31990R0651

17. 3 . 90 No L 71 / 13 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 651 /90 of 16 March 1990 on the opening of a sale by periodic invitation to tender of oilseeds held by the Spanish intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Committee for Oils and Fats, Economic Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common Article 1 organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2902/89 (2), and in The Spanish intervention agency shall issue a periodic particular Article 26 (3) thereof, invitation to tender under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 3418/82 for the sale of 5 294 tonnes Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No of sunflower seed and 131 tonnes of rapeseed which it 3418/82 of 20 December 1982 on the procedure for sale holds. of oilseed held by the intervention agencies (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 676/89 (4), and in parti­ Article 2 cular Article 4 thereof, 1 . The closing date for the submission of tenders for Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 724/67/EEC the first partial invitation to tender shall expire on 30 of 17 October 1967 laying down conditions for interven­ March 1990 . tion in respect of oilseeds during the last two months of 2. The closing date for the submission of tenders for the marketing year and principles for the disposal of the last partial invitation to tender shall expire on 20 seeds bought in by intervention agencies (% as last April 1990. amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1230/89 (6), provides that oilseeds held by intervention agencies are to be sold 3. The notice of invitation to tender to be published by by invitation to tender ; the intervention agency shall indicate the places of storage. Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3418/82 lays down the procedures and the terms for the sale of oilseeds held by 4. Tenders must be lodged with the intervention the intervention agencies ; whereas, pursuant to the provi­ agency at the following address : sions of Article 4 thereof, a sale by periodic invitation to SENPA, Beneficencia, 8 , 28004 Madrid ; Tel . 347 65 00 tender may be decided on in accordance with the provi­ Telex : 23427 SENPA, E Telefax : 521 9382. sions in Articles 5 to 9 thereof ; Article 3 Whereas, in the present situation of the market, a periodic invitation to tender should be issued for the sale of 5 294 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its tonnes of sunflower seed and 131 tonnes of rapeseed held publication in the Official Journal of the European by the Spanish intervention agency ; Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 March 1990.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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