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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2011/1999
of 20 September 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 1707/1999 opening an invitation to tender for the refund or the tax
for the export of common wheat to all third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92of30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market incereals(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No1501/95of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for theapplication of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on thegranting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to betakenintheeventofdisturbanceonthemarketforcereals(
3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98(4), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,
(1)Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2010/1999(
5), opens an invitation to tender relating to the
exportofcommonwheattocertainACPStates;whereasthe destinations laid down in Commission Regulation(EC) No 1707/1999(
6) should therefore be amended;
(2)Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 of15 April 1999 laying down common detailed rules fortheapplicationofthesystemofexportrefundsonagri-cultural products(
7) requires that, where refunds vary
accordingtodestination,paymentoftherefundbemadeconditional inter aliaon presentation of proof that the
producthasbeenimportedinitsunalteredstateintothethird country or into one of the third countries forwhichtherefundapplies;whereasthatproofisrequiredundertheinvitationtotenderopenedbyRegulation(EC)No2010/1999forexportsofcommonwheattocertainACP States; whereas exports to other third countriesundertheinvitationtotenderopenedbyRegulation(EC)No 1707/1999 are carried out under less favourableconditions;whereastheriskoffraudisthereforesmall;whereas, in order to avoid obstructing these exports toother third countries, proof of arrival should not berequired; whereas certificates drawn up by thecompetentauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesstatingthattheproductshavelefttheterritoryoftheCommunityon
boardavesselsuitableforseatreansportmaybeconsid-ered to provide a sufficient guarantee;
(3)Whereas the measures provided for in this RegulationareinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1707/1999 is amended as follows:
1. the title is replaced by the following:
‘openinganinvitationtotenderfortherefundorthetaxfor
the export of common wheat to all third countries exceptcertain ACP States’;
2. Article 1(2) is replaced by the following:
‘2. The invitation to tender shall cover common wheat
forexporttoallthirdcountriesexceptACPStateslistedinAnnex III.’;
3. the following Article 4a is added after Article 4:
‘Article 4aNotwithstandingArticle16ofCommissionRegulation(EC)
No800/1999(*),proofofcompletionofcustomsformali-ties for release for consumption shall not be required forpaymentofrefundsfixedinacontractawardedunderthistender, in so far as the operator provides proof that aquantityofatleast1500tonnesofcerealproducthaveleftthecustomsterritoryoftheCommunityonboardavesselsuitable for sea transport.
(*) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.’;
4. the title of Annex I is replaced by the following:
‘Weekly tender for the refund or the tax for the export of
common wheat to all third countries except certain ACPStates:’;
5. the following Annex III is added:(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 313, 21.11.1998, p. 16.
(5) See page 19 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 201, 31.7.1999, p. 55.
(7) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.
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GroupI GroupII GroupIII‘ANNEX III
Groups of ACP States signatories to the Lomé Convention
Mauritania
MaliNigerSenegalGambiaGuineaBissauGuineaCapeVerdeSierraLeoneLiberiaCôte-d'IvoireGhanaTogoChadCentralAfricanRepublicBeninCameroonEquatorialGuineaSãoToméandPríncipeGabonCongoDemocraticRepublicofCongoRwandaBurundiBurkinaFasoSeychellesComoresMadagascarMauritiusAngolaZambiaMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaBotswanaZimbabweLesothoSwazilandDjiboutiEthiopiaEritrea’
Article 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublicationinthe Official Journal
of the European Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 20 September 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission