CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1982-06-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 May 1982 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export to the countries of zones I, II and VI of 310 000 tonnes of common wheat of breadmaking quality held by the French intervention agency

No L 153 / 36                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                3 . 6 . 82
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 7 May 1982
               opening a standing invitation to tender for the export to the countries of zones I,
               II and VI of 310 000 tonnes of common wheat of breadmaking quality held by
                                               the French intervention agency
                                               (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                         (82/345/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    it is necessary to provide for a special security ;
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     whereas, for the same reasons, the security must be
                                                                   released only on provision of proof of the arrival of the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            goods at their destination ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­                   Committee for Cereals,
 ization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 3808/81 (2), and in particular
 Article 8 (4) thereof,                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                             Article 1
 1146/76 of 17 May 1976 on particular and special
 intervention measures for cereals (3),                           The French intervention agency may, on the following
                                                                  conditions, open an invitation to tender for the export
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     of common wheat of breadmaking quality held by it.
 1055/77 of 17 May 1977 on the storage and movement
 of products bought in by an intervention agency (4),
 and in particular Article 4 thereof,                                                     Article 2
                                                                   1.    The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
Whereas the French Republic, in a communication
 dated 27 April 1982, advised the Commission of its               of 310 000 tonnes of common wheat of breadmaking
wish to put up for sale, for export to the countries of           quality.
 zones I, II and VI, 310 000 tonnes of common wheat
                                                                  2. The regions in which the 310 000 tonnes of
of breadmaking quality held by its intervention                   common wheat of breadmaking quality are stored are
 agency ; whereas, in view of the intervention stock              stated in the Annex.
 levels within the Community, the proposed operation
seems particularly appropriate ;
                                                                                          Article 3
Whereas the 310 000 tonnes of common wheat to be
 put up for sale by tender are to be exported from the            1.     The places for which the minimum sale price is
 points of departure for which tenders are to be made             to be fixed are as follows : Nantes, Rouen, Bordeaux,
by tenderers ; whereas a certain proportion of the said           Blaye, Sète, Port la Nouvelle, St Nazaire, Bayonne le
quantity is stored in other places ; whereas the French           Boucau, La Pallice, Port St Louis du Rhone.
 intervention agency, in order to place all participants
 in the invitation to tender on the same footing, must            2. Tenders must be made by reference to the stan­
undertake the sale at uniform prices and, for that                dard quality defined in Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  2731 /75 (5). When the quality of the cereal differs from
 purpose, it should take over the cost of transport from
the place of storage to the points of departure deter­            the standard quality, the tender accepted shall be
mined ;
                                                                  adjusted by applying the increases or reductions laid
                                                                  down in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77.
                                                                  Tenders must be for a minimum of 1 000 tonnes .
Whereas, in order to ensure that the tenders are made
in good faith and to guarantee the smooth running of              3 . Tenders must be made for one or more ports or
the proposed operation in existing market conditions,             places of departure. The tenderer shall specify the port
                                                                  or ports or places of departure in respect of which his
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           tender is put forward.
(2) OJ No L 382, 31 . 12. 1981 , p. 37.
(3) OJ No L 130, 19. 5. 1976, p. 1 .
h) OJ No L 128, 24. 5. 1977, p. 1 .                               o OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 22.
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Tenders shall be for common wheat of breadmaking                                      Article 4
quality :
                                                               1 . Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 ( 1 )
— in port silos from which direct loading, into barge         of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 (2), export licences
     or sea-going vessel is possible,                         issued under this standing invitation to tender shall be
     or                                                       considered for the purpose of determining their period
— delivered not unloaded to the place of embarkation          of validity, as having been issued on the day the tender
                                                              was submitted .
     in the port or place of departure.
                                                              2.    The said licences shall be valid from their date of
4. Tenders shall be valid only if they are accompa­
nied by :                                                     issue within the meaning of paragraph 1 until the end
                                                              of the first month following.
— an application for export licences lodged by the
     tenderer, with an application for advance fixing of                              Article 5
     the export refund or levy and with an application
     for advance fixing of the monetary compensatory          1 . For the first weekly award, tenders must be
     amount,                                                  submitted to the French intervention agency not later
— a written undertaking by the tenderer, counter­             than 13 May 1982 at 1 p.m. (Belgian time).
     signed by the financial institution, to provide a        The final date for submission of tenders is hereby
     special security of 50 ECU per tonne not later than      fixed at 10 June 1982.
     two working days following the date of receipt of
     the information that his tender has been accepted.       2.    On expiry of the time limit laid down for
                                                              submission of tenders, the intervention agency shall
5. The security shall not be released, except for             forward to the Commission an anonymous list, stating
quantities for which the exporter provides proof that :       the price for each tender, expressed in ECU per tonne,
(a) the customs formalities for placing in free circula­      and the quantity.
     tion have been completed. The proof shall be in          The Commission shall, in accordance with the proce­
     accordance with the provisions of Article 20 (3) to      dure referred to in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No
     (6) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                    2727/75, fix the minimum sale price on the basis of
     2730/79 (■) ; or                                         the said tenders, or shall decide not to make an award.
(b) that the product has become unsuitable for human
     or animal consumption .                                                          Article 6
6. For common wheat of breadmaking quality                    The French intervention agency lays down, where
which is not located at the places referred to in the         necessary, additional provisions and conditions consis­
first and second indents of the second subparagraph of        tent with the provisions of this Decision .
paragraph 3, the most favourable transport costs
between the place of storage and the place of embar­                                  Article 7
kation in the ports or places of departure referred to in
paragraph 1 and attainable at the lowest transport cost       This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
shall be reimbursed to the exporter and tenderer by
the French intervention agency.
                                                              Done at Brussels, 7 May 1982.
7.      If the cereals are removed later than the month
in which the contract was awarded, the price to be                                       For the Commission
paid by the contractor shall be increased monthly by                                       Poul DALSAGER
an amount not less than the monthly increase in the
reference price.                                                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .                         (2) OJ No L 388, 13. 12. 1980, p. 1 .
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                                       ANNEX
                                                        (tonnes)
                            Place of storage        Quantity
            Grande-Paroisse                         20 319
            Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône                     38 358
            Gennevilliers                           39 994
            Villejoint                               5 050
            Patay                                    1 759
            Nantes                                  24 321
            Saint-Nazaire                           10 650
            Saint-Saviol                            12 400
            Pringy                                  10 000
            Essilardes                              10 000
            Luce                                    10 000
            Clery                                    5 000
            Beaugency                               10 000
            Bonnières                                3 407
            Arcis-sur-Aube                           9 250
            Le Pouzin                               13 926
            Barcelone-du-Gers                       14 700
            Malause                                  9 747
            Trèbes                                  15 000
            Solférino                               13 745
            Mont-Gouze                              10 000
            Bassens                                  7 065
            Montargis                               15 000