CELEX: 31976R0579
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-15
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 579/76 of 15 March 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 412/76 opening an invitation to tender for Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses held by the Italian intervention agency for exportation

No L 69/ 18                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  15. 3 . 76
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 579/76
                                                         of 15 March 1976
                amending Regulation (EEC) No 412/76 opening an invitation to tender for
                Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses held by the Italian intervention agency for expor­
                                                               tation
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        tion from this rule should be made for the tenders
COMMUNITIES,                                                          already submitted ;
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 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 412/76 of                      1 . At the end of the last indent of Article 2 of Regu­
25 February 1976 (3), provides for the sale by way of                 lation (EEC) No 412/76, add 'as well as the Vatican
an invitation to tender of certain quantities of Parmi­               State'.
giano Reggiano cheeses held by the Italian interven­
tion agency for exportation ; whereas Article 2 thereof               2.      In Article 6 of the said Regulation, for ' 16 March
fixes the destinations to which these cheeses may be                   1976' read '22 March 1976'.
exported ;
                                                                                                Article 2
Whereas the Vatican State was omitted in error from
the list of third countries which were excluded as desti­             By way of derogation from Article 15 ( 1 ) of Regulation
nations ; whereas therefore it should be added to Regu­               (EEC) No 1107/68 , a tender submitted before 12 noon
lation (EEC) No 412/76 and the time limit for the                     on   16 March 1976 under the invitation to tender
submission of tenders should be extended ;                            provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 412/76 may be
                                                                      withdrawn at any time before 12 noon on 22 March
Whereas Article 15 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation                      1976 .
(EEC) No 1107/68 of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules
of application for intervention on the market in Grana                 In such a case, the tendering security shall be released
Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses (4), as last                   immediately.
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 250/76 (5), provides
that the tender may not be withdrawn before the                                                 Article 3
award of the contract without the tendering security
being forfeit, except in case of force majeure ; whereas,             This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 March
following the abovementioned amendment, a deroga­                      1976 .
              t This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 15 March 1976 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
(») OJ  No   L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p . 13 .
(2) OJ  No   L  67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .
(3) OJ  No   L  50, 26. 2. 1976, p. 16 .
(«) OJ  No   L  184, 29 . 7 . 1968 , p. 29 .
(5) OJ No L 30, 5. 2. 1976, p.' 11 .