31993R2177

4 . 8 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 195 /25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2177/93 of 3 August 1993 on the issuing of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 300 000 tonnes of maize held by the French intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Article 2 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 1 . The final date for the submission of tenders for the Economic Community, first partial invitation to tender shall be 11 August 1993 . Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 2. The final date for the submission of tenders for the of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the last partial invitation to tender shall expire on 15 market in cereals ('), and in particular Article 5 thereof, September 1 993. Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93 (2) 3. Tenders must be lodged with the French interven­ lays down the procedure and conditions for the disposal tion agency : of cereals held by intervention agencies ; Office National Interprofessionnel des Cereales, 21 , avenue Bosquet, Whereas, in the present market situation, a standing invi­ tation to tender for the resale on the internal market of F-75326 Paris Cedex 07, (Telex OFIBLE A 200490F). 300 000 tonnes of maize held by the French intervention 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) No ECU 164,18 per tonne ; 2131 /93, in no case may successful tenders be lower than ECU 164,18 per tonne . Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Article 4 Committee for Cereals, Not later than Tuesday of the week following the final date for the submission of tenders, the French interven­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion agency shall notify the Commission of the quantities and average prices of the various lots sold. Article 1 Article 5 The French intervention agency shall issue a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its of 300 000 tonnes of maize held by it in accordance with publication in the Official Journal of the European Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93. Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 August 1993.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 . (2) OJ No L 191 , 31 . 7. 1993, p. 76.