The Swedish intervention agency shall offer for sale by standing invitation to tender on the Community internal market a total quantity of 59 038 tonnes of raw sugar accepted into intervention before 31 March 2005 and held by it.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1308/2005 of 10 August 2005 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of raw sugar held by the Swedish intervention agency
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1308/2005 of 10 August 2005 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of raw sugar held by the Swedish intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
Sweden has intervention stocks of raw sugar. In order to respond to market needs, it is appropriate to make the stocks of raw sugar accepted into intervention before 31 March 2005 by the Swedish intervention agency available on the internal market.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1262/2001 of 27 June 2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as regards the buying in and sale of sugar by intervention agencies(2) should apply to such a sale. It is appropriate to derogate from that Regulation where necessary and to specify some specific rules of procedure.
To take account of the situation on the Community market, provision should be made for the Commission to fix a minimum selling price for each partial invitation to tender.
The Swedish intervention agency should communicate the tenders to the Commission. The tenderers should remain anonymous.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 2
1.
The tender and the sale provided for in Article 1 shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1262/2001, except as otherwise provided by this Regulation.
2.
By way of derogation from Article 22(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1262/2001, the Swedish intervention agency shall draw up a notice of invitation to tender and publish it at least eight days before the beginning of the period for the submission of tenders.
The notice shall indicate, in particular, the terms of the invitation to tender.
The notice, and all changes to it, shall be forwarded to the Commission before publication.
Article 3
The minimum bid for each partial invitation to tender shall be 250 tonnes.
Article 4
1.
The period during which tenders may be submitted in response to the first partial invitation to tender shall begin on 19 August 2005 and shall end on 25 August 2005 at 9.00, Brussels time.
The periods during which tenders may be submitted in response to the second and subsequent partial invitations shall begin on the first working day following the end of the preceding period. They shall end at 9.00, Brussels time:
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on 8, 15, 22 and 29 September 2005,
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on 6, 13, 20 and 27 October 2005.
2.
Tenders shall be lodged with the Swedish intervention agency:
Statens jordbruksverk
Vallgatan 8
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Tel. (46-36) 15 50 00
Fax (46-36) 19 05 46