
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 is amended as follows:

1.. Article 1(2) is replaced by the following:
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2. For the purposes of this Regulation, “invitation to tender” means competition between interested parties in response to a call for tenders, the contract being awarded for each of the lots to the tenderer submitting the most favourable bid from among the bids that comply with this Regulation, for which the price tendered is at least equal to the minimum selling price laid down by the Commission in accordance with Article 10(2).';
2.. The third subparagraph of Article 2(1) is replaced by the following:
'There must be a gap of at least six days between publication and the first closing date for submission of tenders.';
3.. Article 3 is replaced by the following:
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Article 3 
The intervention agencies shall draw up and publish notices of invitations to tender in accordance with Article 12.';
4.. The third subparagraph of Article 7(1) is replaced by the following:
'There must be a gap of at least six days between publication and the first closing date for submission of tenders.';
5.. Article 10 is replaced by the following:
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Article 10 

1. When each period for the submission of tenders has expired, the Member State concerned shall forward to the Commission a list of the tenders, without names, in each case showing in particular the lot number, the quantity tendered, the price tendered and the price increases and reductions applying thereto.
2. The Commission, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, shall fix the minimum selling price or decide not to award any quantities.
3. In the case of invitations to tender for export, the minimum selling price shall be fixed at a level which does not prejudice other export operations.';
6.. Article 12 is replaced by the following:
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Article 12 

1. At least four days before the first closing date for the submission of tenders, the intervention agencies shall publish a notice of invitation to tender setting out:
(a) the additional clauses and conditions of sale compatible with this Regulation;
(b) the main physical and technological characteristics of the various lots established upon buying in by the intervention agency or during checks carried out subsequently;
(c) the places of storage and the names and addresses of the storers.
2. Intervention agencies 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. In the case of standing invitations to tender, they shall specify therein the closing dates for the submission of tenders for each partial invitation to tender.
3. Notices of invitation to tender shall specify the minimum quantities which tenders must cover.
4. Notices of invitation to tender, and any changes to them, shall be forwarded to the Commission before the expiry of the first deadline for the submission of tenders.'
7.. In the Annex, after the entry in French, the following indent is inserted:
'— in IrishOnnmhairiú gránach ar muir, Airteagal 17a de Rialachán (CEE) 2131/93'.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 30 March 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission