No L 233/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 8. 92 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2388/92 of 13 August 1992 laying down detailed rules applicable to the free supply of food products to the populations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2335/92 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, . Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2335/92 of 7 August 1998 on an emergency measure for the free supply of food products to the populations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (*), Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/92 (), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rate to be applied for the purpose of the common agricultural policy (), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 2322/91 (%), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2335/92 provides for an emergency measure for the supply of food products to the populations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; Whereas, with a view to implementing that emergency measure, detailed rules of application should be laid down for the cereals sector providing in particular for the said supply operation to be allocated by a tendering proce- dure; whereas common detailed rules should be laid down for invitations to tender opened for the purposes of this measure ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2335/92 provides for the free supply of food products in the form of cereals in the same state as that in which they were removed from inter- vention stock but also of products processed from cereals and rice; whereas, therefore, provisions should also be made for invitations to tender for- the free supply of processed products ; whereas special detailes rules should be laid down for this, in particular to the effect that these supplies, and the processing, transport and other related costs shall be paid for in kind in the form of raw mate- rials from intervention stocks ; ’ Whreas the detailed rules of application must also provide for arrangements governing the lodging of securities and controls to ensure the proper execution of the supply operations ; () OJ No L 227, 11. 8. 1992, p. 2. () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 180, 1. 7. 1992, p. 1. () OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1. () OJ No L 213, 1. 8. 1991, p. 64. Whereas, in order to avoid the risk of monetary distortion when converting into ecus the tenders awarded for supply costs, a rate corresponding more closely to actual economic circumstances than the agricultural conversion rate should be used with due regard to the application of the correcting factor referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ; whereas Article 3a of Commis- sion Regulation (EEC) No 3152/85 of 11 November 1985 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regula- tion (EEC) No 1676/85 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3237/90 (), provides for the publication of such a rate; Whereas products held by intervention agencies and intended for export are subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2344/92 () ; whereas, however, the Annex to the said Regulation setting out the entries to be made should be expanded; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with opinion of the Managemet Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1.  The detailed rules set out herein shall apply for the purpose of the free supply of food products to the popula- tion of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2335/92. 2. All supplies shall entail an invitation to tender for supply costs as defined in Article 2 (2). 3. However, in the case of the supply of processed products from the cereals and rice sector, invitations to tender shall cover the quantities of basic products to be taken from intervention stocks as payment in kind. Article 2 1.  An invitation to tender shall be organized for the supply costs incurred between the intervention stores and the destination laid down. () OJ No L 310, 21. 11. 1985, p. 1. () OJ No L 310, 9. 11. 1990, p. 18. () O] No L 55, 1. 3. 1988, p. 1. ) O No L 227, 11. 8. 1992, p. 18.