Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 (repealed)Show full title

Article 41 Notice of invitation to tender and arrangements related to the invitation to tender

1. Each intervention agency holding intervention stocks available for sale shall draw up a notice of invitation to tender, and publish it at least four days before the first date for the submission of tenders.

2. The notice shall indicate in particular:

(a) the name and address of the intervention agency issuing the notice to tender;

(b) the reference to the Regulation opening the sale;

(c) the closing dates for the submission of tenders for each partial invitation to tender;

(d) the storage places, the names and addresses of the storekeepers, the quantities available and,

(i)

for cereals and rice, presented in sales lots determined in such a way to ensure equal access to tenderers, together with the quality for each sales lot;

(ii)

for beef, by product and cold store, the date on which the beef was bought in;

(e) the delivery stage as referred to in Article 42(1)(e) and, if applicable, the type of packaging;

(f) any facilities at the storage place for loading onto a means of transport;

(g) in the case of tendering for export of cereals and rice, the port or place of exit which may be reached at the lowest transport costs and which has adequate technical equipments for exporting the products put up for tender;

(h) for butter, the notice of invitation to tender shall indicate, if appropriate, the kind of butter referred to in Article 28(1)(e) for which the tender is being submitted.

3. The intervention agency shall ensure that notices of invitation to tender are properly publicised, in particular by displaying them at their head offices and on their website or the website of the competent ministry.

4. The intervention agency shall make the necessary arrangements to enable interested parties:

(a) to inspect and except for beef, to take and examine samples of the product put up for sale at their own expense before submitting a tender;

(b) to consult the results of the analyses referred to in Part XII of Annex I, Part VI of Annex II, Part V of Annex IV and Part VI of Annex V.

5. For the purpose of paragraph 2(g), the ports of Rijeka and Split may be regarded as places of exit.