CELEX: 31993R2747
Language: en
Date: 1993-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2747/93 of 5 October 1993 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the results on the internal market of 40 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the German intervention agency

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                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2747/93
                                                         of 5 October 1993
                     on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the results on the internal
                     market of 40 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the German intervention
                                                               agency
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Bundesanstalt    für   landwirtschaftliche   Marktordnung
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                (BALM),
                                                                      Adickesallee 40,
 Economic Community,
                                                                      D-60322 Frankfurt am Main,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                 (telex 41 17 27 ; fax (069)1564791).
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission                                          Article 3
 Regulation (EEC) No 2193/93 (2), and in particular
 Article 5 thereof,                                                   When the successful tenderer removes the cereals from
                                                                      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 40 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat               described in the notice of invitation to tender, referred to
 held by the German intervention agency ;                             in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, the
 Whereas the market situation for bread-making wheat is              successful tenderer may refuse the goods.
 characterized by a severely diminished 1993 harvest and,            A difference of more than one percentage point in respect
 consequently, by abnormally high prices by comparison               of one of the impurities referred to in the Annex to Regu­
 with the support prices ; whereas no account should be               lation (EEC) No 689/92, with the exception of broken
 taken therefore of the market price in the appraisal of             grains or mottled grains, shall be considered a sizeable
 tenders, and a minimum price should be fixed in excess               difference.
 of the 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,
 re-offered 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 /92, the highest bid exceeding the minimum
                                                                     price of ECU 130 per tonne shall be accepted. The
The German 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 1 542/93 (*).
internal market of 40 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat
held by it.                                                                                    Article 5
                              Article 2                              The German intervention agency shall notify the
                                                                     Commission, by no later than the Tuesday of the week
1.      The deadline for the submission of tenders for the           following the expiry of the deadline for the submission of
first - partial invitation to tender shall be 12 October 1993.       tenders, of the quantity and the average prices of the
2.      The deadline for the submission of tenders for the           different lots sold.
final partial invitation to tender shall be 21 December
1993 .                                                                                         Article 6
3. The tenders shall be deposited with the German                    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.                               O 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, 5 October 1993.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Rene STEICHEN
                                                                Member of the Commission