CELEX: 31993R1198
Language: en
Date: 1993-05-18
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1198/93 of 17 May 1993 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 1 000 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the French intervention agency

18 . 5. 93                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 122/23
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1198/93
                                                          of 17 May 1993
                    opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 1 000 000 tonnes of
                                 bread-making wheat held by the French intervention agency
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          tion without prejudice to the possibility of fixing the agri­
                                                                      cultural conversion rate in advance in accordance with
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Articles 13 to 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 ;
  Economic Community,
                                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 Committee for Cereals,
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
  No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 7 (6) thereof,
 Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  1581 /86 of 23 May 1986 laying down general rules for
 intervention on the market in cereals (3), as last amended
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (4), lays down that                                             Article 1
 cereals held by the intervention agencies are to be
 disposed of by invitation to tender ;                                The French intervention agency may, on the conditions
                                                                      laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, open a
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 836/82 (*),                 standing invitation to tender for the export of 1 000 000
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 966/93 (% lays                tonnes of bread-making wheat held by it.
 down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of
 cereals held by intervention agencies ;
                                                                                                Article 2
 Whereas, given the current market situation, a standing
 invitation to tender should be opened for the export at              1.    The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
 the beginning of the 1993/94 cereals marketing year of               1 000 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat to be exported
 1 000 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the                   to all third countries. Customs export formalities must be
 French intervention agency ;                                         completed during the period 1 July 30 September 1993.
 Whereas the proposed invitation to tender for the export             2. The regions in which the 1 000 000 tonnes of
 of intervention stocks is special in that it will be opened          bread-making wheat are stored are stated in Annex I to
 at the end of the marketing year, from May 1993, but for             this Regulation.
 deliveries which will not be possible until the new
 1993/94 marketing year between 1 July and 30
                                                                                                Article 3
 September 1993 ; whereas there should therefore be a
 derogation from the first paragraph of Article 16 of Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 1836/82, which provides for a maximum                1 . The export licences shall be valid from their date of
 delay of one month between acceptance of the tender and             issue, within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation
 payment and also a derogation from the second paragraph             (EEC) No 1836/82, until 30 September 1993 .
of Article 16 of the said Regulation, application of which
would have led to the price accepted already being                   2. Tenders submitted in response to this invitation to
increased by monthly increments for the removal of the               tender shall be admissible only if they are accompanied
cereals from the intervention store in July, whereas export          by a written undertaking to export during the period 1
was not scheduled previously ;                                       July to 30 September 1993. They may not be accompa­
                                                                     nied by applications for export licences pursuant to
Whereas from 1 July 1993 the operative event for the                 Article 44 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
conversion of tenders submitted for intervention stocks is           3719/88 (8).
the date of payment for cereals as fixed by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 Q ; whereas this rule                                              Article 4
should be applied to the sales provided for in this Regula­
                                                                     1.     Notwithstanding Article 7 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
(') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           No 1836/82, the time limit for submission of tenders
(2) OJ   No  L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 36.                              under the first partial invitation to tender shall expire on
(4) OJ   No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5.                             26 May 1993 at 1 p.m. (Brussels time).
0   OJ   No  L 202, 9. 7. 1982, p. 23.
(«) OJ   No  L 98, 24. 4. 1993, p. 25.
0   OJ   No  L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.                            (8) OJ No L 331 , 2. 12. 1988, p. 1 .
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2.    The time limit for submission of tenders under the            converted using the agricultural conversion rate appli­
subsequent partial invitations to tender shall expire each          cable on the date on which the cereals are paid for.
Wednesday at 1 p.m. (Brussels time).
                                                                                          Article 6
3. The last partial invitation to tender shall expire on
25 August 1993 at 1 p.m. (Brussels time).                       Notwithstanding Article 17 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                1836/82, the security referred to in the second indent of
4. The tenders shall be lodged with the French inter­           Article 17 (2) of the said Regulation shall not be released
vention agency.                                                 until proof is furnished that the customs export formali­
                                                                ties have taken place during the period 1 July to 30
                                                                September 1993.
                         Article 5
                                                                                          Article 7
The following provisions shall apply to tenders submitted       The French intervention agency shall notify the Commis­
before 1 July 1993 :                                            sion of the tenders received not later than two hours after
— notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 16 of       expiry of the time limit for the submission thereof. Noti­
    Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the products must be           fication shall be given as specified in the table in Annex
    removed not later than 31 July 1993,                        II to this Regulation, to the telex or telefax numbers in
                                                                Annex III.
— notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article
    16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the price to be                                    Article 8
    paid for products for export shall be that indicated in
    the tender,                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
— without prejudice to the possibility of fixing the agri­      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
    cultural conversion rate in advance, tenders shall be       European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 17 May 1993.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            René STEICHEN
                                                                      Member of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX I
                                                                                                 (tonnes)
                                            Place of storage                         Quantity
                                 Amiens                                               80 000
                                 Bordeaux                                             30 000
                                 Chalons-sur-Marne                                   104 000
                                 Dijon                                                  8 000
                                 Lille                                               170 000
                                 Lyon                                                 17 000
                                 Nancy                                                  5 000
                                 Nantes                                               20 000
                                 Orleans                                             360 000
                                 Paris                                                40 000
                                 Poitiers                                            100 000
                                 Rouen                                                40 000
                                 Toulouse                                             26 000
                                                              ANNEX II
            Standing invitation to tender for the export of 1 000 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat
                                            held by the French intervention agency
                                                   (Regulation (EEC) No 1198/93)
                     1                 2              3               4               5              6               7
                                                                               Price increases
                                                                Offer price        (+) or      Commercial
                  Tender        Consignment       Quantity     (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                 reductions
                                                                                                   costs        Destination
                    No               No           (tonnes)           (')             (")       (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                    p.m .
                     1
                     2
                     3
                    etc .
            (') This price includes the increases or reductions relating to the lot to which the tender refers.
                                                             ANNEX III
            The only numbers to use to call Brussels are [DG VI-C-1 (Attention : Messrs Thibault and Brus)] :
            — telex :                22037 AGREC B
                                     22070 AGREC B (Greek characters)
            — telefax :              — 295 01 32
                                     — 296 10 97
                                     — 295 25 15 .