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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1792/98
of 14 August 1998
amending Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98, (EC) No 1123/98, (EC)
No 1323/98, (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) No1761/98 and (EC) No 1791/98 opening standing 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),
(EC) No 1122/98 (6), (EC) No 1123/98 (7), (EC) No 1323/
98 (8), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1740/98 (9),
(EC) No 1579/98 (10), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1732/98 (11), (EC) No 1641/98 (12), (EC) No 1666/98 (13),
(EC) No 1667/98 (14), (EC) No 1735/98 (15), (EC) No 1758/
98 (16), (EC) No 1759/98 (17), (EC) No 1760/98 (18), (EC) No
1761/98 (19) and (EC) No 1791/98 (20) opened standing
invitations to tender for the export of cereals held byintervention agencies to all third countries;
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 1323/98, (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 security
covering the obligation to export has proved insufficient;
Whereas, on account of the higher prices compared with
other third countries applied for barley on the UnitedStates, Canadian and Mexican markets, the minimumprice fixed by tender is no longer appropriate for alldestinations; whereas these destinations should thereforebe removed from the standing invitations to tender forthe export of barley held by intervention agencies;
Whereas Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98,
(EC) No 1123/98, (EC) No 1323/98, (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 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 1119/98, (EC) No
1122/98, (EC) No 1123/98, (EC) No 1323/98, (EC) No1579/98, (EC) No 1641/98, (EC) No 1666/98, (EC) No1667/98, (EC) No 1735/98, (EC) No 1758/98, (EC) No1759/98, (EC) No 1760/98, (EC) No 1761/98 and (EC) No1791/98 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 at least to the difference betweenthe intervention price valid on the day of the awardand the minimum price awarded and never less thanECU 10 per tonne. Half of this amount shall belodged when the licence is issued and the balanceshall be lodged before 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 suppliesproof that the cereals removed have left thecustoms territory of the Community,(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 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 69.
(7) OJ L 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 74.
(8) OJ L 183, 26. 6. 1998, p. 33.
(9) OJ L 218, 6. 8. 1998, p. 8.
(10) OJ L 206, 23. 7. 1998, p. 21.
(11)O JL2 1 7 ,5 .8 .1 9 9 8 ,p .9 .
(12) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 4.
(13) OJ L 211, 29. 7. 1998, p. 12.
(14) OJ L 211, 29. 7. 1998, p. 17.
(15)O JL2 1 7 ,5 .8 .1 9 9 8 ,p .1 3 .
(16)O JL2 2 1 ,8 .8 .1 9 9 8 ,p .3 .
(17)O JL2 2 1 ,8 .8 .1 9 9 8 ,p .8 .
(18)O JL2 2 1 ,8 .8 .1 9 9 8 ,p .1 3 .
(19)O JL2 2 1 ,8 .8 .1 9 9 8 ,p .1 8 .
(20) See page 17 of this Official Journal.
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¾the remainder must be released within 15 working
days of the date on which the successful tenderersupplies the proof referred to in Article 17(3) ofRegulation (EEC) No 2131/93.'
Article 2
The words ‘for export to third countries' in Article 2(1) of
Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98, (EC) No1666/98, (EC) No 1667/98, (EC) No 1735/98, (EC) No1759/98, (EC) No 1760/98, and (EC) No 1791/98 are
replaced by ‘for export to third countries with the excep-tion of the United States, Canada and Mexico'.
Article 3
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, 14 August 1998.
For the Commission
Martin BANGEMANN
Member of the Commission