Commission Regulation (EC) No 1482/2006

of 6 October 2006

opening standing invitations to tender for the resale on the Community market of common wheat and rye held by the intervention agencies of the Member States for processing into flour in the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals [1], and in particular Article 6 and the second paragraph of Article 24 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 of 28 July 1993 laying down the procedure and conditions for the sale of cereals held by intervention agencies [2], cereals held by intervention agencies are to be sold by tendering procedure at a selling price which is not below the price recorded on the market at the place of storage or, failing that, on the nearest market, account being taken of transport costs, for an equivalent quality and for a representative quantity preventing market disturbance.

(2) The Member States have intervention stocks of common wheat and rye.

(3) Due to adverse weather conditions at the time of the 2006 harvest, the quantity of breadmaking cereals is insufficient to meet the internal demand of some Member States. Sales on the Community market may therefore be organised by tendering procedure with a view to processing common wheat and rye into flour. Each sale should be considered to be a separate invitation to tender.

(4) To take account of the situation on the Community market, provision should be made for the Commission to manage this invitation to tender. In addition, provision must be made for an award coefficient for tenders offering the minimum selling price.

(5) To enable checks on the particular destination of the stocks covered by these tendering procedures, provision should be made for specific monitoring of the delivery of the common wheat and rye and its processing into flour. To permit this monitoring, application of the procedures laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 of 16 October 1992 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention [3] should be made compulsory.

(6) To guarantee proper performance, tenderers should be required to lodge a security which, in view of the nature of the operations concerned, should be fixed by derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, in particular as regards its level, which must be sufficient to guarantee the proper use of the products, and the conditions for its release, which must include proof of processing of the products into flour.

(7) With a view to the sound management of the system, provision should be made for the electronic transmission of the information required by the Commission. It is important for the notification by the intervention agencies to the Commission to maintain the anonymity of the tenderers.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The intervention agencies of the Member States shown in Annex I shall open standing invitations to tender for the sale on the Community market of common wheat and rye held by them, for processing into flour. The maximum quantities of the two cereals covered by the invitations to tender shall be as shown in Annex I.

Article 2

The sales referred to in Article 1 shall be carried out under the terms laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.

Article 3

Tenders shall be valid only if they are accompanied by:

(a) proof that the tenderer has lodged a security which, notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 13(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, is set at EUR 10 per tonne;

(b) the tenderer‘檚 written undertaking to use the common wheat or rye for processing within the Community into flour within 60 days of its release from intervention storage and in any event before 31 July 2007 and to lodge a security of EUR 40 per tonne within two working days of the day on which the notice of award of contract is received;

(c) an undertaking to keep stock records so that checks may be carried out to ensure that the quantities of common wheat and rye awarded have been processed into flour on Community territory.

Article 4

1. The deadline for the submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to tender shall be 13.00 (Brussels time) on 11 October 2006.

The closing dates for the submission of tenders for subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be each Wednesday at 13.00 (Brussels time), with the exception of 27 December 2006, 4 April and 16 May 2007, i.e. weeks when no invitation to tender shall be made.

The deadline for the submission of tenders for the last partial invitation to tender shall be 27 June 2007 at 13.00 (Brussels time).

2. Tenders must be lodged with the intervention agencies concerned at the addresses shown in Annex I.

Article 5

Within four hours of the expiry of the deadline for the submission of tenders laid down in Article 4(1), the intervention agencies concerned shall notify the Commission of tenders received. If no tenders are received, the Member State shall notify the Commission within the same time limits. If the Member State does not send a communication to the Commission within the given deadline, the Commission shall consider that no tender has been submitted in the Member State concerned.

The notifications provided for in the first paragraph shall be sent electronically, in accordance with the model in Annex II. A separate form for each type of cereal shall be sent to the Commission for each open invitation to tender. The tenderers shall not be identified.

Article 6

1. Under the procedure laid down in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, the Commission shall set the minimum selling price for the common wheat or rye or decide not to award any quantities.

2. If the fixing of a minimum price, in accordance with paragraph 1, would lead to an overrun on the maximum quantity available to a Member State, an award coefficient may be fixed at the same time for the quantities offered at the minimum price in order to comply with the maximum quantity available to that Member State.

Article 7

1. The security referred to in Article 3(a) shall be released in full in respect of quantities for which:

(a) no award is made;

(b) payment of the selling price is made within the period set and the security referred to in Article 3(b) has been lodged.

2. The security referred to in Article 3(b) shall be released in proportion to the quantities of common wheat or rye used for the production of flour in the Community.

Article 8

1. Proof that the undertakings referred to in Article 3(b) have been met shall be supplied in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92.

2. In addition to the particulars provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, box 104 of the control copy T5 shall refer to the undertaking provided for in Article 3(b) and (c) and contain one or more of the entries shown in Annex III.

Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 6 October 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11).

[2] OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 749/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 10).

[3] OJ L 301, 17.10.1992, p. 17. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 770/96 (OJ L 104, 27.4.1996, p. 13).

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ANNEX I

LIST OF INVITATIONS TO TENDER

"‘�quot; means no intervention stock of this cereal in this Member State.

Member State | Quantities made available for sale on the Community market for processing into flour | Intervention Agency Name, address and contact details |

Common wheat | Rye |

Belgique/Belgi毛 | 0 | ‘�| Bureau d'intervention et de restitution belge Rue de Trèves, 82 B-1040 Bruxelles Telephone: (32-2) 287 24 78 Fax: (32-2) 287 25 24 e-mail: webmaster@birb.be |

膶esk谩 republika | 0 | ‘�| Statn铆 zem臎d臎lsk媒 interven膷n铆 fond Odbor Rostlinn媒ch Komodit Ve Sme膷k谩ch 33 CZ-110 00, Praha 1 Telephone: (420) 222 871 667 ‘�222 871 403 Fax: (420) 296 806 404 e-mail: dagmar.hejrovska@szif.cz |

Danmark | 0 | ‘�| Direktoratet for F酶devareErhverv Nyropsgade 30 DK-1780 K酶benhavn Tlf. (45) 33 95 88 07 Fax (45) 33 95 80 34 E-mail: mij@dffe.dk og pah@dffe.dk |

Deutschland | 0 | 0 | Bundesanstalt f眉r Landwirtschaft und Ern盲hrung Deichmanns Aue 29 D-53179 Bonn Telephone: (49-228) 6845-3704 Fax 1: (49-228) 6845-3985 Fax 2: (49-228) 6845-3276 e-mail: pflanzlErzeugnisse@ble.de |

Eesti | 0 | ‘�| P艔llumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet Narva mnt. 3, 51009 Tartu Telephone: (372) 7371 200 Fax: (372) 7371 201 e-mail: pria@pria.ee |

Ell谩da | ‘�| ‘�| Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aids (O.P.E.K.E.P.E) 241, Archarnon str., GR-104 46 Athens Telephone: (30-210) 212.4787 & 4754 Fax: (30-210) 212.4791 e-mail: ax17u073@minagric.gr |

Espa帽a | ‘�| ‘�| S. Gral. Intervenci贸n de Mercados (FEGA) C/Almagro 33 E-28010 Madrid Espa帽a Telephone: (34-91) 3474765 Fax: (34-91) 3474838 e-mail: sgintervencion@fega.mapa.es |

France | 0 | ‘�| Office National Interprofessionnel des Grandes Cultures (ONIGC) 21, avenue Bosquet F-75326 Paris Cedex 07 Telephone: (33-1) 44 18 22 29 and 23 37 Fax: (33-1) 44 18 20 08 ‘�(33-1) 44 18 20 80 e-mail: m.meizels@onigc.fr and f.abeasis@onigc.fr |

Ireland | ‘�| ‘�| Intervention Operations, OFI, Subsidies and Storage Division, Department of Agriculture and Food Johnstown Castle Estate, County Wexford Telephone: 353 53 91 63400 Fax: 353 53 91 42843 |

Italia | ‘�| ‘�| Agenzia per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura ‘�AGEA Via Torino, 45 I-00184 Roma Telephone: (39) 0649499755 Fax: (39) 0649499761 e-mail: d.spampinato@agea.gov.it |

Kypros/Kibris | ‘�| ‘�| |

Latvija | 0 | ‘�| Lauku atbalsta dienests Republikas laukums 2, R墨ga, LV ‘�1981 Telephone: (371) 702 7893 Fax: (371) 702 7892 e-mail: lad@lad.gov.lv |

Lietuva | 0 | ‘�| The Lithuanian Agricultural and Food Products Market regulation Agency L. Stuokos-Guceviciaus Str. 9‘�2, Vilnius, Lithuania Telephone: (370-5) 268 5049 Fax: (370-5) 268 5061 e-mail: info@litfood.lt |

Luxembourg | ‘�| ‘�| Office des licences 21, rue Philippe II Bo卯te postale 113 L-2011 Luxembourg Telephone: (352) 478 23 70 Fax: (352) 46 61 38 Telex: 2 537 AGRIM LU |

Magyarorsz谩g | 0 | ‘�| Mez艖gazdas谩gi és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal Soroks谩ri 煤t. 22‘�4 H-1095 Budapest Telephone: (36) 1 219 45 76 Fax: (36) 1 219 89 05 e-mail: ertekesites@mvh.gov.hu |

Malta | ‘�| ‘�| |

Nederland | ‘�| ‘�| Dienst Regelingen Roermond Postbus 965 NL-6040 AZ Roermond Tel. (31) 475 355 486 Fax (31) 475 318939 E-mail: p.a.c.m.van.de.lindeloof@minlnv.nl |

脰sterreich | 0 | ‘�| AMA (Agrarmarkt Austria) Dresdnerstra脽e 70 A-1200 Wien Telephone: (43-1) 33151 258 (43-1) 33151 328 Fax: (43-1) 33151 4624 (43-1) 33151 4469 e-mail: referat10@ama.gv.at |

Polska | 200000 t | ‘�| Agencja Rynku Rolnego Biuro Produkt贸w Ro艣linnych Nowy 艢wiat 6/12 PL-00-400 Warszawa Telephone: (48) 22 661 78 10 Fax: (48) 22 661 78 26 e-mail: cereals-intervention@arr.gov.pl |

Portugal | ‘�| ‘�| Instituto Nacional de Intervenç茫o e Garantia Agr铆cola (INGA) R. Castilho, n.o 45-51, 1269-163 Lisboa Telephone: (351) 21 751 85 00 (351) 21 384 60 00 Fax: (351) 21 384 61 70 e-mail: inga@inga.min-agricultura.pt edalberto.santana@inga.min-agricultura.pt |

Slovenija | ‘�| ‘�| Agencija Republike Slovenije za kmetijske trge in razvoj pode啪elja Dunajska 160 1000 Ljubjana Telephone: (386) 1 580 76 52 Fax: (386) 1 478 92 00 e-mail: aktrp@gov.si |

Slovensko | 0 | ‘�| P么dohospod谩rska platobn谩 agent煤ra Oddelenie obiln铆n a 拧krobu Dobrovi膷ova 12 SK-815 26 Bratislava Telephone: (421-2) 58 243 271 Fax: (421-2) 53 412 665 e-mail: jvargova@apa.sk |

Suomi/Finland | 0 | ‘�| Maa- ja mets盲talousministeri枚 (MMM) Interventioyksikk枚 ‘�Intervention Unit Malminkatu 16 Helsinki PL 30 FIN-00023 Valtioneuvosto Puhelin: (358-9) 16001 Faksi: (358-9) 1605 2772 (358-9) 1605 2778 e-mail: intervention.unit@mmm.fi |

Sverige | 0 | ‘�| Statens Jordbruksverk SE-55182 J枚nk枚ping Tlf (46) 36 15 50 00 Fax (46) 36 19 05 46 E-post: jordbruksverket@sjv.se |

United Kingdom | ‘�| ‘�| Rural Payments Agency Lancaster House Hampshire Court Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7YH Telephone: (44) 191 226 5882 Fax: (44) 191 226 5824 e-mail: cerealsintervention@rpa.gov.uk |

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ANNEX II

Communication to the Commission of tenders received under the standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of cereals from intervention stocks for processing into flour

Model [1]

Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1482/2006

"TYPE OF CEREAL: CN code [2]"

"MEMBER STATE [3]"

Indicate the total quantities offered (including rejected offers made for the same lot): [‘ tonnes.

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

Serial numbers of tenderers | Lot No | Quantity (t) | Tender price EUR/tonne |

1 | | | |

2 | | | |

3 | | | |

etc. | | | |

[1] To be sent to DG AGRI, Unit D.2.

[2] 100190 for common wheat, and 10020000 for rye.

[3] Indicate the Member State concerned.

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ANNEX III

Entries referred to in Article 8(2)

in Spanish : Producto destinado a la transformaci贸n prevista en las letras b) y c) del art铆culo 3 del Reglamento (CE) no 1482/2006

in Czech : Produkt ur膷en媒 ke zpracov谩n铆 podle 膷l. 3 p铆sm. b) a c) na艡铆zen铆 (ES) 膷. 1482/2006

in Danish : Produkt til forarbejdning som fastsat i artikel 3, litra b) og c), i forordning (EF) nr. 1482/2006

in German : Erzeugnis zur Verarbeitung gem盲脽 Artikel 3 Buchstaben b und c der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1482/2006

in Estonian : m盲盲ruse (E脺) nr 1482/2006 artikli 3 punktides b ja c viiadatud t枚枚tlemiseks m玫eldud toode

in Greek : 螤蟻慰蠆蠈谓 蟺蟻慰蟼 渭蔚蟿伪蟺慰委畏蟽畏 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蟺蟻慰尾位苇蟺蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 维蟻胃蟻慰 3, 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪 尾) 魏伪喂 纬), 蟿慰蠀 魏伪谓慰谓喂蟽渭慰蠉 (螘螝) 伪蟻喂胃. 1482/2006

in English : Product intended for processing referred to in Article 3(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1482/2006

in French : Produit destiné 脿 la transformation prévue 脿 l'article 3, points b) et c) du règlement (CE) no 1482/2006

in Italian : Prodotto destinato alla trasformazione di cui all‘檃rticolo 3, lettere b) e c), del regolamento (CE) n. 1482/2006

in Latvian : Produkts paredz膿ts t膩dai p膩rstr膩dei, k膩 noteikts Regulas (EK) Nr. 1482/2006 3. panta b) un c) punkt膩

in Lithuanian : Produktas, kurio perdirbimas numatytas Reglamento (EB) Nr. 1482/2006 3 straipsnio b ir c punktuose

in Hungarian : A 1482/2006/EK rendelet 3. cikkének b) és c) pontja szerinti feldolgoz谩sra sz谩nt termék

in Dutch : Product bestemd voor de verwerking bedoeld in artikel 3, onder b) en c), van Verordening (EG) nr. 1482/2006

in Polish : Produkt przeznaczony do przetworzenia przewidzianego w art. 3 lit. b) i c) rozporz膮dzenia (WE) nr 1482/2006

in Portuguese : Produto para a transformaç茫o estabelecida no Regulamento (CE) n.o 1482/2006

in Slovak : Produkt ur膷eny na spracovanie pod木a 膷l谩nku 3 p铆sm. b) a c) nariadenia (ES) 膷. 1482/2006

in Slovenian : Proizvod za predelavo iz 膷lena 3(b) in (c) Uredbe (ES) 拧t. 1482/2006

in Finnish : Asetuksen (EY) N:o 1482/2006 3 artiklan b ja c alakohdan mukaiseen jalostukseen tarkoitettu tuote

in Swedish : Produkt avsedd f枚r bearbetning enligt artikel 3 b och c i f枚rordning (EG) nr 1482/2006

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