31993R1517
22. 6 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 150/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1517/93 of 21 June 1993 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 50 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the Belgian 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 Committee for Cereals, of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 738/92 (2), and in particular Article 7 (6) thereof,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1581 /86 of 23 May 1986 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in cereals (3), as last amended Article 1 by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (4), lays down that cereals held by the intervention agencies are to be The Belgian intervention agency may, on the conditions disposed of by invitation to tender ; laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, open a standing invitation to tender for the export of 50 000 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 836/82 (^ tonnes of bread-making wheat held by it. as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 966/93 (6), lays down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies ; Article 2
Whereas, given the current market situation, a standing 1 . The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of invitation to tender should be opened for the export at 50 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat to be exported to the beginning of the 1993/94 cereals marketing year of all third countries. Customs export formalities must be 50 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the Belgian completed during the period 1 July to 30 September intervention agency ; 1993 .
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender for the export 2. The regions in which the 50 000 tonnes of bread of intervention stocks is special in that it will be opened making wheat are stored are stated in Annex I to this at the end of the marketing year, from May 1993, but for Regulation. deliveries which will not be possible until the new 1993/94 marketing year between 1 July and 30 September 1993 ; whereas there should therefore be a Article 3 derogation from the first paragraph of Article 1 6 of Regu lation (EEC) No 1836/82, which provides for a maximum 1 . The export licences shall be valid from their date of delay of one month between acceptance of the tender and issue, within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation payment and also a derogation from the second paragraph (EEC) No 1836/82, until 30 September 1993. of Article 16 of the said Regulation, application of which would have led to the price accepted already being 2. Tenders submitted in response to this invitation to increased by monthly increments for the removal of the tender shall be admissible only if they are accompanied cereals from the intervention store in July, whereas export by a written undertaking to export during the period 1 was not scheduled previously ; July to 30 September 1993. They may not be accompa nied" by applications for export licences pursuant to Whereas from 1 July 1993 the operative event for the Article 44 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No conversion of tenders submitted for intervention stocks is 3719/88 (8). 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 0 OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 36. under the first partial invitation to tender shall expire on (4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5. 30 June 1993 at 1 p.m. (Brussels time). 0 OJ No L 202, 9. 7. 1982, p. 23 . (6) 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 25 August 1993 at 1 p.m. (Brussels time). Notwithstanding Article 17 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the security referred to in the second indent of 4. The tenders shall be lodged with the Belgian inter Article 17 (2) of the said Regulation shall not be released 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 Belgian intervention agency shall notify the before 1 July 1993 : Commission of the tenders received not later than two — notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 16 of hours after expiry of the time limit for the submission Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the products must be thereof. Notification shall be given as specified in the removed not later than 31 July 1993, table in Annex II to this Regulation, to the telex or telefax numbers in Annex III. — nothwithstanding 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, 21 June 1993.
For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission
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ANNEX I
(tonnes)
Place of storage Quantity
Namur 10 000 Liege 16 250 Hainaut 21 750 Oost-Vlaanderen 2 000
ANNEX II
Standing invitation to tender for the export of 50 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat held by the Belgian 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 .