1. The Italian intervention agency shall take delivery of the common wheat, certified as being of bread-making quality by the German intervention agency before loading, and loaded on the means of transport at the warehouse of the supplying intervention agency, and shall thereupon assume responsibility for it. The definition of bread-making quality shall be that applicable for the marketing year during which the common wheat in question was taken into intervention.
The German intervention agency shall inform the Italian intervention agency, by the seventh of each month, of the quantities transferred during the previous month. (1)OJ No L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 188, 26.7.1979, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13. (4)OJ No L 275, 30.12.1972, p. 1. (5)OJ No L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 49. (6)OJ No L 263, 19.10.1979, p. 3. (7)OJ No L 128, 24.5.1977, p. 1. (8)OJ No L 189, 29.7.1977, p. 36. (9)OJ No L 190, 13.7.1978, p. 17.
2. The cost of transporting the wheat in question shall be determined by the Italian intervention agency by means of an invitation to tender.
Such cost shall cover: (a) transport (excluding loading) from the supplying warehouse to the receiving warehouse (excluding unloading);
(b) insurance on the value of the goods as determined by the reference price of the product.
3. The invitation to tender may relate to one or more consignments.
4. The Italian intervention agency shall prescribe the terms and conditions of the invitation to tender in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation. Such terms and conditions shall provide in particular for the provision of security to guarantee performance by successful tenderers of their obligations under the contract awarded to them.
Provision shall also be made to ensure equality of access and treatment for all prospective tenderers, wherever they may be established in the Community. To this end the Italian intervention agency, after signature of the decision to invite tenders, shall communicate to the Commission the date on which the invitation to tender is to open. This information shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. A period of 15 working days from the date of publication shall be allowed for the submission of tenders.
Tenders shall be made and accepted in Italian lira.
5. The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer or tenderers offering the best terms. However, if the tenders submitted do not correspond to normal prices and costs, no award shall be made.
6. The Italian intervention agency shall keep the Commission informed of the progress of the invitation to tender and shall immediately communicate the results thereof both to it and to the German intervention agency.
