Commission Regulation (EC) No 2463/98 of 16 November 1998 on the issuing of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 17 500 tonnes of barley held by the Finnish intervention agency
L 307/8 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 11. 98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2463/98 of 16 November 1998 on the issuing of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 17 500 tonnes of barley held by the Finnish intervention agency THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Article 2 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 organisation of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2193/96 (4), lays down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by the intervention agencies; Whereas, in the present market situation, a standing in- vitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 17 500 tonnes of barley held by the Finnish intervention agency should be issued; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are the Management in accordance with the opinion of Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Finnish intervention agency shall issue pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 17 500 tonnes of barley held by it. 1. The final date for the submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to tender shall be 25 November 1998. The final date for the submission of tenders for the 2. last partial invitation to tender shall expire on 27 January 1999. Tenders must be lodged with the Finnish interven- 3. tion agency at the following address: Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö Maatalouspolitiikan osasto, interventioelin Mariankatu 23, P. O. Box 232, FIN-00171 HELSINKI Fax (358) 0 160 97 60. Article 3 Not later than Tuesday of the week following the final date for the submission of tenders, the Finnish interven- tion agency shall notify the Commission of the quantities and average prices of the various lots sold. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 16 November 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. (2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 57. (3) OJ L 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 76. (4) OJ L 293, 16. 11. 1996, p. 1