CELEX: 31999R0455
Language: en
Date: 1999-03-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 455/1999 of 2 March 1999 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for 9 300 tonnes of barley held by the Finnish intervention agency for processing in northern Finland

3. 3. 1999            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                     L 55/3
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 455/1999
                                                     of 2 March 1999
                  on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for 9 300 tonnes of barley held
                       by the Finnish intervention agency for processing in northern Finland
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       last amended by Regulation (EC) No 770/96 (6), is applic-
                                                                  able;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Community,                                                        in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                  Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
thereof,
Whereas Finland is experiencing particular difficulties                                      Article 1
with respect to supplies of feed grain in central northern
Finland following an extremely poor barley harvest in             1.     The Finnish intervention agency shall organise a
1998 as a result of adverse weather conditions;                   standing invitation to tender for sale on the Finnish
                                                                  domestic market of 9 300 tonnes of barley held in Vainik-
                                                                  kala, for processing in regions C2 and C4 as defined in
Whereas supplies are available in southern Finland in the         the Finnish regional plan for arable crops.
form of intervention barley; whereas this barley, which
dates from 1992 and was placed in intervention in 1995            2.     Without prejudice to Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93,
on Finland’s accession, does not find its way to the              the following special rules shall apply to this invitation to
northern regions of the country in view of the long               tender:
distances and high transport costs involved;
                                                                  — tenderers shall undertake to process the quantities of
                                                                       barley awarded to them in the regions referred to in
Whereas, taking into account the age of the stocks and                 paragraph 1,
supplies of feed grain available in southern Finland, the         — processing shall be carried out by 30 September 1999
quantities of grain in question would be extremely diffi-              at the latest, except in cases of force majeure,
cult to dispose of under the normal conditions of resale of
intervention stocks laid down in Commission Regulation            — a security of EUR 20 per tonne shall be lodged with
(EEC) No 2131/93 of 28 July 1993 laying down the                       the intervention agency by successful tenderers to
procedure and conditions for the sale of cereals held by               ensure compliance with the conditions laid down in
intervention agencies (3), as last amended by Regulation               the first and second indents. This security shall be
(EC) No 39/1999 (4); whereas Article 5(4) of that Regula-              lodged at the latest within two working days of receipt
tion expressly provides for a derogation from the normal               of the statement of award of contract.
conditions of resale of intervention stocks under certain
circumstances; whereas these circumstances currently              3.     Notwithstanding Article 5(1) of Regulation (EEC)
exist in Finland; whereas a standing invitation to tender         No 2131/93, the highest tender exceeding the minimum
should therefore be opened for 9 300 tonnes of barley             price of EUR 110 per tonne shall be accepted.
held in southern Finland for compulsory processing in
northern Finland; whereas this invitation to tender should
be subject to special price conditions;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas, as regards proof of processing in Finland,               1.     The final date for the submission of tenders in
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 of 16 October              response to the first partial invitation to tender shall be 9
1992 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the          March 1999.
use and/or destination of products from intervention (5), as
                                                                  2.     The final date for the submission of tenders in
(1) OJ L 181,  1. 7. 1992, p. 21.                                 response to the final partial invitation to tender shall be
(2) OJ L 126,  24. 5. 1996, p. 37.                                27 April 1999.
(3) OJ L 191,  31. 7. 1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 5, 9. 1. 1999, p. 64.
(5) OJ L 301,  17. 10. 1992, p. 17.                               (6) OJ L 104, 27. 4. 1996, p. 13.
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                           Article 3                                — Προορζονται για µεταποηση [Κανονισµr (ΕΚ) αριθ.
                                                                        455/1999]
1.    Securities as referred to in the third indent of Article
1(2) shall be released where they cover quantities in               — For processing (Regulation (EC) No 455/1999)
respect of which the tenderers provide proof:                       — Destinées à la transformation [règlement (CE) no 455/
                                                                        1999]
— of processing in the regions, laid down in Article 1(1),
    by 30 September 1999 at the latest, except in cases of          — Destinate alla trasformazione [regolamento (CE) n.
    force majeure,                                                      455/1999]
    or                                                              — Bestemd om te worden verwerkt (Verordening (EG)
                                                                        nr. 455/1999)
— that the product is no longer fit for human or animal
    consumption.                                                    — Para transformação [Regulamento (CE) nº 455/1999]
                                                                    — Tarkoitettu jalostukseen [Asetus (EY) N:o 455/1999]
2.    Proof that the cereals covered by this Regulation
                                                                    — För bearbetning (förordning (EG) nr 455/1999).
have been processed shall be furnished in accordance
with Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92. However, processing
shall be deemed to have taken place once the barley has                                      Article 4
been delivered to a store in the regions in question.               The Finnish intervention agency shall inform the
3.    In addition to the endorsements provided for in               Commission, by the Tuesday of the week following the
Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, box 104 of the T 5 control             final date for the submission of tenders at the latest, of the
copy must bear one or more of the following:                        average prices of the various lots and the quantities sold.
— Destinados a la transformación [Reglamento (CE) no
    455/1999]                                                                                Article 5
— Til forarbejdning (forordning (EF) nr. 455/1999)                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
— Zur Verarbeitung bestimmt (Verordnung (EG) Nr.                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
    455/1999)                                                       European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 2 March 1999.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission