CELEX: 31988R3537
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3537/88 of 14 November 1988 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of 112 000 tonnes of sorghum held by the Spanish intervention agency

15. 11 . 88
No L 309/30                              Official Journal of the European Communities
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3537/88
                                                     of 14 November 1988
                   opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market
                        of 112 000 tonnes of sorghum held by the Spanish intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         3333/88 0» should apply to verification of satisfactory
                                                                    utilization of the cereals ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Economic Community,                                                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                    Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87
of 25 June 1987 on special arrangements for imports of
maize and sorghum into Spain from 1987 to 1990 ('), and
in particular Article 4 (2) thereof,                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No                                           Article 1
 1799/87 the Spanish intervention agency has purchased
 300 000 tonnes of sorghum on the world market ;
                                                                    The Spanish intervention agency shall sell by tender on
                                                                     the Spanish market 112 000 tonnes of sorghtim purchased
 Whereas 188 000 tonnes of sorghum was sold on the                   pursuant to Article 4 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87,
 internal market ; whereas it is advisable, in the light of the
 situation on the market in fodder in Spain, to put up for           The sale shall be operated in accordance with the terms
 sale on \he internal market the remaining quantities of             of this Regulation and with those of Titles I and III of
 sorghum held by the Spanish intervention agency and to              Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82.
 lay down the conditions applicable to that sale ;
 Whereas the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC)                                          Article 2
  No 1836/82 of 7 July 1982 laying down the procedure
 and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by                   1.    Tenderers shall undertake to process or use in Spain
  intervention agencies (2), as last amended by Regulation            not later than 30 June 1989 any products that they are
 (EEC) No 2418/87 (3), will ensure that the requirements of           awarded, unless prevented from doing so by force
  Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87 are met and            majeure.
  constitute a suitable framework for operation of the
  tendering procedure ;                                               2.    Successful tenderers shall lodge security of 20 ECU
                                                                      per tonne with the Spanish intervention agency against
  Whereas pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No            discharge of the obligation mentioned in paragraph 1 .
   1799/87 the cereals in question must be used or                    Security shall be lodged within two working days at the
   processed in Spain ; whereas in order to ensure that this          latest of that on which the notice of award is received.
   requirement is met successful tenderers should be obliged
   to lodge a security to be released on presentation of the
   proof specified in certain provisions of Commission                                          Article 3
   Regulation (EEC) No 3105/87 of 16 October 1987 laying
   down detailed rules for the application of the special
   arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into                  1 . The obligation mentioned in Article 2 (1 ) shall be
   Spain from 1987 to 1990 (4), as last amended by                     considered a primary requirement as defined in Article 20
    Regulation (EEC) No 3106/88 (*); whereas, moreover, the            of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (8). It shall
    provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88                not be considered to have been discharged fulfilled until
    of 16 February 1988 laying down common detailed rules              the tenderer provides the proof specified in the first and
    for verifying the use and/or destination of products from         'second paragraphs of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No
    intervention (f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No           3105/87.
   ,(>) OJ No L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
                                                                       2.    Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 shall apply in the field
    (*) OJ No L 202, 9. 7. 1982, p. 23.                                covered by this Regulation.
    M OJ No L 223, 11 . 8. 1987, p. 5.
    O OJ No L 294, 17. 10. 1987, p. 15.                                f) OJ No L 295, 28 . 10. 1988, p. 34.
    (*) OJ No L 277, 8 . 10. 1988, p. 28 .                             (8) OJ No L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5.
    («) OJ No L 55, 1 . 3. 1988, p. 1 .
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                         Article 4                                                      Article 5
1.    The time limit for submission of tenders in response
to the first individual invitation to tender shall be 24
November 1988 .                                                The Spanish intervention agency shall notify the
                                                               Commission, at the latest by Tuesday of the week
2.    The time limit for submission of tenders in response     following the time limit for submission of tenders, of the
to the final individual invitation to tender shall be 26       quantities and average prices of the various lots sold.
January 1989.
3. Tenders must be lodged with the Spanish                                              Article 6
intervention agency :
Servicio Nacional de Productos Agrarios (SENPA),
Beneficencia 8,                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
E-280Q4 Madrid,                                                publication in the Official Journal of the European
(Telex : 23427 SENPA E — Tel. 232 34 88).                       Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 14 November 1988 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President