31986R2110

No L 182/ 12 5 . 7 . 86 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2110/86 of 4 July 1986 authorizing certain intervention agencies to limit the award by tender of 400 000 tonnes of common wheat to export in the form of flour

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, sion of a tender may be released only after completion of customs export formalities, to avoid any disturbance of the market ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the Member States will take all additional measures compatible with provisions in force to ensure Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 that the scheme operates properly and that the Commis­ of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the sion is kept informed ; market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1579/86 (2), and in particular Articles 7 (5) and 8 (4) Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not thereof, delivered an opinion within the time-limit set by its Chairman, Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2738/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in cereals (3) stipulates that HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : sale of cereals held by the intervention agency must be effected by invitation to tender ;

Article 1 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 stipulates that from 1986/87 onwards the cereals marketing year is to The intervention agencies of the Member States listed begin on 1 July ; below are hereby authorized to organize a tender proce­ dure for a sale on the Community market of 400 000 Whereas in the northern regions of the Community, the tonnes of common wheat in accordance with the provi­ common wheat harvest is not available before August and sions of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, as whereas the supplies of common wheat on the market are follows : at present limited because of the large quantities sent to 42 000 tonnes intervention ; Belgium : Denmark : 1 000 tonnes Germany : 62 000 tonnes Whereas, accordingly, millers working for export in the France : 265 000 tonnes north of Europe may have difficulty in obtaining supplies Netherlands : 25 000 tonnes and whereas common wheat held by the Belgian, Danish, 5 000 tonnes United Kingdom : German, French, Dutch and British intervention agencies should be placed at the disposal of these processors in order to make possible the use of the quantities of flour Article 2 usually exported in July and August from these States ; 1 . The invitation to tender shall be open until 31 July 1986 . Whereas, in this case, the provisions of Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82 of 7 July 1982, laying down the procedure and conditions for the 2. The common wheat awarded shall be processed into disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies (4), as last flour for human consumption and exported to third coun­ tries . amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 (*), should be applied ; Tenders shall be valid only if they : Whereas a conversion rate should be set to determine the — are accompanied by an application for an export quantity of flour to be exported on the basis of the licence for common wheat flour having an ash common wheat used ; content of 0 to 600 mg mg for 100 g with an applica­ tion for advance fixing of the refund set for the rele­ Whereas, to ensure that the operation is properly effected, vant quality ; it should be stipulated that the security lodged on submis — are accompanied by an application for fixing in advance of the monetary compensatory amount for common wheat flour of one of the Member States (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29 . listed in Article 1 ; O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49 . — are accompanied by proper evidence that the tenderer 0 OJ No L 202, 9 . 7 . 1982, p. 23 . 0 OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 . has lodged a security of 5 ECU a tonne.

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Article3¶

1 . The security referred to in the third indent of the Notwithstanding Commission Regulation (EEC) No second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) shall be released for 1754/86 ('), the minimum price to be complied with shall the quantities for which : be the intervention price valid for common wheat of bread-making quality for the 1986/87 marketing year. — the tender has not been accepted, or, in all other cases : — in accordance with Title V of Commission Regulation Article 4 (EEC) No 2220/85 (3).

2. The primary requirement within the meaning of 1 . Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 ( 1 ) of Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 shall be the Commission Regulation (EEC) No 31 83/80 (2), export payment of the selling price and the export within the licences issued shall, for the determination of the duration time-limit set of the common wheat flour under the of their validity, rank as being issued on the date of the submission of the tender. export licence referred to in Article 4. The proper evidence to be supplied shall be that appli­ 2. Export licences issued under the present tender cable for the security for the export licence issued procedure shall be valid from the date of their issue following the tender procedure. within the meaning of paragraph 1 until the end of the second month thereafter . Article 7

3. Export licences issued under the present tender The intervention agencies concerned shall take all neces­ procedure must bear the following entry in box 18 : sary measures to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Regulation. They shall provide each other with all 'tender procedure under Regulation (EEC) No 2110/86 — necessary information and shall inform the Commission tender of weekly, within the Management Committee for Cereals, of the progress of the tender procedure.

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For the determination of the quantity of flour to be This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its exported, the quantity of common wheat awarded shall be publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. divided by a coefficient of 1,37.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 4 July 1986.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 152, 6. 6. 1986, p. 22. O OJ No L 338 , 13 . 12. 1980, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 205, 3 . 8 . 1985, p. 5 .