31994R1188

No L 132/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 5. 94

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1188/94 of 26 May 1994 opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, No 1107/68, issue a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the market of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese deli­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European vered into storage before 1 May 1993 and held by the Community, agency. Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in the milk and milk products sector ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 230/94 (2), and in particular Article 8 (5) thereof, Article 2 Whereas Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of appli­ 1 . The final date for the submission of tenders for the caiton for intervention on the market in Grana padano first partial tendering procedure shall be 14 June 1994. and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1003/94 (4), provides for the possibi­ lity of a sale by tender so as to dispose of cheese held in 2. Tenders must be lodged with the Italian interven­ public storage ; whereas Article 6 to 14 of the said Regula­ tion agency : tion lay down the selling procedures and conditions ; whereas, given the age of certain quantities of Parmigia­ Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo no-Reggiano cheese in public storage, they should be (AIMA), resold on the market but without jeopardizing market Via Palestro 81 , balance ; 1-00198 Roma, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are (tel.: (39-6) 647 49 91 , telex : 613003/620331 AIMA (I) in accordance with the opinion of the Management fax : (39-6) 445 39 40). Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 3

Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day The Italian intervention agency shall, in accordance with following its publication in the Official Journal of the the conditions laid down by Regulation (EEC) European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 May 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . 0 OJ No L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 184, 29. 7. 1968 , p. 29 . (4) OJ No L 111 , 30. 4. 1994, p. 77 .