CELEX: 31993R2444
Language: en
Date: 1993-09-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2444/93 of 2 September 1993 opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of Grana padano cheese held by the Italian intervention agency

3 . 9 . 93                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 224/9
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2444/93
                                                       of 2 September 1993
                   opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of Grana padano cheese held
                                               by the Italian intervention agency
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         No 1107/68 , issue a standing invitation to tender for the
                                                                    resale on the market of Grana padano cheese delivered
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              into storage before 1 February 1992 and held by the
 Economic Community,                                                agency.
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
 in the milk and milk products sector ('), as last amended
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2071 /92 (2), and in particular                                           Article 2
 Article 8 (5) thereof,
 Whereas Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC)                    1.     The final date for the submission of tenders for the
 No 1107/68 of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of appli­             first partial tendering procedure shall be 28 September
                                                                     1993 .
 caiton for intervention on the market in Grana padano
 and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses (% as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 2441 /93 (4), provides for the possibi­        2.      In addition to the conditions laid down in Article 8
 lity of a sale by tender so as to dispose of cheese held in        of the Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68, a tender shall not
 public storage : whereas Article 6 to 14 of the said Regula­       be valid unless it involves an amount of at least ECU
 tion lay down the selling procedures and conditions ;              548/ 100 kg.
 whereas, given the age of certain quantities of Grana
 padano cheese in public storage, they should be resold on          3.     Tenders must be lodged with the Italian interven­
 the market but without jeopardizing market balance ;
                                                                    tion agency :
 whereas tenders should therefore be required to observe a
 minimum price ;                                                         Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agri­
                                                                         colo (AIMA),
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are                 Via Palestro 81 ,
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management                        1-00198 Roma,
 Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
                                                                         (tel . : (39-6) 647 49 91 , telex : 613003/620331 AIMA (I)
                                                                         fax : (39-6) 445 39 40)
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                  Article 3
                            Article 1
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
The Italian intervention agency shall, in accordance with           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 the conditions laid down by Regulation (EEC)                       European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 2 September 1993.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    Rene STEICHEN
                                                                           Member of the Commission
{')  OJ  No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(2)  OJ  No L 215, 30 . 7. 1992, p. 64.
0    OJ  No L 184, 29 . 7. 1968 , p. 29 .
(4)  See page 5 of this Official Journal.