CELEX: 31993R2782
Language: en
Date: 1993-10-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2782/93 of 8 October 1993 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 100 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the Greek intervention agency

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2782/93
                                                      of 8 October 1993
                   on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal
                   market of 100 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the Greek intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        DYDAGEP.
                                                                  241 , Acharnon St, GR- 10446 Athens
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                              (Telex : 22 17 35 YDAG GR)
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                                       Article 3
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)        When the successful tenderer removes the cereals from
No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,              intervention, the intervention agency shall, for cross­
                                                                  checking purposes, take a sample using the same method
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93 (3)
lays down the procedures and conditions governing the             as that laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC)
offer for sale of cereals held by intervention agencies ;         No 689/92 (4).
                                                                  If the analysis shows a sizeable difference between the
Whereas, in the present situation, a standing invitation to
tender should be opened for the resale on the internal            quality of the cereals removed and the quality as
                                                                  described in the notice of invitation to tender, referred to
market of 100 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the
                                                                  in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, the
Greek intervention agency ;
                                                                  successful tenderer may refuse the goods.
Whereas the market situation for durum wheat is charac­
terized by a severely diminished 1993 harvest and, conse­         A difference of more than one percentage point in respect
quently, by abnormally high prices by comparison with             of one of the impurities referred to in the Annex to Regu­
the support prices ; whereas no account should be taken           lation (EEC) No 689/92, with the exception of broken
therefore of the market price in the appraisal of tenders,        grains or mottled grains, shall be considered a sizeable
                                                                  difference.
and a minimum price should be fixed in excess 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, C,
reoffered for sale on the market, potential buyers, should        E, F 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 Management Committee for Cereals has not              submit the sample in question for inspection and the
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its             costs incurred shall be borne by the losing party.
chairman,
                                                                                           Article 4
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     Notwithstanding Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                  No 2131 /93, the highest bid exceeding the minimum
                                                                  price of ECU 130 per tonne shall be accepted. The
                            Article 1
                                                                  minimum price shall be raised by monthly increases, to
The Greek intervention agency shall, under the terms              be applied to the intervention prices as laid down in
specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, initiate a stan­       Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 542/93 (5).
ding invitation to tender for the resale on the internal
market of 100 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by it.                                        Article 5
                            Article 2                             The Greek intervention agency shall notify the Commis­
                                                                  sion, by no later than the Tuesday of the week following
1.     The deadline for the submission of tenders for the         the expiry of the deadline for the submission of tenders,
first partial invitation to tender shall be 14 October 1993.      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 23 December
1993 .                                                                                     Article 6
3.     The tenders shall be deposited with the Greek inter­       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
vention 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.                              (4) OJ No L 74, 20. 3. 1992, p. 18 .
(3) OJ No L 191 , 31 . 7. 1993, p. 76.                            O 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, 8 October 1993.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      René STEICHEN
                                                                Member of the Commission