31993R0352

No L 41 /26 Official Journal of the European Communities 18 . 2. 93

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 352/93 of 17 February 1993 on the issuing of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 150 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the Spanish intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, of 1 50 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by it in accor­ dance with Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 Article 2 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 7 (6) thereof, 1 . The final date for the submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to tender shall be 25 February 1993. Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1581 /86 of 23 May 1986 laying down general rules for 2. The final date for the submission of tenders for the intervention on the market in cereals (3), as last amended last partial invitation to tender shall expire on 29 April by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (4), provides that cereals 1993 . held by the intervention agency are to be sold by tender ;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 836/82 Q, 3 . Tenders must be lodged with the Spanish interven­ as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3043/91 (6), lays tion agency : down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies ; Servicio Nacional de Productos Agrarios (SENPA) c/Beneficencia 8, Madrid 28004 (telex : 41818, 23427 Whereas, in the present market situation, a standing in­ SENPA E ; telecopier : 5219832, 5224387). vitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 1 50 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the Spanish intervention agency should be issued ; i Article 3 Whereas, in order to ensure that tenders lodged represent current market trends, the minimum price should be raised to the level of the intervention price ; Notwithstanding Article 5 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, in no case may successful tenders be lower than the intervention price applicable on the final date Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not for submission of tenders . delivered an opinion within the time limit set by' its chairman,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Not later than Tuesday of the week following the final date for the submission of tenders, the Spanish interven­ tion agency shall notify the Commission of the quantities Article 1 and average prices of the various lots sold.

The Spanish intervention agency shall issue a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market Article $ (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 36. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its (4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5. (*) OJ No L 202, 9. 7. 1982, p. 23. publication in the Official Journal of the European 6) OJ No L 288, 18 . 10. 1991 , p. 21 . Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 February 1993.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission