                       For the purposes of determining the quantity of milled
                                                                      rice to be exported, the quantity of paddy rice awarded
(') OJ   No L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                               shall be multiplied by a coefficient based on the milling
(2) OJ   No L  177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 24.
(<) OJ   No L  82, 28 . 3. 1991 , p. 5 .                              (6) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53 .
0   OJ  No  L  9, 12. 1 . 1991 , p. 15 .                              0 OJ No L 331 , 2. 12. 1988, p. 1 .
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yields recorded when the rice was taken into intervention      Regulation and shall immediately inform the Commis­
and indicated for each lot in the notice of invitation to      sion thereof.
tender published by the intervention agency.
                                                               It shall inform the Commission each week, through the
                                                               Management Committee for Cereals, or progress in the
                                                               sale by invitation to tender.
                        Article 6                                                      Article 7
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
The Italian intervention agency shall take all necessary       publication in the Official Journal of the European
action to ensure compliance with the provisions of this        Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 31 May 1991 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                    Member of the Commission