CELEX: 31976R0840
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 840/76 of 8 April 1976 opening an invitation to tender for Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses held by the Italian intervention agency

No L 96/20                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             10 . 4. 76
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 840/76
                                                      of 8 April 1976
              opening an invitation to tender for Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses held by the
                                               Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses (3), as
COMMUNITIES,                                                    last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 250/76 (4) ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Economic Community,                                             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products (*), as last            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in
particular Article 8 (5) thereof,                                                       Article 1
Whereas substantial stocks of Parmigiano Reggiano               Tenders are invited for a quantity of approximately
cheeses are held by the Italian intervention agency ;           6 400 metric tons of fully matured Parmigiano
whereas, in view of the market situation, and in order          Reggiano cheeses held by the Italian intervention
to avoid the costs of prolonged storage, those quanti­          agency.
ties should be released on the market ;
                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas, pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article
8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 , the terms of              Articles 6 to 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 shall
disposal should be fixed in such a way as to avoid              apply to this invitation to tender.
disturbing the balance of the market ; whereas, it is
therefore necessary, besides the selling price to be                                    Article 3
fixed, to split up the quantities to be sold and to put
up for sale a partial quantity of 6 400 metric tons ;           The time limit for the submission of tenders shall
                                                                expire on 22 April 1976 at 12 noon.
Whereas, in order to ensure equal access to cheeses
for prospective purchasers, the procedure of an invita­                                 Article 4
tion to tender should be used, detailed rules for which
are set out in Articles 6 to 15 of Commission Regula­           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
tion (EEC) No 1107/68 of 27 July 1968 on detailed               following its publication in the Official Journal of
rules of application for intervention on the market in           the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 8 April 1976.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(!) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13.                           (3) OJ No L 184, 29. 7. 1968, p. 29.
(2) OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 9 .                            («) OJ No L 30, 5. 2. 1976, p. 11 .