31993R1194
18 . 5. 93 No L 122/ 11 Official Journal of the European Communities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1194/93 of 17 May 1993 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 500 000 tonnes of barley held by the French intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, tion without prejudice to the possibility of fixing the agri cultural conversion rate in advance in accordance with Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Articles 13 to 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 ; Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 in accordance with the opinion of the Management of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the Committee for Cereals, market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 7 (6) thereof,
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1581 /86 of 23 May 1986 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (4), lays down that Article 1 cereals held by the intervention agencies are to be disposed of by invitation to tender ; The French intervention agency may, on the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, open a Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 836/82 0, standing invitation to tender for the export of 500 000 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 966/93 (% lays tonnes of barley , held by it. down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies ; Article 2 Whereas, given the current market situation, a standing invitation to tender should be opened for the export at 1 . The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of the beginning of the 1993/94 cereals marketing year of 500 000 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third coun 500 000 tonnes of barley held by the French intervention tries. Customs export formalities must be completed agency ; during the period 1 July to 30 September 1993.
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender for the export 2. The regions in which the 500 000 tonnes of barley of intervention stocks is special in that it will be opened are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regulation. at the end of the marketing year, from May 1993, but for deliveries which will not be possible until the new 1993/94 marketing year between 1 July and 30 Article 3 September 1993 ; whereas there should therefore be a derogation from the first paragraph of Article 16 of Regu 1 . The export licences shall be valid from their date of lation (EEC) No 1836/82, which provides for a maximum issue, within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation delay of one month between acceptance of the tender and (EEC) No 1836/82, until 30 September 1993. payment and also a derogation from the second paragraph of Article 16 of the said Regulation, application of which 2. Tenders submitted in response to this invitation to would have led to the price accepted already being tender shall be admissible only if they are accompanied increased by monthly increments for the removal of the by a written undertaking to export during the period 1 cereals from the intervention store in July, whereas export July to 30 September 1993. They may not be accompa was not scheduled previously ; nied by applications for export licences pursuant to Article 44 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No Whereas from 1 July 1993 the operative event for the 3719/88 (8). conversion of tenders submitted for intervention stocks is the date of payment for cereals as fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 0 ; whereas this rule Article 4 should be applied to the sales provided for in this Regula
1 . Notwithstanding Article 7 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . No 1836/82, the time limit for submission of tenders (2) OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 36. under the first partial invitation to tender shall expire on 0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5. 26 May 1993 at 1 p.m. (Brussels time). 0 OJ No L 202, 9. 7. 1982, p. 23 . 0 OJ No L 98, 24. 4. 1993, p. 25. 0 OJ No L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106. 0 OJ No L 331 , 2. 12. 1988 , p. 1 .
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2. The time limit for submission of tenders under the converted using the agricultural conversion rate appli subsequent partial invitations to tender shall expire each cable on the date on which the cereals are paid for. Wednesday at 1 p.m. (Brussels time). Article 6 3. The last partial invitation to tender shall expire on Notwithstanding Article 17 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 25 August 1993 at 1 p.m. (Brussels time). 1836/82, the security referred to in the second indent of Article 17 (2) of the said Regulation shall not be released 4. The tenders shall be lodged with the French inter vention agency. until proof is furnished that the customs export formali ties have taken place during the period 1 July to 30 September 1993. Article 5 Article 7 The following provisions shall apply to tenders submitted The French intervention agency shall notify the Commis before 1 July 1993 : sion of the tenders received not later than two hours after — notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 16 of expiry of the time limit for the submission thereof. Noti Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the products must be fication shall be given as specified in the table in Annex removed not later than 31 July 1993, II to this Regulation, to the telephone, telex or numbers in Annex III . — notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the price to be Article 8 paid for products for export shall be that indicated in the tender, This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day — without prejudice to the possibility of fixing the agri following its publication in the Official Journal of the cultural conversion rate in advance, tenders shall be European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 May 1993.
For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission
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ANNEX I
(tonnes)
Place of storage Quantity
Amiens 40 000 Chalons-sur-Marne 81 000 Clermont-Ferrand 1 000 Dijon 35 000 Lille 30 000 Nancy 20 000 Orleans 1 60 000 Paris 25 0Q0 Poitiers 70 0Q0 Rouen 30 000 Toulouse 8 000
ANNEX II
Standing invitation to tender for the export of 500 000 tonnes of barley held by the French intervention agency
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Price increases (+) or Commercial Tender Offer price reductions Consignment Quantity costs Destination No No (ECU/tonne) (tonnes) (-) (') (ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne) p.m.
1
2
3
etc .
(') This price includes the increases or reductions relating to the lot to which the tender refers.
ANNEX III
The only numbers to use to call Brussels are [DG VI-C-1 (Attention : Messrs Thibault and Brus)] :
— telex : 22037 AGREC B 22070 AGREC B (Greek characters) — telefax : — 295 01 32 — 296 10 97 — 295 25 15.