
Article 1 
The intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden shall offer for sale by standing invitation to tender on the Community internal market a total quantity of 1 009 124 tonnes of sugar accepted into intervention and available for sale on the internal market. The Member States concerned and the quantities involved are laid down in Annex I.
Article 2 

1. The tenders and the sales provided for in Article 1 shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1262/2001, except as otherwise provided by this Regulation.
2. By way of derogation from Article 22(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1262/2001, each intervention agency concerned shall draw up a notice of invitation to tender and publish it at least eight days before the beginning of the period for the submission of tenders.The notice shall indicate, in particular, the terms of the invitation to tender.The notice, and all changes to it, shall be forwarded to the Commission before publication.
Article 3 
The minimum bid for each partial invitation to tender shall be 250 tonnes.
Article 4 

1. The period during which tenders may be submitted in response to the first partial invitation to tender shall begin on 26 January 2006 and shall end on 1 February 2006 at 15.00, Brussels time.The periods during which tenders may be submitted in response to the second and subsequent partial invitations shall begin on the first working day following the end of the preceding period. They shall end at 15.00, Brussels time:
— on 15 February 2006,
— on 1, 15 and 29 March 2006,
— on 5 and 19 April 2006,
— on 3, 17 and 31 May 2006,
— on 7, 14, 21 and 28 June 2006.
2. Tenders shall be lodged with the intervention agency holding the sugar as laid down in Annex I.
Article 5 
By way of derogation from Article 28(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1262/2001, a tendering security of EUR 20 per 100 kg of sugar shall be lodged by each tenderer.
Article 6 
The intervention agencies concerned shall communicate to the Commission tenders submitted within two hours from the expiry of the deadline for the submissions laid down in Article 4(1).
The tenderers shall not be identified.
Tenders submitted shall be communicated in electronic form according to be the model laid down in the Annex II.
When no tenders are submitted, the Member State shall communicate this to the Commission within the same time limit.
Article 7 

1. The Commission shall fix per Member State concerned the minimum sale price or decide not to accept the tenders in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.
2. Where an award at a minimum price set pursuant to paragraph 1 would result in the available quantity for that Member State being exceeded, that award shall be limited to such quantity as is still available.Where awards for a Member State to all tenderers offering the same price would result in the quantity for that Member State being exceeded, then the quantity available shall be awarded as follows:
(a) by division among the tenderers concerned in proportion of the total quantities in each of their tenders; or
(b) by apportionment among the tenderers concerned by reference to a maximum tonnage fixed for each of them; or
(c) by drawing of lots.
Article 8 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 9 January 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
Member State Intervention Agency Quantities held by the intervention agency and available for the sale on the internal market
Belgium 
Bureau d’intervention et de restitution belgeRue de Trèves, 82B-1040 BruxellesTel. (32-2) 287 24 11Fax (32-2) 287 25 24
 100 539
Czech Republic 
Státní zemědělský intervenční fondOddělení pro cukr a škrobVe Smečkách 33CZ-11000 Praha 1Tel. 420 222 871 886Fax 420 296 806 404
 13 000
Spain 
Fondo Español de Garantía AgrariaC/Beneficencia, 8E-28004 MadridTel. (34-91) 347 64 66Fax (34-91) 347 63 97
 8 300
France 
Fonds d’intervention et de régularisation du marché du sucreBureau de l’intervention21, avenue BosquetF-75007 ParisTél. (33) 144 18 23 37Fax (33) 144 18 20 08
 20 000
Ireland 
Intervention SectionOn Farm InvestmentSubsidies & storage DivisionDepartment of Agriculture & FoodJohnstown Castle EstateWexfordTel. (353) 536 34 37Fax (353) 534 28 41
 12 000
Italy 
AGEA — Agenzia per le erogazioni in AgricolturaUfficio ammassi pubblici e privati e alcoolVia Torino, 4500185 RomaTel. (39) 06 49 49 95 58Fax (39) 06 49 49 97 61
 571 111
Hungary 
Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal (MVH)(Agricultural and Rural Development Agency)Soroksári út 22-24H-1095 BudapestTel. (36-1) 219 62 13Fax (36-1) 219 89 05 or (36-1) 219 62 59
 110 500
Poland 
Agencja Rynku RolnegoBiuro CukruDział Dopłat i InterwencjiNowy Świat 6/1200-400 WarszawaTel. (48) 226 61 71 30Fax (48) 226 61 72 77
 94 636
Slovakia 
Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúraOddelenie cukru a ostatných komodítDobrovičova, 12SK-81526 BratislavaTel. (421-2) 58 24 32 55Fax (421-2) 58 24 33 62
 20 000
Sweden 
Statens jordbruksverkVallgatan 8S-55182 JönköpingTel. (46-36) 15 50 00Fax (46-36) 19 05 46
 59 038
ANNEX II
1 2 3 4 5
Member State selling intervention sugar Numbering of tenderers Lot No Quantity(t) Tender priceEUR/100 kg
 1   
 2   
 3   
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