EN Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 9. 98 L 263/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2043/98
of 25 September 1998
repealing Regulation (EC) No 1792/98 and amending Regulations (EC) No 1119/
98, (EC) No 1122/98, (EC) No 1123/98, (EC) No 1910/98, (EC) No 1579/98, (EC) No1641/98, (EC) No 1666/98, (EC) No 1667/98, (EC) No 1735/98, (EC) No 1758/98, (EC)No 1759/98, (EC) No 1760/98, (EC) No 1761/98 and (EC) No 1791/98 openingstanding invitations to tender for the export of cereals held by intervention
agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of themarket in cereals (
1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5
thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2193/96 (4), lays
down the procedures and conditions for the sale of cerealsheld by intervention agencies;
Whereas Commission Regulations (EC) No 1119/98 (
5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1876/98 (6), (EC) No
1122/98 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2016/
98 (8), (EC) No 1123/98 (9), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1792/98 (10), (EC) No 1910/98 (11), (EC) No 1579/
98 (12), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1971/
98 (13), (EC) No 1641/98 (14), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1792/98, (EC) No 1666/98 (15), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1792/98, (EC) No 1667/98 (16), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2015/98 (17), (EC) No
1735/98 (18), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1792/98,
(EC) No 1758/98 (19), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1792/98, (EC) No 1759/98 (20), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1792/98, (EC) No 1760/98 (21), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1911/98 (22), (EC) No 1761/98 (23),as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1792/98, and (EC) No
1791/98 (24), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1792/98,
open standing invitations to tender for the export ofcereals held by intervention agencies to all third coun-tries;
Whereas, in view of the situation on the world cereals
market, the amount laid down in Article 8 of Regulations(EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98, (EC) No 1123/98,(EC) No 1910/98, (EC) No 1579/98, (EC) No 1641/98,(EC) No 1666/98, (EC) No 1667/98, (EC) No 1735/98,(EC) No 1758/98, (EC) No 1759/98, (EC) No 1760/98,(EC) No 1761/98 and (EC) No 1791/98 for the securitycovering the obligation to export has proved insufficient;
Whereas, since the prices for barley are higher on the
United States, Canadian and Mexican markets than inother third countries, the minimum price fixed by tenderis no longer appropriate for all destinations; whereas thosedestinations should therefore be excluded from thestanding invitations to tender for the export of barley heldby intervention agencies;
Whereas Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98,
(EC) No 1123/98, (EC) No 1910/98, (EC) No 1579/98,(EC) No 1641/98, (EC) No 1666/98, (EC) No 1667/98,(EC) No 1735/98, (EC) No 1758/98, (EC) No 1759/98,(EC) No 1760/98, (EC) No 1761/98 and (EC) No 1791/98must therefore be amended;
Whereas, if the United States, Canada and Mexico are no
longer export destinations for barley held by interventionagencies, the situation will be comparable with thatapplying where refunds vary with the destination;whereas, in such circumstances, provision should be madefor the securities covering export licences to be releasedsubject to proof of arrival at destination; whereas thesecond indent of Article 8(2) of Regulations (EC) No1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98, (EC) No 1759/98, (EC) No1666/98, (EC) No 1667/98, (EC) No 1735/98, (EC) No1760/98 and (EC) No 1791/98 must therefore beamended accordingly;
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 293, 16. 11. 1996, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 54.
(6) OJ L 243, 2. 9. 1998, p. 7.
(7) OJ L 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 69.
(8) OJ L 260, 23. 9. 1998, p. 13.
(9) OJ L 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 74.
(10) OJ L 228, 15. 8. 1998, p. 22.
(11)O JL2 4 9 ,9 .9 .1 9 9 8 ,p .5 .
(12) OJ L 206, 23. 7. 1998, p. 21.
(13) OJ L 255, 17. 9. 1998, p. 22.
(14) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 43.
(15) OJ L 211, 29. 7. 1998, p. 12.
(16) OJ L 211, 29. 7. 1998, p. 17.
(17) OJ L 260, 23. 9. 1998, p. 11.
(18)O JL2 1 7 ,5 .8 .1 9 9 8 ,p .1 3 .
(19)O JL2 2 1 ,8 .8 .1 9 9 8 ,p .3 .
(20)O JL2 2 1 ,8 .8 .1 9 9 8 ,p .8 .
(21)O JL2 2 1 ,8 .8 .1 9 9 8 ,p .1 3 .
(22)O JL2 4 9 ,9 .9 .1 9 9 8 ,p .1 0 .
(23)O JL2 2 1 ,8 .8 .1 9 9 8 ,p .1 8 . (24) OJ L 228, 15. 8. 1998, p. 17.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 9. 98 L 263/16
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1792/98 does not fully meet
the aim of the preceding recital as regards barley; whereasthat Regulation should therefore be repealed for the sakeof clarity;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 8(2) of Regulations (EC) No 1123/98, (EC) No
1910/98, (EC) No 1579/98, (EC) No 1641/98, (EC) No1758/98 and (EC) No 1761/98 is replaced by thefollowing:
‘2. Notwithstanding Article 17 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2131/93, the obligation to export shall be coveredby a security equal to the difference between theintervention price applying on the day of the awardand the price awarded but not less than ECU 10 pertonne. Half of the security shall be lodged when thelicence is issued and the balance shall be lodgedbefore the cereals are removed.
Notwithstanding Article 15(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
3002/92:
¾the part of the security lodged when the licence is
issued must be released within 20 working days ofthe date on which the successful tenderer providesproof that the cereals removed have left thecustoms territory of the Community,
¾the remainder must be released within 15 working
days of the date on which the successful tendererprovides the proof referred to in Article 17(3) ofRegulation (EEC) No 2131/93.'
Article 2
Article 8(2) of Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No
1122/98, (EC) No 1666/98, (EC) No 1667/98, (EC) No1735/98, (EC) No 1759/98, (EC) No 1760/98 and (EC) No
1791/98 is replaced by the following:
‘2. Notwithstanding Article 17 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2131/93, the obligation to export shall be coveredby a security equal to the difference between theintervention price applying on the day of the awardand the price awarded but not less than ECU 10 pertonne. Half of the security shall be lodged when thelicence is issued and the balance shall be lodgedbefore the cereals are removed.
Notwithstanding Article 15(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
3002/92:
¾the part of the security lodged when the licence is
issued must be released within 20 working days ofthe date on which the successful tenderer providesproof that the cereals removed have left thecustoms territory of the Community.
Notwithstanding Article 17(3) of Regulation (EEC) No
2131/93:
¾the remainder must be released within 15 working
days of the date on which the successful tendererprovides the proof referred to in Article 18 ofRegulation (EEC) No 3665/87.'
Article 3
In Article 2(1) of Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No
1122/98, (EC) No 1666/98, (EC) No 1667/98, (EC) No1735/98, (EC) No 1759/98, (EC) No 1760/98 and (EC) No1791/98, ‘for export to third countries' is replaced by ‘forexport to third countries with the exception of the UnitedStates, Canada and Mexico'.
Article 4
Regulation (EC) No 1792/98 is hereby repealed.
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 25 September 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission