CELEX: 31993R3185
Language: en
Date: 1993-11-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3185/93 of 19 November 1993 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 40 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the Belgian intervention agency

No L 285/ 18                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                20 . 11 . 93
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3185/93
                                                     of 19 November 1993
                  on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal
                  market of 40 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the Belgian intervention
                                                             agency
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Office beige de 1 économie et de 1 agriculture (OBEA)/
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Belgische Dienst voor Bedrijfsleven en Landbouw
  Community,                                                        (BDDL), rue de Trèves 82/Trierstaat 82, B-1040
                                                                    Bruxelles/Brussel (télex : OBEA 24076, 65567 ; telefax :
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              230 25 33).
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
  market in cereals ('), as amended by Commission Regula­                                    Article 3
  tion (EEC) No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 5
 thereof,                                                           When the successful tenderer removes the cereals from
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93 (J)                intervention, the intervention agency shall, for cross­
 lays down the procedures and conditions governing the              checking purposes, take a sample using the same method
 offer for sale of cereals held by intervention agencies ;          as that laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 689/92 (4).
 Whereas, in the present market situation, a standing invi­
 tation to tender should be opened for the resale on the            If the analysis shows a sizeable difference between the
 internal market of 40 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat             quality of the cereals removed and the quality as
 held by the Belgian intervention agency ;                          described in the notice of invitation to tender, referred to
                                                                    in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, the
 Whereas the market situation for bread-making wheat is             successful tenderer may refuse the goods.
 characterized by a severely diminished 1993 harvest and,
 consequently, by abnormally high prices by comparison             A difference of more than one percentage point in respect
 with the support prices ; whereas no account should be             of one of the impurities referred to in the Annex to Regu­
 taken therefore of the market price in the appraisal of            lation (EEC) No 689/92, with the exception of broken
 tenders, and a minimum price should be fixed in excess            grains, shall be considered a sizeable difference.
 of the intervention price ;
                                                                   The successful tenderer may also refuse the goods if they
 Whereas, given the lengthy storage period for certain lots        do not correspond to the criteria set out in Sections A, E
 reoffered for sale on the market, potential buyers should         and G of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 689/92.
 be afforded a degree of security as regards quality ;
                                                                   In the event of dispute, the intervention agency shall
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are           submit the sample in question for inspection and the
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management                  costs incurred shall be borne by the losing party.
 Committee for Cereals,
                                                                                             Article 4
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                   Notwithstanding Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                            Article /                              No 2131 /93, the highest bid exceeding the minimum
The Belgian intervention agency shall, pursuant to the             price of ECU 125 per tonne shall be, accepted. The
                                                                   minimum price shall be raised by monthly increases, to
terms specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, initiate
a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the              be applied to the intervention price as laid down in
internal market of 40 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat             Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 542/93 Q.
held by it.
                                                                                             Article 5
                            Article 2
                                                                   The Belgian intervention agency shall notify the
 1.    The deadline for the submission of tenders for the          Commission, by no later than the Tuesday of the week
first partial invitation to tender shall be 30 November            following the expiry of the deadline for the submission of
1993 .                                                             tenders, of the quantity and the average prices of the
                                                                   different lots sold.
2.     The deadline for the submission of tenders for the
final partial invitation to tender shall be 21 December
1993 .                                                                                       Article 6
3. The tenders shall be deposited with the Belgian                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
intervention agency :                                              publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                   Communities.
(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2) OJ No L 196, 5. 8. 1993, p. 22.                               0 OJ No L 74, 20. 3. 1992, p. 18.
0 OJ No L 191 , 31 . 7. 1993, p. 76.                              Ò OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 3.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 19 November 1993.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Rene STEICHEN
                                                                Member of the Commission