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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1961/93 of 20 July 1993 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 000 tonnes of maize held by the French intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Article 3 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European The export licences shall be valid from their date of issue, Economic Community, within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, until 30 September 1993. Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the Tenders submitted in response to this invitation to tender market in cereals ('), and in particular Article 5 thereof, may not be accompanied by applications for export certi­ ficates pursuant to Article 44 of Commission Regulation Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82 (2), (EEC) No 3719/88 (4). as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 966/93 (3), lays down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of Article 4 cereals held by intervention agencies ; 1 . Notwithstanding Article 7 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) Whereas on 8 July 1993 France notified the Commission No 1836/82 the time limit for submission of tenders that it wished to put up for sale for export 100 000 tonnes under the first partial invitation to tender shall expire on of maize held by its intervention agency ; whereas it is 28 July 1993 at 11 a.m. (Brussels time). possible to accede to that request ; 2. The time limit for submission of tenders under the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are subsequent partial invitations to tender shall expire each in accordance with the opinion of the Management Wednesday at 11 a.m. (Brussels time). Committee for Cereals, 3. The last partial invitation to tender shall expire on 25 August 1993. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 4. The tenders shall be lodged with the French intervention agency. Article 1 Article 5 The French intervention agency may, on the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, open a The French intervention agency shall notify the Commis­ standing invitation to tender for the export of 1 00 000 sion of the tenders received not later than two hours after tonnes of maize held by it. expiry of the time limit for the submission thereof. Noti­ fication shall be made as specified in the table in Annex Article 2 II to this Regulation, to the telex or telefax numbers in Annex III . 1 . The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 100 000 tonnes of maize to be exported to all countries of Article 6 zones I, III (b), VIII (a), and to Cuba and to Hungary. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 2. The regions in which the 100 000 tonnes of maize following its publication in the Official Journal of the are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regulation. European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1993.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN , Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 . 0 OJ No L 202, 9. 7. 1982, p. 23 . 0 OJ No L 98 , 24. 4. 1993, p. 25. (4) OJ No L 331 , 2. 12. 1988 , p. 1 .

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ANNEX I

(tonnes) Place of storage Quantity

Amiens 5 000 Bordeaux 20 000 Clermont-Ferrand 5 000 Dijon 10 000 Lyon 10 000 Nantes 10 000 Orleans 20 000 Poitiers 10 000 Toulouse 10 000

ANNEX II

Standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 000 tonnes of maize held by the French intervention agency

(Regulation (EEC) No 1961 /93)

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Price increases ( + ) or Commercial Offer price reductions Tender Consignment Quantity costs Destination (ECU/tonne) No No (tonnes) (-) 0 (ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne) p.m.

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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 — 795 75 1 5