CELEX: 32001R0348
Language: en
Date: 2001-02-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 348/2001 of 21 February 2001 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 10000 tonnes of rice held by the Greek intervention agency

22.2.2001               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                        L 52/13
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 348/2001
                                                            of 21 February 2001
                opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately
                                    10 000 tonnes of rice held by the Greek intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                10 000 tonnes of Japonica paddy rice held by that agency, in
                                                                           accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 75/91.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22                                              Article 2
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in                  1.    The closing date for the submission of tenders in
rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000 (2),             response to the first partial invitation to tender shall be 6
and in particular the last indent of Article 8(b) thereof,                 March 2001.
Whereas:
                                                                           2.    The closing date for the submission of tenders in
(1)      Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 (3) lays down                response to the last partial invitation to tender shall be 3 May
         the procedures and conditions for the disposal of paddy           2001.
         rice held by intervention agencies.
                                                                           3.    Tenders must be lodged with the Greek intervention
(2)      There is strong demand on the Community market at                 agency at the following address:
         present for certain varieties of Japonica rice consumed
         on the internal market, with market prices higher than            DIDAGEP
         the intervention price. At the same time, certain quant-          Directorate-General for the Administration of Purchases of
         ities of rice of those varieties are available in the Greek       Agricultural Produce
         intervention agency's stores. Under those circumstances,          Acharnon Street 241
         a standing invitation to tender should be opened for the          GR-10466 Athens
         resale on the internal market of approximately 10 000             Tel. (30-1) 865 99 41 and 867 31 49
         tonnes of Japonica paddy rice held by the Greek inter-            Fax (30-1) 862 93 73
         vention agency.
(3)      The measures provided for in this Regulation are in                                           Article 3
         accordance with the opinion of the Management
         Committee for Cereals,                                            By Tuesday of the week following the closing date for the
                                                                           submission of tenders, the Greek intervention agency shall
                                                                           notify the Commission of the quantities and the average prices
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                               of the various lots sold.
                               Article 1
                                                                                                       Article 4
The Greek intervention agency shall open, under the conditions
laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, a standing invitation              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately           publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                       Done at Brussels, 21 February 2001.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                    Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 9, 12.1.1991, p. 15.