CELEX: 31991R3558
Language: en
Date: 1991-12-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3558/91 of 5 December 1991 authorizing the Italian intervention agency to put up for sale by invitation to tender 10 000 tonnes of round grain paddy rice with a view to export in the form of milled rice

No L 336/24                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 7. 12. 91
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3558/91
                                                   of 5 December 1991
                authorizing the Italian intervention agency to put up for sale by invitation to
                 tender 10 000 tonnes of round grain 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 17
Economic Community,                                              December 1991 to 23 January 1992.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76            2. The paddy rice awarded must be converted into
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the               milled rice for human consumption and exported to a
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         destination in zone I as indicated in Annex I to Regula­
No 1 806/89 (2), and in particular Article 5 (3) thereof,       tion (EEC) No 11 24/77 (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           — an application for an export licence for milled rice in
intervention on the market in rice (3), as last amended by           bulk and/or in packages of more than five kilograms,
Regulation (EEC) No 794/91 (4), provides that sales of rice          falling within CN code 1006 30 92, together with an
held by intervention agencies are to be organized by invi­           application for advance fixing of the refund for the
tation to tender ;                                                   product in question,
                                                                — evidence that the tenderer has lodged the security
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 (*) lays                provided for in Article 1 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
down the procedures and the conditions for the sale of               75/91 ,
paddy rice held by intervention agencies ;
                                                                — a written undertaking by the tenderer to lodge, on
                                                                     payment of the goods at the latest, the security
Whereas on 28 November 1991 Italy notified the
Commission of its wish to sell 10 000 tonnes of round                provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article 17 of
                                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 .
grain paddy rice held by its intervention agency with a
view to export to third countries in the form of milled
rice ; whereas that request can be acceded to ;                                           Article 3
Whereas the quantity of milled rice to be exported              The minimum selling price shall be ECU 235,86 per
following treatment of the paddy rice should be specified ;      tonne .
Whereas Italy is to take all further action compatible with
the provisions in force to ensure that the operation runs                                 Article 4
smoothly and to inform the Commission thereof ;
                                                                 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                 shall be deemed, for the purposes of determining their
Committee for Cereals,                                           term of validity, to have been issued on the day of
                                                                 submission of the tender.
                                                                 2.    Export licences issued within the framework of this
                                                                 invitation to tender shall carry the following entry in
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                    section 22 :
                                                                 'Invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No
                           Article 1                             3558/91 — Tender of                '.
The Italian intervention agency is hereby authorized to                                   Article 5
put up for sale on the Community market by invitation to
tender 10 000 tonnes of round grain 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 .
0   OJ  No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 24.
(4) 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.                            O OJ No L 331 , 2. 12. 1988, p. 1 .
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yields in whole grains recorded when the rice was taken        Regulation and shall immediately inform the Commis­
into intervention and indicated for each lot in the notice     sion thereof.
of invitation to 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, 5 December 1991 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                    Member of the Commission