CELEX: 31993R1515
Language: en
Date: 1993-06-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1515/93 of 21 June 1993 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 000 tonnes of barley held by the Belgian intervention agency

22. 6. 93                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 150/21
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1515/93
                                                         of 21 June 1993
                  opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 000 tonnes of barley
                                           held by the Belgian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         tion without prejudice to the possibility of fixing the agri­
                                                                    cultural conversion rate in advance in accordance with
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Articles 13 to 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 ;
Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 Committee for Cereals,
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 7 (6) thereof,
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1581 /86 of 23 May 1986 laying down general rules for
intervention on the market in cereals (3), as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (4), lays down that                                             Article 1
cereals held by the intervention agencies are to be
disposed of by invitation to tender ;                               The Belgian intervention agency may, on the conditions
                                                                     laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, open a
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82 Q,                    standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 000
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 966/93 (6), lays              tonnes of barley held by it.
down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of
cereals held by intervention agencies ;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas, given the current market situation, a standing
invitation to tender should be opened for the export at               1.   The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
the beginning of the 1993/94 cereals marketing year of               100 000 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third coun­
 1 00 000 tonnes of barley held by the Belgian intervention          tries. Customs export formalities must be completed
agency ;                                                             during the period 1 July to 30 September 1993.
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender for the export             2. The regions in which the 100 000 tonnes of barley
of intervention stocks is special in that it will be opened          are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regulation.
at the end of the marketing year, from May 1993, but for
deliveries which will not be possible until the new
1993/94 marketing year between 1 July and 30                                                   Article 3
September 1993 ; whereas there should therefore be a
derogation from the first paragraph of Article 1 6 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1 836/82, which provides for a maximum               1 . The export licences shall be valid from their date of
delay of one month between acceptance of the tender and              issue, within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation
payment and also a derogation from the second paragraph              (EEC) No 1836/82, until 30 September 1993.
of Article 16 of the said Regulation, application of which
would have led to the price accepted already being                   2. Tenders submitted in response to this invitation to
increased by monthly increments for the removal of the               tender shall be admissible only if they are accompanied
cereals from the intervention store in July, whereas export          by a written undertaking to export during the period 1
was not scheduled previously ;                                      July to 30 September 1993 . They may not be accompa­
                                                                     nied by applications for export licences pursuant to
Whereas from 1 July 1993 the operative event for the                Article 44 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
conversion of tenders submitted for intervention stocks is           3719/88 (8).
the date of payment for cereals as fixed by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 ; whereas this rule
                                                                                               Article 4
should be applied to the sales provided for in this Regula
                                                                     1.    Notwithstanding Article 7 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            No 1836/82, the time limit for submission of tenders
0   OJ  No  L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 36.                              under the first partial invitation to tender shall expire on
0   OJ  No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5.                              30 June 1993 at 1 p.m. (Brussels time).
0   OJ  No  L 202, 9. 7. 1982, p. 23.
(6) OJ  No  L 98, 24. 4. 1993, p. 25.
0   OJ  No  L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.                              (*) OJ No L 331 , 2. 12. 1988, p. 1 .
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2.    The time limit for submission of tenders under the              converted using the agricultural conversion rate appli­
subsequent partial invitations to tender shall expire each           cable on the date on which the cereals are paid for.
Wednesday at 1 p.m. (Brussels time).
                                                                                           Article 6
3.    The last partial invitation to tender shall expire on
25 August 1993 at 1 p.m. (Brussels time).                        Notwithstanding Article 17 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 1836/82, the security referred to in the second indent of
4. The tenders shall be lodged with the Belgian inter­           Article 17 (2) of the said Regulation shall not be released
vention agency.                                                  until proof is furnished that the customs export formali­
                                                                 ties have taken place during the period 1 July to 30
                                                                 September 1993.
                          Article 5
                                                                                           Article 7
The following provisions shall apply to tenders submitted        The Belgian intervention agency shall notify the
before 1 July 1993 :                                             Commission of the tenders received not later than two
— notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 16 of        hours after expiry of the time limit for the submission
    Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the products must be            thereof. Notification shall be given as specified in the
    removed not later than 31 July 1993,                         table in Annex II to this Regulation, to the telex or
                                                                 telefax numbers in Annex III .
— notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article
    16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the price to be
                                                                                           Article 8
    paid for products for export shall be that indicated in
    the tender,                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
— without prejudice to the possibility of fixing the agri­       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
    cultural conversion rate in advance, tenders shall be        European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 21 June 1993.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             René STEICHEN
                                                                       Member of the Commission
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                                                            ANNEX I
                                                                                               (tonnes)
                                          Place of storage                         Quantity
                               Oost-Vlaanderen                                      71 943
                               West-Vlaanderen                                        5 000
                               Liege                                                  8 365
                               Hainaut                                              12 692
                               Vlaams-Brabant                                         2 000
                                                            ANNEX II
          Standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 000 tonnes of barley held by the Belgian
                                                       intervention agency
                                                 (Regulation (EEC) No 1515/93)
                   1                2               3               4                5             6               7
                                                                             Price increases
                                                                                 ( + ) or
                Tender        Consignment       Quantity      Offer price      reductions
                                                                                             Commercial
                                                             (ECU/tonne)                         costs        Destination
                  No               No           (tonnes)           (')
                                                                                   (-)       (ECU/tonne)
                                                                              (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                   p.m.
                   1
                   2
                   3
                  etc.
          (') This price includes the increases or reductions relating to the lot to which the tender refers.
                                                           ANNEX III
          The only numbers to use to call Brussels are (DG VI-C-1 (Attention : Messrs Thibault and Brus)) :
          — telex :                22037 AGREC B
                                   22070 AGREC B (Greek characters)
          — telefax :              — 295 01 32
                                   — 296 10 97
                                   — 295 25 15.