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Article 5

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 be 09.00 (Brussels time) on 12 January 2006.

The time limit for submitting tenders under subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be 09.00 (Brussels time) each Thursday thereafter, with the exception of 13 April 2006, 25 May 2006 and 15 June 2006, there being no invitation to tender in the weeks concerned.

The last partial invitation to tender shall expire at 09.00 (Brussels time) on 22 June 2006.

2.Tenders must be lodged with the German intervention agency:

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE),

Deichmannsaue 29

D-53179 Bonn

Fax 1: 00 49 228 6845 3985

Fax 2: 00 49 228 6845 3276

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