CELEX: 32000R2310
Language: en
Date: 2000-10-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2310/2000 of 18 October 2000 opening an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 5 000 tonnes of rice held by the Greek intervention agency

L 265/8                 EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                     19.10.2000
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2310/2000
                                                             of 18 October 2000
                opening an invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 5 000
                                         tonnes of rice held by the Greek intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately
                                                                            5 000 tonnes of rice held by that agency.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                                                        Article 2
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in                   Notwithstanding Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 75/91,
rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000 (2),              tenders must relate to an entire lot.
and in particular the final indent of Article 8(b) thereof,
                                                                                                        Article 3
Whereas:
                                                                            1.    The closing date for the initial submission of tenders shall
(1)      Approximately 5 000 tonnes of paddy rice held by the               be 14 November 2000; for the final submission of tenders it
         Greek intervention agency that proved impossible to sell           shall be 21 November 2000.
         against the invitation to tender opened by Commission
         Regulation (EC) No 528/2000 (3) and that remains in                2.    Tenders must be submitted to the Greek intervention
         stock should be placed on sale on the Community                    agency:
         market. The sale should be carried out in accordance
         with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 of 11                    DIDAGEP
         January 1991 laying down the procedures and condi-                 Directorate-General for the Administration of Purchases of
         tions for the disposal of paddy rice held by intervention          Agricultural Produce
         agencies (4).                                                      Acharnon Street 241
                                                                            GR-10466 Athens
(2)      As a result of the product's deterioration after a long            Tel. (30-1) 865 99 41 and 867 31 49
         period of storage, a minimum selling price should be               FAx (30-1) 862 93 73
         determined for each lot put up for sale, taking account
         of its specific characteristics, in accordance with Article
         2(3)(d) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3597/90 of                                           Article 4
         12 December 1990 on the accounting rules for inter-
         vention measures involving the buying in, storage and
                                                                            The following minimum selling prices shall be respected:
         sale of agricultural products by intervention agencies (5),
         as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1392/97 (6).                 — Lot No 1 (price EUR 206/t):
                                                                                Store Miloi Giannitsa No 4:                      1 615,100 t
(3)      The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
                                                                                Store Miloi Giannitsa No 5:                     1 574,520 t,
         accordance with the opinion of the Management
         Committee for Cereals,                                             — Lot No 2 (price EUR 242/t):
                                                                                Store Miloi Giannitsa No 8:                        810,218 t
                                                                                Store Miloi Giannitsa No 9:                     1 094,480 t.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                                                        Article 5
                                                                            By Tuesday of the week following the closing date for the
                                Article 1                                   submission of tenders, the Greek intervention agency shall
                                                                            notify the Commission of the quantities and prices of the lots
                                                                            sold.
The Greek intervention agency shall open, on the conditions
laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, an invitation to
(1) OJ  L  329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
                                                                                                        Article 6
(2) OJ  L  193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.
(3) OJ  L  64, 11.3.2000, p. 9.                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(4) OJ  L  9, 12.1.1991, p. 15.
(5) OJ  L  350, 14.12.1990, p. 43.                                          following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
(6) OJ  L  190, 19.7.1997, p. 22.                                           Communities.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
           Done at Brussels, 18 October 2000.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission