31993R2215

6 . 8 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 197/37

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2215 /93 of 5 August 1993 on the issuing of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 100 000 tonnes of sorghum held by the French intervention agency for disposal to the remoter regions of the Community

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.

2. 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 last partial invitation to tender shall expire on 15 market in cereals ('), and in particular Article 5 thereof, September 1993 .

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 interprofessionel des céréales, 21 , avenue Bosquet Whereas, in the present market situation, a standing invi­ F-75326 Paris Cedex 07 tation to tender for the resale on the internal market of (telex OFIBLE A 20 04 90F). 100 000 tonnes of sorghum held by the French interven­ tion agency for disposal to the remoter regions of the Community should be issued ; Article 3

Whereas, in the current situation it would be appropriate Notwithstanding Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No to reduce the minimum resale price to be observed to 2131 /93, in no case may successful tenders be lower than ECU 156,51 per tonne ; ECU 156,51 per tonne .

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Article 4 in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, Not later than Tuesday of the week following the final date for the submission of tenders, the French interven­ tion agency shall notify the Commission of the quantities HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and average prices of the various lots sold. The French authorities shall take the necessary steps to guarantee the performance of the operation and inform the Commis­ Article 1 sion of them . The French intervention agency shall issue a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market Article 5 of 1 00 000 tonnes of sorghum held by it for the benefit of the French overseas departments, the Canary Islands and This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its the Azores and Madeira in accordance with Regulation publication in the Official Journal of the European (EEC) No 2193/93. Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 August 1993 .

For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission

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