
Article 1 
The Austrian intervention agency shall open a standing invitation to tender for the sale on the Community market of 211 705 tonnes of maize held by it.
Article 2 
The sale provided for in Article 1 shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.
However, notwithstanding that Regulation:

((a)) tenders shall be drawn up on the basis of the actual quality of the lot to which they apply;
((b)) the minimum selling price shall be set at a level which does not disturb the cereals market; it may not in any event be lower than the intervention price in force for the month in question, including any monthly increases.
Article 3 
Notwithstanding Article 13(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 the tender security is set at EUR 10 per tonne.
Article 4 

1. The first partial invitation to tender shall expire at 15.00 (Brussels time) on 27 July 2005.The time limit for the submission of tenders for subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be 15.00 (Brussels time) each Wednesday, with the exception of 2 August 2006, 16 August 2006 and 23 August 2006, i.e. weeks when no invitation to tender shall be made.The closing date for the submission of tenders for the last partial invitation to tender shall be 13 September 2006 at 15.00 (Brussels time).
2. Tenders must be lodged with the Austrian intervention agency at the following address:AMA (Agrarmarkt Austria)Dresdnerstraße 70A-1200 Wien
Fax (00 43 1) 33151 4624(00 43 1) 33151 4469.
Article 5 
Within two hours of the expiry of the time limit for the submission of tenders, the Austrian intervention agency shall notify the Commission of tenders received. This notification shall be made by e-mail, using the form in the Annex hereto.
Article 6 
Under the procedure laid down in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 the Commission shall set the minimum selling price or decide not to award any quantities. In the event that tenders are submitted for the same lot and for a quantity larger than that available, the Commission may fix this price separately for each lot.
Where tenders are offering the minimum sale price, the Commission may fix an award coefficient for the quantities offered at the same time as it fixes the minimum sale price.
Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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.
ANNEX

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Serial numbers of tenderers Lot No Quantity(t) Tender price(EUR /t)
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