31993R2143

31 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 191 / 105

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2143/93 of 29 July 1993 on the issuing of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 50 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the Spanish intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, of 50 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by it in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93 . Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 2

1 . The final date for the submission of tenders for the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the first partial invitation to tender shall be 4 August 1993 . market in cereals ('), and in particular Article 5 thereof, 2. The final date for the submission of tenders for the last partial invitation to tender shall expire on 25 August Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93 (2) 1993 . lays down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies ; 3 . Tenders must be lodged with the Spanish interven­ tion agency : Whereas, in the present market situation, a standing invi­ Servicio Nacional de Productos Agrarios (SENPA), tation to tender for the resale on the internal market of c/Beneficencia 8 , Madrid 28004 (telex : 41818 , 23427 50 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the Spanish inter­ SENPA E ; telecopier : 5219832, 5224387). vention agency should be issued ;

Article 3 Whereas in the current situation it would be appropriate to reduce the minimum resale price to be observed to Notwithstanding Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) ECU 160 per tonne ; No 2131 /93, in no case may successful tenders be lower than ECU 160 per tonne. Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Article 4 chairman, 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and average prices of the various lots sold.

Article 5 Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its The Spanish intervention agency shall issue a standing publication in the Official Journal of the European invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1993 .

For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 . (2) See page 76 of this Official Journal .