31991R1204

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1204/91 of 7 May 1991 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 50 000 tonnes of barley held by the French intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community,

The French intervention agency may, on the conditions Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, open a of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the standing invitation to tender for the export of 50 000 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) tonnes of barley held by it. No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 7 (6) thereof,

Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No Article 2 1581 /86 of 23 May 1986 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in cereals (3), as amended by 1 . The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (4), lays down that cereals 50 000 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third coun­ held by the intervention agencies are to be disposed of by tries. Customs export formalities must be completed invitation to tender ; during the period 1 July to 31 August 1991 .

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 836/82 Q, 2. The regions in which the 50 000 tonnes of barley as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2619/90 (6), lays are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regulation . down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies ; Article 3 Whereas, given the current market situation, a standing invitation to tender should be opened for the export at 1 . The export licences shall be valid from their date of the beginning of the 1991 /92 cereals marketing year of issue, within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation 50 000 tonnes of barley held by the French intervention (EEC) No 1836/82, until 31 August 1991 . agency ; 2. Tenders submitted in response to this invitation to tender shall be admissible only if they are accompanied Whereas the proposed invitation to tender for the export by a written undertaking to export during the period 1 of intervention stocks is special in that it will be opened July to 31 August 1991 . They may not be accompanied at the end of the marketing year, from May 1991 , but for deliveries which will not be possible until the new mar­ by applications for export licences pursuant to Article 44 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 Q. keting year between 1 July and 31 August 1991 ; whereas there should therefore be a derogation from the first para­ graph of Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, which provides for a maximum delay of one month Article 4 between acceptance of the tender and payment and also a derogation from the second paragraph of Article 1 6 of the 1 . Notwithstanding Article 7 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) said Regulation, application of which would have led to No 1836/ 82, the time limit for submission of tenders the price accepted already being increased by monthly under the first partial invitation to tender shall expire on increments for the removal of the cereals from the inter­ 15 May 1991 at 1 p.m . (Brussels time). vention store in July, whereas export was not scheduled previously ; 2. The time limit for submission of tenders under the subsequent partial invitations to tender shall expire each Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Wednesday at 1 p.m. (Brussels time). in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, 3. The last partial invitation to tender shall expire on 26 June 1991 at 1 p.m . (Brussels time). (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23 . 4. The tenders shall be lodged with the French inter­ 0 OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 36. vention agency. (4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5. 0 OJ No L 202, 9 . 7. 1982, p. 23. («) OJ No L 249, 12. 9. 1990, p. 8 . 0 OJ No L 331 , 2. 12. 1988, p. 1 .

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Article 5 said Regulation shall not be released until proof is furnished that the export has taken place during the The successful tenderer shall pay for the cereals before period 1 July to 31 August 1991 . they are removed. Notwithstanding the first paragraph of Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the time limit of one month between the date on which the state­ Article 7 ment referred to in Article 15 of the said Regulation is sent and payment shall not be applicable. The French intervention agency shall notify the Commis­ sion of the tenders received not later than two hours after Notwithstanding the second paragraph of Article 16 of expiry of the time limit for the submission thereof. Noti­ Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the price payable for fication shall be given as specified in the table in Annex export shall be that mentioned in the tender where the cereals are removed in July 1991 . The price shall be II to this Regulation. increased by a monthly increment where the cereals are removed in August 1991 . Article 8 Article 6 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Notwithstanding Article 17 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No following its publication in the Official Journal of the 1836/82, the security referred to in Article 8 (2) (c) of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 May 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

(tonnes) Place of storage Quantity

Chalons 15 000 Dijon 2 500 Orleans 25 000 Paris 2 000 Poitiers 5 500

ANNEX II

Standing invitation to tender for the export of 50 000 tonnes of barley held by the French inter­ vention agency

(Regulation (EEC) No 1204/91 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Price increases Tender Offer price ( + ) or Commercial Consignment Quantity (ECU/tonne) reductions costs Destination No No (tonnes) (') (-) (ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)

1

2

3

etc.

(') This price includes the increases or reductions relating to the lot to which the tender refers .