Article 2
1. The deadlines for submitting tenders, which must be made out in ecus, shall be 12 noon on 19 April 1995. The intervention agencies concerned shall draw up a notice of invitation to tender which shall include the following: (a) the quantities of beef offered for sale; and (b) the deadline and place for submitting tenders. 2. For each product mentioned in Annex I the intervention agencies concerned shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest. 3. Notwithstanding Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, the provisions of and the Annexes to this Regulation shall serve as a general notice of invitation to tender. 4. Interested parties may obtain the details of the quantities available and the places where the products are stored from the addresses listed in Annex II to this Regulation. The intervention agencies will, moreover, display the notice referred to in paragraph 1 at their head office and may also publish them elsewhere. 5. By way of derogation from Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 a tender must be submitted to the intervention agency concerned in a closed envelope, bearing the reference to the Regulation concerned. The closed envelope must not be opened by the intervention agency before the expiry of the tender deadline referred to in paragraph 1. 6. By way of derogation from Article 8 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, tenders shall not indicate in which cold store or stores the products are held.