17. 3. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 73/17 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 676/89 of 16 March 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3418/82 on the procedure for sale of oil seeds held by the intervention agencies THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, "Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2210/88.(), and in particular Article 26 (3) thereof," Whercas, pursuant to Regulation No 724/67/EEC of the. Council of 17 October 1967 laying down conditions for intervention in respect of oil seeds during the last two months of the marketing year and principles for the disposal of seeds bought in by intervention agencies (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2382/79 (%, oil seeds held by intervention agencies must be sold by tender; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3418/82 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2305/86 (%), lays down that such sales may be by standing Linvit‘a.n'on’to tender or-by periodic invitation to tender ; Whereas, in the event of sale by periodic invitation to tender, the sale must be on the basis of price conditions- preventing deterioration of the market ; whereas that aim can be achieved if the selling price is at least equal to the local market price without being below the intervention buying-in price ; whereas, subject to these conditions, the intervention agencies can be entrusted with the task of publishing the notice -of invitation to tender and of awarding contracts once the Commission has opened the tendering -procedure ; Whereas the adjustments made pursuant to Regulation No 136/66/EEC to the intervention price in the event of sale by standing invitation to tender and the intervention buying-in price in the event of sale by periodic invitation to tender should be specified ; Whereas, at the end of the marketing year, a price plus all monthly increases should be taken into account in order to avoid any disturbance -of the market; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3418/82 should be amended accordingly ; () OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p 025/66. O] No L 197, 26. 7. 1988 p () OJ No 252, 19. 10. 1967, p (') OJ No L 274, 31. 10. 1979 p 7 OJ No L 360, 21. 12. 1982, p. 19. ( Oj No L 201, 24. 7. 1986, p. 21. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 3418/82 is: hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 2 (1) is replaced by the following: ‘1. The intervention ‘agencies shall sell the oil seeds in their possession, in the manner provided for in this Article and in Article 3, to any purchaser who offers at least the intervention price applying on the day of submission of the tender, plus ECU 1 per 100 kilograms. The intervention price shall, where appropriate, . be adjusted by: — the amount referred to in Article 27a (4) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, — the supplement referred to in Article 24a (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, — the monthly increases referred to in Article 25 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC. However, for a given marketing year, the intervention price to be taken into consideration after the period provided - for in -Article 26 (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be that applying during the last month of that period.’ 2. In Atticle 2 (2), ‘telex’ is replaced by ‘telex or telefax’. 3. The second subparagraph of Article 3 (1) is replaced by the following: ‘However, tenders shall be admissible only from the third working day following the: date of publication of the notice of -invitation to tender in the Official Journal of the European Communities and until the. date of publication of the invitation to tender in the following month. 4. Articles 5§ to 9 are replaced by the following: ‘Article 5 The following shall be determined in particular in-the Decision referred to in Article 4: (a) the quantities to be put up for tender; (b) the opening and closing dates for the submission of tenders; (é) the places where the quantities offered for sale are stored.