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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3250/90 of 9 November 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, while preventing disturbance of the market, is such as to facilitate the disposal of such stocks ;

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

Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2902/89 (2), and in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : particular Article 26 (3) thereof,

Article 1 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3418/82 of 20 December 1982 on the procedure for sale of oilseed held by the intervention agencies (3), as last The Spanish intervention agency shall issue a periodic invitation to tender under the conditions laid down in amended by Regulation (EEC) No 676/89 (4), and in parti­ cular Article 4 thereof, Regulation (EEC) No 3418/82 for the sale of 1 663 tonnes of sunflower seed and 131 tonnes of rapeseed which it holds. However, by way of a derogation from Article 8 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3418/82, the minimum price to Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 724/67/EEC be met shall be the buying-in price referred to in that of 17 October 1967 laying down conditions for interven­ paragraph, minus 20 % . tion in respect of oilseeds during the last two months of the marketing year and principles for the disposal of seeds bought in by intervention agencies (% as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (®), provides Article 2 that oilseeds held by intervention agencies are to be sold by invitation to tender ; 1 . The closing date for the submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to tender shall expire on 23 November 1990. Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3418/82 lays down the procedures and the terms for the sale of oilseeds held by 2. The closing date for the submission of tenders for the intervention agencies ; whereas, pursuant to the provi­ the last partial invitation to tender shall expire on 7 sions of Article 4 thereof, a sale by periodic invitation to December 1990 . tender may be decided on in accordance with the provi­ sions in Articles 5 to 9 thereof ; 3. The notice of invitation to tender to be published by the intervention agency shall indicate the places of storage. Whereas, in the present situation of the market, a periodic invitation to tender should be issued for the sale of 1 663 tonnes of sunflower seed and 131 tonnes of rapeseed held 4. Tenders must be lodged with the intervention by the Spanish intervention agency ; whereas, in view of agency at the following address : the risk of a deterioration in the quality of the seed as a result of lengthy storage, the terms should be made more SENPA, Beneficencia, 8, 28004 Madrid ; Tel . 347 65 00 flexible ; whereas to that end provision should be made by Telex : 23427 SENPA, E Telefax : 521 9382. way of a derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 3418/82 for a reduction in the minimum selling price which,

Article 3 (') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 280, 29. 9. 1989, p. 2. 0 OJ No L 360, 21 . 12. 1982, p. 19. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 0 OJ No L 73, 17. 3. 1989, p. 17. 0 OJ No 252, 19. 10. 1967, p. 10. publication in the Official Journal of the European (6) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5. Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 November 1990 .

For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission