
Article 1 
The Hungarian intervention agency shall sell, by means of an invitation to tender across the internal market of the Community, maize from harvests prior to the 2007/08 marketing year’s harvest which it holds.
Article 2 

1. The sales referred to in Article 1 shall be carried out under the terms laid down by Regulation (EC) No 127/2009.
2. Notwithstanding Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 127/2009, the minimum selling price may be less than the intervention price, plus a monthly increase.
3. Notwithstanding Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 127/2009, the tender security is set at EUR 10 per tonne.
Article 3 

1. The deadline for the submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to tender shall be 13:00 (Brussels time) on 30 June 2009.The deadline for the submission of tenders under subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be on the following Wednesdays at 13:00 (Brussels time):
— 15 July 2009
— 5 and 26 August 2009,
— 9 and 23 September 2009,
— 14 and 28 October 2009,
— 11 and 25 November 2009,
— 2 and 16 December 2009.
2. Tenders must be lodged with the Hungarian intervention agency:Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési HivatalSoroksári út. 22-24H-1095 BudapestTelephone: (36) 1219 62 60Fax: (36) 1219 89 05E-mail: ERTEKESITES@MVH.GOV.HUWebsite: www.mvh.gov.hu
Article 4 
Within four hours of the expiry of the deadline for the submission of tenders laid down in Article 3(1), the intervention agency concerned shall notify the Commission of tenders received. If no tenders are received, the Member State concerned shall notify the Commission within the same time limit. If the Member State does not notify the Commission within the stipulated time limit, the Commission shall consider that no tender has been submitted in the Member State concerned.
The notifications referred to in the first subparagraph shall be sent electronically and be based on the model at Annex. The tenderers shall not be identified.
Article 5 

1. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 195(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the Commission shall set the minimum maize selling price or decide not to make any award.
2. If fixing a minimum price in accordance with paragraph 1 would lead to the maximum quantity available being exceeded, an award coefficient may be fixed at the same time for the quantities offered at the minimum price in order to comply with the maximum quantity available.
Article 6 
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, 25 June 2009.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

1 2 3 4
Numbering of tenderers Lot No Quantity(t) Tender price(EUR/tonne)
1   
2   
3   
etc.   
Indicate the total quantities offered (including rejected offers made for the same lot): … tonnes.
