Commission Regulation (EC) No 395/2002 of 1 March 2002 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of some 20000 tonnes of rice held by the Italian intervention agency

Commission Regulation (EC) No 395/2002
of 1 March 2002
on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of some 20000 tonnes of rice held by the Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(2), and in particular the last indent of Article 8(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 of 11 January 1991 laying down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of paddy rice held by intervention agencies(3) adopts the provisions concerning those procedures and conditions.
(2) For a very long time now the Italian intervention agency has been storing a very large quantity of round-grain paddy rice. A standing invitation to tender should be opened for the resale on the internal market of some 20000 tonnes of round-grain paddy rice held by the Italian intervention agency.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,