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Language: en
Date: 1978-03-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 February 1978 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the export of 66 000 tonnes of rye held by the Danish intervention agency

15. 3 . 78                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 73 /27
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 16 February 1978
               on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the export of 66 000 tonnes
                                         of rye held by the Danish intervention agency
                                                     (Only the Danish text is authentic)
                                                               (78/274/ 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 2560/77 (2), and in particular
Article 7 (5) thereof,                                                   The Danish intervention agency may, in accordance
                                                                         with the provisions hereinafter set out, open a
Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No                         standing invitation to tender for the export of rye held
376/70 of 27 February 1970 laying down the proce­                        by it.
dure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by
intervention agencies (3 ), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1 687/76 (4), and in particular Article 5                                          A rticle 2
( 1 ) and (7) thereof,
                                                                          1 . The invitation to tender shall relate to a quantity
Whereas the Kingdom of Denmark in its communica­                         of 66 000 tonnes of rye .
tion of 31 January 1978 informed the Commission of                       2. The places in which the said rye is stored are
the intention of the Danish intervention agency to                       listed in the Annex hereto .
issue an invitation to tender for the export of 66 000
tonnes of rye ;
                                                                                                 Article 3
Whereas the 66 000 tonnes of rye to be tendered for
will be exported from those of the prescribed points                      1 . The places for which a minimum selling price is
of exit specified by the tenderers ; whereas the rye is                  to be fixed in accordance with Article 5 (7) of Regula­
stored elsewhere ; whereas the Danish intervention                       tion (EEC) No 376/70 are as follows :
agency, in order to place all those participating in the
invitation to tender on the same competitive footing,                    Kalundborg, Korsør, Nakskov, Svendborg, Vording­
must sell at a uniform price ; whereas it must accord­                   borg, Aabenraa, Aalborg, Århus.
ingly bear the cost of transport from the place of                       2.     Tenders shall be made for one or more of these
storage to the' points of exit stipulated ;
                                                                         ports or exit points. The tenderer shall specify the
Whereas under Article 5 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No                       ports or exit points for which his tender is made .
376/70 it may be provided that a tender shall only be
                                                                         Tenders shall be understood to relate to rye which is
valid if it is accompanied by an application for an                      either :
export licence and by an application for advance
 fixing of the refund for the destination in question ;                  — stored in harbour silos from which it can be
whereas the intention of this provision is to facilitate                      loaded directly into a seagoing vessel or into a
 assessment^of the tender ;                                                   barge, or
                                                                         — supplied undischarged at the place of embarkation
Whereas, by way of derogation , the period of validity
 for licences issued in connection with this invitation                       at the port or exit point.
 to tender should be fixed at the month of issue plus                    3 . Where an export refund is applicable on the day
 four months ;
                                                                         on which tenders are submitted, tenders shall only be
                                                                         valid if accompanied by an application for an export
 (')  OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 1 .
 (2 ) OJ No  L 303 , 28 . 11 . 1977, p . 1 .                             licence lodged by the tenderer and a corresponding
 (3)  OJ No  L 47, 28 . 2. 1970, p. 49 .                                 application for advance fixing of the refund for the
 (4)  OJ No  L  190, 14. 7 . 1976, p . 1 .                               destination in question .
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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 Danish intervention agency in                193/75 until the end of the fourth 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
graph 1 which may be reached at the lowest cost.
                                                                                                 Article 6
                        Article 4
                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
The Danish intervention agency shall specify in the               Denmark .
notice of invitation to tender the dates for the submis­
sion of tenders .
There must be at least 10 days between publication of
the notice of invitation to tender and the first date
laid down for submission of tenders . The last date on            Done at Brussels, 16 February 1978 .
which tenders may be submitted shall be 27 July
1978 .
                                                                                                    For the Commission
                        Article 5
                                                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
By way of derogation from Regulations (EEC) No
2042/75 and (EEC) No 1223/74, export licences                                                           Vice-President
                                                              ANNEX
                                                                                           (tonnes)
                                                Place of storage                  Quantity
                                Jutland                                           14 000
                                Funen                                             25 500
                                Zealand                                           1 9 500
                                Lolland-Falster                                     7 300