CELEX: 31994R1019
Language: en
Date: 1994-05-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1019/94 of 2 May 1994 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 90 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the Greek intervention agency

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                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1019/94
                                                           of 2 May 1994
                   on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal
                    market of 90 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the Greek intervention agency
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          2.    The deadline for the submission of tenders for the
                                                                      final partial invitation to tender shall be 14 June 1994.
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,                                                         3.     The tenders shall be deposited with the Greek inter­
                                                                     vention agency :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
                                                                      DYDAGEP.
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          241 , Acharnon St, GR- 10446 Athens
 No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                     (Telex : 22 17 36 ITAG GR ; fax : 862 93 73)
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93 (3),
 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 120/94 (4), lays down
 the procedures and conditions governing the offer for sale                                      Article 3
 of cereals held by intervention agencies ;
 Whereas, in the present situation, a standing invitation to          1 . The successful tenderer shall notify the storer and
 tender should be opened for the resale on the internal              the Greek intervention agency in writing at least five days
                                                                     in advance of his intention to remove the merchandise.
 market of 90 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the
 Greek intervention agency ;
                                                                     2.     Before the lot awarded is removed, the Greek inter­
 Whereas, given the lengthy storage period for certain lots          vention agency and the successful tenderer shall take a
 reoffered for sale on the market, potential buyers, should          reference sample in accordance with the method laid
 be afforded a degree of security as regards quality ;               down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 (*).
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are            Where the final results of the analysis of the sample indi­
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management                    cate a significant difference between the quality of the
 Committee for Cereals,                                              durum wheat to be removed and the quality as described
                                                                     in the notice of invitation to tender referred to in Article
                                                                      1 of this Regulation, the successful tenderer may refuse
                                                                     the merchandise .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                       A significant difference shall be a specific weight of less
                                                                     than 76 kg/hi, a level of broken grains of more than 9 %
                                                                     and a discrepancy of one percentage point for the mois­
                                                                     ture content, 10 points for the Hagberg falling index, one
                             Article 1                               percentage point for the protein content, to percentage
                                                                     points for the grains which have lost their vitreous aspect,
The Greek intervention agency shall, under the terms                 a half a percentage point for the impurities referred to
 specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, initiate a stan­         under B.2, B.3 and B.4 and a half a percentage point for
ding invitation to tender for the resale on the internal             the impurities referred to under B.5, the percentage
market of 90 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by it.                   admissible for noxious grains, damaged grains and ergor,
                                                                     however, remaining as laid down in the Annex to Regula­
                                                                     tion (EEC) No 689/92.
                             Article 2
                                                                     3. In the event of dispute, the intervention agency shall
                                                                     submit the sample in question for inscription and the
 1.    The deadline for the submission of tenders for the            costs incurred shall be borne by the losing party.
first partial invitation to tender shall be 10 May 1994.
                                                                     4. If removal of the durum wheat is delayed by more
(') OJ  No  L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .                             than five days with relation to the date of acceptance of
(2) OJ  No  L 196, 5. 8. 1993, p. 22.
(3) OJ  No  L 191 , 31 . 7. 1993, p. 76.
(4  OJ  No  L 21 , 26. 1 . 1994, p. 1 .                              0 OJ No L 74, 20. 3. 1992, p. 18 .
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the lot to be removed by the successful tenderer for           the expiry of the deadline for the submission of tenders,
reasons imputable to the Greek intervention agency,            of the quantity and the average prices of the different lots
Greece shall be responsible for the payment of compensa­       sold.
tion.
                                                                                        Article 5
                         Article 4
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
The Greek intervention agency shall notify the Commis­         following its publication in the Official Journal of the
sion, by no later than the Tuesday of the week following       European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 2 May 1994.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          Rene STEICHEN
                                                                     Member of the Commission