31993R2782

9 . 10 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 252/ 15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2782/93

of 8 October 1993

on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 100 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the Greek intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, DYDAGEP. 241 , Acharnon St, GR- 10446 Athens Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, (Telex : 22 17 35 YDAG GR)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 Article 3 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) When the successful tenderer removes the cereals from No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof, intervention, the intervention agency shall, for cross­ checking purposes, take a sample using the same method Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93 (3) as that laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) lays down the procedures and conditions governing the No 689/92 (4). offer for sale of cereals held by intervention agencies ; If the analysis shows a sizeable difference between the Whereas, in the present situation, a standing invitation to quality of the cereals removed and the quality as tender should be opened for the resale on the internal described in the notice of invitation to tender, referred to market of 100 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by the in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, the Greek intervention agency ; successful tenderer may refuse the goods. Whereas the market situation for durum wheat is charac­ A difference of more than one percentage point in respect terized by a severely diminished 1993 harvest and, conse­ of one of the impurities referred to in the Annex to Regu­ quently, by abnormally high prices by comparison with lation (EEC) No 689/92, with the exception of broken the support prices ; whereas no account should be taken grains or mottled grains, shall be considered a sizeable therefore of the market price in the appraisal of tenders, difference . and a minimum price should be fixed in excess of the intervention price ; The successful tenderer may also refuse the goods if they do not correspond to the criteria set out in sections A, C, Whereas, given the lengthy storage period for certain lots E, F and G of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 689/92. reoffered for sale on the market, potential buyers, should be afforded a degree of security as regards quality ; In the event of dispute, the intervention agency shall submit the sample in question for inspection and the Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not costs incurred shall be borne by the losing party. delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, Article 4

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Notwithstanding Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, the highest bid exceeding the minimum price of ECU 130 per tonne shall be accepted. The Article 1 minimum price shall be raised by monthly increases, to be applied to the intervention prices as laid down in The Greek intervention agency shall, under the terms Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 542/93 (5). specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /93, initiate a stan­ ding invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 100 000 tonnes of durum wheat held by it. Article 5

Article 2 The Greek intervention agency shall notify the Commis­ sion, by no later than the Tuesday of the week following 1 . The deadline for the submission of tenders for the the expiry of the deadline for the submission of tenders, first partial invitation to tender shall be 14 October 1993. of the quantity and the average prices of the different lots sold . 2. The deadline for the submission of tenders for the final partial invitation to tender shall be 23 December 1993 . Article 6

3 . The tenders shall be deposited with the Greek inter­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its vention agency : publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 . (2) OJ No L 196, 5. 8 . 1993, p. 22. (4) OJ No L 74, 20 . 3. 1992, p. 18 . (3) OJ No L 191 , 31 . 7. 1993, p. 76. O OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 3 .

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

Done at Brussels, 8 October 1993 .

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission