Commission Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006

of 7 July 2006

opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of sugar held by the intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector [1], and in particular Article 40(2)(d) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 39(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 952/2006 of 29 June 2006 on the management of the internal sugar market and the quota regime [2], and in particular Article 40(2)(d) thereof,

(2) Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden have intervention stocks of sugar. In order to respond to market needs, it is appropriate to make these stocks available on the internal market.

(3) To take account of the situation on the Community market, provision should be made for the Commission to fix a minimum selling price for each partial invitation to tender.

(4) The intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden should communicate the tenders to the Commission. The tenderers should remain anonymous.

(5) The second paragraph of Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006 provides that Commission Regulation (EC) No 1262/2001 of 27 June 2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as regards the buying in and sale of sugar by intervention agencies [3] continues to apply to sugar accepted into intervention before 10 February 2006. However, for the resale of intervention sugar, this distinction is unnecessary and its implementation would create administrative difficulties for the Member States. It is therefore appropriate to exclude the application of Regulation (EC) No 1262/2001 to the resale of intervention sugar.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden shall offer for sale by standing invitation to tender on the Community internal market a total quantity of 1370636,672 tonnes of sugar accepted into intervention and available for sale on the internal market. The quantities involved per Member State are set out in Annex I.

Article 2

1. The period during which tenders may be submitted in response to the first partial invitation to tender shall begin on 19 July 2006 and shall end on 26 July 2006 at 15.00, Brussels time.

The periods during which tenders may be submitted in response to the second and subsequent partial invitations shall begin on the first working day following the end of the preceding period. They shall end at 15.00, Brussels time:

- on 9 and 30 August 2006,

- on 13 and 27 September 2006,

- on 4 and 18 October 2006,

- on 8 and 22 November 2006,

- on 6 and 20 December 2006,

- on 10 and 24 January 2007,

- on 7 and 21 February 2007,

- on 7 and 28 March 2007,

- on 18 and 25 April 2007,

- on 9 and 23 May 2007,

- on 13 and 27 June 2007,

- on 11 and 18 July 2007,

- on 8 and 29 August 2007,

- on 12 and 26 September 2007.

2. Tenders shall be lodged with the intervention agency holding the sugar as set out in Annex I.

Article 3

The intervention agencies concerned shall communicate to the Commission tenders submitted within two hours after the expiry of the deadline for the submissions laid down in Article 2(1).

The tenderers shall not be identified.

Tenders submitted shall be communicated in electronic form according to be the model laid down in the Annex II.

When no tenders are submitted, the Member State shall communicate this to the Commission within the same time limit.

Article 4

1. The Commission shall fix per Member State concerned the minimum sale price or decide not to accept the tenders in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.

2. Where an award at a minimum price set pursuant to paragraph 1 would result in the available quantity for the Member State concerned being exceeded, that award shall be limited to such quantity as is still available.

Where awards for a Member State to all tenderers offering the same price would result in the quantity for that Member State being exceeded, then the quantity available shall be awarded as follows:

(a) by division among the tenderers concerned in proportion of the total quantities in each of their tenders; or

(b) by apportionment among the tenderers concerned by reference to a maximum tonnage fixed for each of them; or

(c) by drawing of lots.

Article 5

By way of derogation from the second paragraph of Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006, that Regulation shall apply to the resale, as referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation, of sugar accepted into intervention before 10 February 2006.

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 July 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1.

[2] OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 39.

[3] OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 48. Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC) No 952/2006.

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ANNEX I

Member States holding intervention sugar

Member State | Intervention Agency | Quantities held by the intervention agency and available for the sale on internal market (in tonnes) |

Belgium | Bureau d'intervention et de restitution belge, rue de Trèves, 82 B-1040 Bruxelles Tel. (32-2) 287 24 11 Fax (32-2) 287 25 24 | 30648,00 |

Czech Republic | St谩tn铆 zem臎d臎lsk媒 interven膷n铆 fond odd臎len铆 pro cukr a 拧krob Ve Sme膷k谩ch 33 CZ-11000 Praha 1 Tel. (420) 222 87 14 27 Fax (420) 222 87 18 75 | 48937,72 |

Germany | Bundesanstalt f眉r Landwirtschaft und Ern盲hrung Deichmanns Aue 29 D-53179 Bonn Tel. (49-228) 68 45-35 12/38 50 Fax (49-228) 68 45 36 24 | 17500,00 |

Spain | Fondo Espa帽ol de Garant铆a Agraria C/ Beneficencia, 8 E-28004 Madrid Tel. (34) 913 47 64 66 Fax (34) 913 47 63 97 | 110800,00 |

Ireland | Intervention Section On- Farm Investment Subsidies & Storage Division Department of Agriculture & Food Johnstown Castle Estate Wexford Tel. (353) 536 34 37 Fax (353) 914 28 43 | 12000,00 |

Italy | AGEA ‘�Agenzia per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura Ufficio ammassi pubblici e privati e alcool Via Torino, 45 I-00184 Roma Tel. (39) 06 49 499 558 Fax (39) 06 49 499 761 | 636648,70 |

Hungary | Mez艖gazdas谩gi és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal (MVH), Budapest (Agricultural and Rural Development Agency) Soroks谩ri 煤t 22-24. HU-1095 Budapest Tel. 36/1/219-6213 Fax 36/1/219-8905 or 36/1/219-6259 | 224037,90 |

Poland | Agencja Rynku Rolnego Biuro Cukru Dzia艂 Dop艂at i Interwencji Nowy 艢wiat 6/12 00-400 Warszawa Tel. +48 22 661 71 30 Fax +48 22 661 72 77 | 172326,26 |

Slovenia | Agencija RS za kmetijske trge in razvoj pode啪elja; Dunajska 160 1000 Ljubljana Tel. +386 1 580 77 92 Fax +386 1 478 920 | 9700,00 |

Slovakia | P么dohospodarsk谩 platobn谩 agent煤ra Oddelenie cukru a ostatn媒ch komod铆t Dobrovi膷ova 12 815 26 Bratislava Slovensk谩 republika Tel. (421-2) 58 24 32 55 Fax (421-2) 53 41 26 65 | 49000,00 |

Sweden | Statens jordbruksverk Vallgatan 8 S-55182 J枚nk枚ping Tel. (46-36) 15 50 00 Fax (46-36) 19 05 46 | 59038,00 |

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ANNEX II

Model for the communication to the Commission as referred to in Article 3

Form [1]

Standing invitation to tender for the resale of sugar held by the intervention agencies

Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

Member State selling intervention sugar | Numbering of tenderers | Lot No | Quantity (t) | Tender price EUR/100 kg |

| 1 | | | |

| 2 | | | |

| 3 | | | |

| etc. | | | |

[*] To be faxed to the following number: (32-2) 292 10 34.

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