CELEX: 31993R3182
Language: en
Date: 1993-11-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3182/93 of 19 November 1993 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 14 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the French intervention agency

No L 285/ 14                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                20 . 11 . 93
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3182/93
                                                     of 19 November 1993
                   on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal
                   market of 14 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the French intervention agency
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC),
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             21 , avenue Bosquet,
  Community,                                                         F-75326 Parix Cedex 07,
                                                                    (telex OFIBLE A 27807 F).
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
  of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                                          Article 3
  market in cereals ('), as amended by Commission Regula­
  tion (EEC) No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 5            When the successful tenderer removes the cereals from
  thereof,                                                          intervention, the intervention agency shall, for cross­
  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93 (3)               checking purposes, take a sample using the same method
  lays down the procedures and conditions governing the             as that laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC)
  offer for sale of cereals held by intervention agencies ;         No 689/92 (4).
 Whereas, in the present market situation, a standing invi­         If the analysis shows a sizeable difference between the
 tation to tender should be opened for the resale on the            quality of the cereals removed and the quality as
  internal market of 14 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by           described in the notice of invitation to tender, referred to
 the French intervention agency ;                                   in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, the
                                                                    successful tenderer may refuse the goods.
 Whereas the market situation for durum wheat is charac­
  terized by a severely diminished 1993 harvest and, conse­        A difference of more than one percentage point in respect
 quently, by abnormally high prices by comparison with              of one of the impurities referred to in the Annex to Regu­
 the support prices ; whereas no account should be taken            lation (EEC) No 689/92, with the exception of broken
 therefore of the market price in the appraisal of tenders,        grains or mottled grains, shall be considered a sizeable
 and a minimum price should be fixed in excess of the               difference.
 intervention price ;
                                                                   The successful tenderer may also refuse the goods if they
 Whereas, given the lengthy storage period for certain lots        do not correspond to the criteria set out in Sections A, C,
 reoffered for sale on the market, potential buyers should         E, F and G of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 689/92.
 be afforded a degree of security as regards quality ;
                                                                   In the event of dispute, the intervention agency shall
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are          submit the sample in question for inspection and the
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management                  costs incurred shall be borne by the losing party.
 Committee for Cereals,
                                                                                             Article 4
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                   Notwithstanding Article 5 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                            Article 1                              No 2131 /93, the highest bid exceeding the minimum
                                                                   price of ECU 130 per tonne shall be accepted. The
The French intervention agency shall, pursuant to the              minimum price shall be raised by monthly increases, to
terms specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, initiate          be applied to the intervention price as laid down in
a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the              Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/93 0.
 internal market of 14 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by
 it.
                                                                                             Article 5
                            Article 2
                                                                   The French intervention agency shall notify the Commis­
 1.     The deadline for the submission of tenders for the         sion, by no later than the Tuesday of the week following
first partial invitation to tender shall be 30 November            the expiry of the deadline for the submission of tenders,
 1993 .                                                            of the quantity and the average prices of the different lots
                                                                   sold.
2.     The deadline for the submission of tenders for the
final partial invitation to tender shall be 21 December
 1993 .                                                                                     Article 6
3. The tenders shall be deposited with the French                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
intervention agency :                                             publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                   Communities.
(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2) OJ No L 196, 5. 8. 1993, p. 22.                               (4) OJ No L 74, 20. 3. 1992, p. 18.
(3) OJ No L 191 , 31 . 7. 1993, p. 76.                            0 OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 3.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 19 November 1993.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Rene STEICHEN
                                                                Member of the Commission