17. 1. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 15/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 124/87 of 16 January 1987 amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82 laying down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 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 1579/86 (%), and in particular Articles 7 (5) and 8 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 of 11 June 1985 on monetary compensatory amounts in agriculture (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2502/86 (*), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas, in view of the quantities of stocks of cereals in intervention in the Community and in order to ensure sound management of the market, the disposal of the abovementioned stocks on the internal market and on that of third countries, should be decided according to the Management Committee procedure ; Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1581/86 of 23 May 1986 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in cereals (%), cereals are to be put up for sale on the internal market at prices enabling disturbance of the market to be avoided ; whereas that aim may be achieved if the selling price reflects the real situation on the market but is not less than the intervention price; whereas special situations exist during the changeover from one marketing year to the next when the market continues to be supplied with cereals from the old harvest ; whereas that should consequently be taken into account when conditions of sale are being fixed ; whereas special measures should also be considered to resell stocks purchased in previous years ; Whereas certain technical adjustments are required following amendments to the rules with effect from the 1986/87 marketing year; whereas Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 1836/82 (¥), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3447/85 () should therefore be amended; () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29. () O No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 6. () OJ No L 219, 6. 8. 1986, p. 8. () OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 36. (9 O] No L 202, 9. 7. 1982, p. 23. () O] No L 328, 7. 12. 1985, p. 17. Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 2 is replaced by the following : Article 2 1. The decision to issue an invitation to tender shall be taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75. The decision shall specify in particular : (a) the quantities to be pht up for tender; (b) the closing date for the submission of tenders in the case of a specific invitation to tender and the first and final closing dates for the submission of tenders in the case of a standing invitation to tender. The decision provided for in the first subparagraph shall be brought to the attention of all interested parties by its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. A period of at least eight days must elapse between the date of such publication and the first closing date for the submission of tenders. 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to invitations to tender relating to quantities of less than 1 000 tonnes.’ 2. Article 3 is replaced by the following: Article 3 1. Intervention agencies shall draw up notices of invitation to tender in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 and shall publicize them, in particular by displaying them at their head offices. In the case of a standing invitation to tender they shall specify therein the closing dates for the submission of tenders for each partial invitation to tender. 2. Notices of invitation to tender shall specify the minimum quantities to which tenders may relate’ 3. Article 4 is replaced by the following : Article 4 The invitations to tender referred to in Article 2 may be restricted to specified uses and/or destinations.’.