Article 2
1. The tendering procedure shall be as follows: Written tenders shall be lodged with one of the intervention agencies listed in Annex IV against a receipt or forwarded by registered post to arrive by 12 noon on 29 July 1991. Tenders may also be submitted by written telecommunication. Where no tender is accepted for one or more lots in accordance with Article 3 (1), tenders may be submitted in response to a second invitation to tender for the lots concerned by 12 noon on 8 August 1991. 2. The intervention agencies shall forward to the Commission (1) the tendesa submitted, which must reach it by no later than the second working day following the closing date for the submission of tenders. The details specified in Article 2 (3) (b) to (e) must be indicated in respect of each tender at the time it is forwarded. If no tender is submitted, the Member States shall so inform the Commission within the time limit indicated. 3. Tenders shall be valid only if: (a) they refer clearly to the supply provided for in Article 1 and this Regulation; (b) they indicate the name, address, telex and/or telefax numbers of the tenderer, who must be established in the Community; (c) each tender refers to one or more lots as defined in Annex III; (d) they specify an amount expressed in ecus per tonne covering the whole supply of one lot; that amount shall include packaging costs; (e) they indicate the exact address of the place of manufacture and packaging and the store in which the products are to be kept available to the agency to be indicated by the Commission. Each tender may indicate a single place of storage only; (f) they are accompanied by proof that the tenderer has lodged a tendering security of ECU 20 per tonne in favour of the intervention agency concerned, in accordance with Title III of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/86. Such proof shall consist of a document issued by the body granting the security. Tenders not submitted in accordance with this Article or which contain terms other than those laid down in the invitation to tender shall be rejected. Tenders shall not be modified or withdrawn.