Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1062/93 of 30 April 1993 on the transport and sale of fodder grain held by the Spanish intervention agency for disposal to stockfarmers established in certain regions of Spain

• CELEX: Regulation (EEC) No 1062/93
• Articles: 5

Article 1

1. The Spanish intervention agency, hereinafter known as SENPA, shall, under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, issue a standing invitation to tender for the resale of 120 000 tonnes of barley and 30 000 tonnes of rye held by it with a view to disposal to drought-stricken stockfarmers in Cádiz, Badajoz, Cáceres, Córdoba, Granada, Málaga, Sevilla, Ciudad Real, Toledo, Jaén, Salamanca, Ávila, Zamora and Huelva.

2. Without prejudice to the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, the following special rules shall apply to this invitation to tender:

- the cereals shall be disposed of by invitation to tender in drought-stricken regions in the form of a mixture prepared by the SENPA of approximately 15 % rye and 85 % barley,

- only stockfarmers in the regions listed or their authorized agents may submit tenders,

- the offers are made with reference to the actual quality of the corresponding lot,

- the security referred to in Article 13 (4) second indent of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82 is not to be furnished,

- the tender selected must be at least 95 % of the intervention price referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, applicable on the last day on which tenders may submitted,

- a security equal to the intervention price must be furnished by the successful tenderer to guarantee payment for the cereals disposed of by invitation to tender; the security is released on payment,

- the final date for the invitation to tender shall be 31 May 1993.

Article 2

By way of derogation from the first paragraph of Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, cereals disposed of by invitation to tender shall be paid for at the end of the sixth month following the month in which the contract was awarded.

Article 3

The quantities of cereals for which tenders are invited shall be made available to tenderers by SENPA without delay, SENPA shall be responsible for the transport of the cereals from the place of storage to the place of disposal. This shall be approved in accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) 3492/90. SENPA shall reimburse transport costs on presentation of transport invoices up to ECU 20 per tonne as well as, where necessary, the costs of additional entries and removals.

Article 4

1. The Spanish authorities shall take the necessary steps to guarantee the performance of the operation and inform the Commission of them.

2. SENPA shall keep separate accounts for this operation.

3. Successful tenderers must be prepared to undergo all the checks which SENPA may wish to carry out in order to assure itself that the tenderer is actually a stockfarmer or an authorized representative.

Article 5

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

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

Done at Brussels, 30 April 1993.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

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