CELEX: 31992R1524
Language: en
Date: 1992-06-13
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1524/92 of 12 June 1992 authorizing the Italian intervention agency to put up for sale by invitation to tender 12 000 tonnes of paddy rice with a view to export in the form of milled rice to the Republics resulting from the dissolution of the Soviet Union

13. 6. 92                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 160/ 5
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1524/92
                                                       of 12 June 1992
                 authorizing die Italian intervention agency to put up (or sale by invitation to
                 tender 12 000 tonnes of paddy rice with a view to export in the form of milled
                    rice to the Republics resulting from the dissolution of the Soviet Union
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 25 June
Economic Community,                                                to 31 July 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
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Georgia, Armenia,
No 674/92 (2), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,             Azerbaijan, Kazakhistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Taji­
                                                                   kistan and Kirghizstan.
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1424/76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for             Tenders shall not be valid unless accompanied by :
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 and
tation to tender ;                                                     1006 30 96 together with an application for advance
                                                                       fixing of the refund for the product in question,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 (*) lays
down the procedures and the conditions for the sale of
                                                                  — evidence that the tenderer has lodged the security
                                                                       provided for in Article 1 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
paddy rice held by intervention agencies ;                             75/91 ,
Whereas on 30 January 1992 Italy notified the Commis­             — a written undertaking by the tenderer to lodge, on
sion of its wish to sell 12 000 tonnes of paddy rice held              payment of the goods at the latest, the security
by its intervention agency with a view to export to the                provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article 17 of
Republics resulting from the dissolution of the Soviet                 Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 .
Union in the form of milled rice ; whereas that request
can be acceded to ;
                                                                                            Article 3
Whereas the quantity of milled rice to be exported
following 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                                   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 (6), 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
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     invitation to tender shall carry the following entry in
                                                                  section 22 :
                           Article 1
                                                                  'Invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   1542/92 — Tender of
The Italian intervention agency is hereby authorized to
put up for sale on the Community market by invitation to                                    Article 5
tender 12 000 tonnes of paddy rice held by it.
                                                                  For the purposes of determining the quantity of milled
(') OJ  No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                             rice to be exported, the quantity of paddy rice awarded
O   OJ No  L 73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7.                               shall be multiplied by a coefficient based on the milling
(3) OJ No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 24.
0   OJ No  L 82, 28. 3. 1991 , p. 5.
0   OJ No  L 9, 12. 1 . 1991 , p. 15.                             (*) 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
                                                               It shall inform the Commission each week, through the
agency.
                                                               Management Committee for Cereals, of 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, 12 June 1992.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                    Member of the Commission