30. 4. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 111/57 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 995/94 of 29 April 1994 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 157 000 tonnes of barley from harvests of 1984 to 1990 held by the United Kingdom intervention agency THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2193/93 (%), and in particular Article 13 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 120/94 () lays down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies ; Whereas, given the current market situation, a standing invitation to tender should be opened for the export at the beginning of the 1994/95 cereals marketing year of 157 000 tonnes of barley from harvests of 1984 to 1990 held by the United Kingdom intervention agency; Whereas the proposed invitation to tender for the export of intervention stocks is special in that it will be opened at the end of the marketing year, from May 1994, but for deliveries which will not be possible until the new 1994/95 marketing year between 1 July and 30 September 1994 ; whereas there should therefore be a derogation from the first paragraph of Article 16 of Regu- lation (EEC) No 2131/93, which provides for a maximum delay of one month between acceptance of the tender and payment and also a derogation from the second paragraph of Article 16 of the said Regulation, application of which would have led to the price accepted already being increased by monthly increments for the removal of the cereals from the intervention store in July, whereas export was not scheduled previously ; Whereas the operative event for the conversion of tenders submitted for intervention stocks is the date of payment for cereals as fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 (), as amended by Regulation (EC) No .547/94 (%); whereas this rule should be applied to the sales provided for in this Regulation without prejudice to the possibility of fixing the agricultural conversion rate in advance in accordance with Articles 13 to 17 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 1068/93; () OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. () OJ No L 196, 5. 8. 1993, p. 22. () OJ No L 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 76. () OJ No L 21, 26. 1. 1994, p. 1. () OJ No L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106. (9 OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The United Kingdom intervention agency may, on the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, open a standing invitation to tender for the export of 157 000 tonnes of barley from harvests of 1984 to 1990 held by it. Article 2 1.  The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 157 000 tonnes of barley from harvests of 1984 to 1990 to be exported to all third countries. Customs export forma- lities must be completed during the period 1 July to 30 September 1994. 2. The 157 000 tonnes of barley from harvests of 1984 to 1990 are stored in England. Article 3 1. The export licences shall be valid from their date of issue, within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, until 30 September 1994. 2. Tenders submitted in response to this invitation to tender shall be admissible only if they are accompanied by a written undertaking to export during the period 1 July to 30 September 1994. They may not be accompa- nied by applications for export licences pursuant to Article 44 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (). Article 4 1. Notwithstanding Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the time limit for submission of tenders under the first partial invitation to tender shall expire on 5 May 1994 at 9 am. (Brussels time). () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.