Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1158/91 of 3 May 1991 on the buying in by tender of skimmed milk powder to intervention agencies

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1158/91  of 3 May 1991  on the buying in by tender of skimmed-milk powder to intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3641/90 (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7a (1)  and Article 7a (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 of 16 March 1987 modifying the intervention arrangements for butter and skimmed-milk powder (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (4), lays down the criteria on which basis, until the end of the  eighth 12-month period of application of the additional levy provided for in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, buying in of skimmed-milk powder by intervention agencies may be suspended; whereas Article 1 (3) (a) of that Regulation provides that  where buying in is suspended throughout the Community or in part thereof, buying in may be carried out under a standing invitation to tender; whereas the rules for the application of the tendering procedure should consequently be laid down;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1014/68 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90, and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 625/78 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 890/91 (7), lay down the general rules and the detailed rules for the  buying in of skimmed-milk powder by the intervention agencies; whereas most of those provisions may be applied within the framework of this Regulation and in particular those concerning the quality of the skimmed-milk powder which may be offered for  intervention, packing and packaging; whereas it is appropriate, however, to adapt some of these provisions to the tender procedure for purchases; whereas, for this reason, the provision concerning the age of the skimmed-milk powder being offered should  be adapted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,