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Language: en
Date: 1979-03-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15 March 1979 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 000 tonnes of rye held by the German intervention agency

29 . 3 . 79                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 77/35
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 15 March 1979
               on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 000
                                 tonnes of rye held by the German intervention agency
                                                  (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                             (79/327/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
COMMUNITIES,                                                          are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      ment Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals ( ! ), as last amended by
                                                                                              Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1 254/78 (2), and in particular
Article 7 (5) thereof,
                                                                      The German intervention agency may, in accordance
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                       with the provisions hereinafter set out, open a
376/70 of 27 February 1970 laying down the proce­                     standing invitation to tender for the export of rye held
dure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by               by it.
intervention agencies (3), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1 687/76 (4), and in particular Article 5                                       Article 2
( 1 ) and (7) thereof,
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany in its                        1 . The invitation to tender shall relate to a quantity
communication of 8 March 1979 informed the                            of 100 000 tonnes of rye.
Commission of the intention of the German interven­
tion agency to issue an invitation to tender for the                  2.     The places in which the said rye is stored are
                                                                      listed in the Annex hereto .
export of 100 000 tonnes of rye ;
Whereas the 100 000 tonnes of rye to be tendered for                                          Article 3
will be exported from those of the prescribed points
of exit specified by the tenderers ; whereas the rye is               1 . The places for which a minimum selling price is
stored elsewhere ; whereas the German intervention
                                                                      to be fixed in accordance with Article 5 (7) of Regula­
agency, in order to place all those participating in the              tion (EEC) No 376/70 are as follows :
invitation to tender on the same competitive footing,
must sell at a uniform price ; whereas it must accord­                Hamburg, Brunsbüttel, Lübeck, Kiel, Rendsburg,
ingly bear the cost of transport from the place of                    Bremen , Braunschweig, Fallersleben , Rotterdam,
storage to the points of exit stipulated ;                            Emden , Flensburg and Regensburg.
Whereas under Article 5 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No                    2.     Tenders shall be made for one or more of these
376/70 it may be provided that a tender shall only be                 ports or exit points. The tenderer shall specify the
valid if it is accompanied by an application for an                   ports or exit points for which his tender is made.
export licence and by an application for advance
fixing of the refund for the destination in question ;                Tenders shall be understood to relate to rye which is
whereas the intention of this provision is to facilitate              either :
assessment of the tender ;
                                                                      — stored in harbour silos from which it can be
Whereas, by way of derogation , the period of validity                     loaded directly into a seagoing vessel or into a
for licences issued in connection with this invitation                     barge, or
to tender should be fixed at the month of issue plus
three months ;
                                                                      — supplied undischarged at the place of embarkation
                                                                           at the port or exit point.
(>)  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No  L 156, 14. 6 . 1978 , p. 1 .                             3 . Where an export refund is applicable on the day
p)   OJ  No  L 47, 28 . 2. 1970, p. 49 .                              on which tenders are submitted, tenders shall only be
(«)  OJ  No  L 190, 14. 7. 1976, p. 1 .                               valid if accompanied by an application for an export
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licence lodged by the tenderer and a corresponding                                           Article 5
application for advance fixing of the refund for the
destination in question .                                          By way of derogation from Regulations (EEC) No
                                                                   2042/75 and (EEC) No 1223/74, export licences
4. As regards those quantities of rye not stored or                issued in connection with this invitation to tender
supplied as provided in the first and second indents of            shall be valid from their day of issue within the
paragraph 2, successful tenderers shall be entitled to             meaning of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
reimbursement by the German intervention agency in                 193/75 until the end of the third month following
respect of the cost of transport on the most favourable            that of issue .
terms from the place of storage to that place of embar­
kation at the ports or exit points specified in para­                                         Article 6
graph 1 which may be reached at the lowest cost.
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
                         Article 4                                 Germany.
The German intervention agency shall specify in the
 notice of invitation to tender the dates for the submis­
 sion of tenders .                                                 Done at Brussels, 15 March 1979 .
There must be at least 10 days between publication of
                                                                                                  For the Commission
 the notice of invitation to tender and the first date
 laid down for submission of tenders . The last date on                                            Finn GUNDELACH
 which tenders may be submitted shall be 13 June
 1979 .                                                                                               Vice-President
                                                              ANNEX
                                                                                         (tonnes)
                                                  Place of storage                 Quantity
                                  Hamburg                                          1 1 712
                                  Schleswig Hostein                                33 904
                                  Bremen                                           29 872
                                  Niedersachsen                                    18 585
                                  Nordrhein-Westfalen                                4 208
                                  Rheinland-Pfalz                                    1 188
                                  Bayern                                             1 069