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Language: en
Date: 1978-12-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 November 1978 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the export of 89 000 tonnes of rye held by the German intervention agency

6. 12. 78                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 340/ 11
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 16 November 1978
               on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the export of 89 000 tonnes
                                      of rye held by the German intervention agency
                                                  (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                             (78/982/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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals (*), as amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular Article 7                                        Article 1
(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
( 1 ) and (7) thereof,                                                                        Article 2
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany in its                        1 . The invitation to tender shall relate to a quantity
communication of 2 November 1978 informed the                         of 89 000 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
export of 89 000 tonnes of rye ;                                      listed in the Annex hereto.
Whereas the 89 000 tonnes of rye to be tendered for
will be exported from those of the prescribed points                                          Article 3
of exit specified by the tenderers ; whereas the rye is
stored elsewhere ; whereas the German intervention                    1 . The places for which a minimum selling price is
agency, in order to place all those participating in the              to be fixed in accordance with Article 5 (7) of Regula­
invitation to tender on the same competitive footing,                 tion (EEC) No 376/70 are as follows :
must sell at a uniform price ; whereas it must accord­
ingly bear the cost of transport from the place of                    Hamburg, Brunsbüttel, Lübeck, Kiel, Rendsburg,
storage to the points of exit stipulated ;                            Bremen, Braunschweig, Fallersleben, Rotterdam,
                                                                      Emden and Flensburg.
Whereas under Article 5 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No
376/70 it may be provided that a tender shall be only                 2.     Tenders shall be made for one or more of these
valid if it is accompanied by an application for an                   ports or exit points. The tenderer shall specify the
export licence and by an application for advance                      ports or exit points for which his tender is made.
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                  — supplied undischarged at the place of embarkation
 four months :
                                                                           at the port or exit point.
(»)   OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            3. Where an export refund is applicable on the day
(2)   OJ No  L 156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 1 .
(')   OJ No  L 47, 28 . 2. 1970, p. 49.                               on which tenders are submitted, tenders shall be only
(4)   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 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                                       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, 16 November 1978 .
There must be at least 10 days between publication of
the notice of invitation to tender and the first date                                          For the Commission
laid down for submission of tenders. The last date on                                           Finn GUNDELACH
which tenders may be submitted shall be 18 April
1979 .                                                                                             Vice-President
                                                             ANNEX
                                                                                      (tonnes)
                                                 Place of storage                Quantity
                                Hamburg                                           9 205
                                Schleswig-Holstein                               26 921
                                Bremen                                           24 446
                                Niedersachsen                                    19 389
                                Nordhrein-Westfalen                               8 855