
Article 1 
The Hungarian intervention agency shall open a standing invitation to tender for the sale on the Community market of 200 000 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 September 2006.The closing dates for the submission of tenders for subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be each Wednesday at 15.00 (Brussels time).The closing date for the submission of tenders for the last partial invitation to tender shall be 18 October 2006 at 15.00 (Brussels time).
2. Tenders must be lodged with the Hungarian intervention agency at the following address:Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési HivatalSoroksári út 22-24.H-1095 BudapestTel. (36-1) 219 45 76Fax (36-1) 219 89 05E-mail: ertekesites@mvh.gov.hu
Article 5 
The Hungarian intervention agency shall send the Commission the tenders received, no later than two hours after expiry of the time limit for submitting tenders. 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 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, 26 September 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
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Serial numbers of tenderers Lot No Quantity(t) Tender price(EUR/t)
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