NoL177/12IEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.7.95
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1840/95
of26July1995
openinganinvitationtotenderforthereductionindiedutyonsorghum
importedintoSpainfromthirdcountries
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community,todisturbtheSpanishmarketforcereals;whereassuch
combinedbenefitsshouldberuledoutforthesakeofthe
satisfactoryfunctioningoftheinvitationtotender;
WhereasinthelightofcurrentmarketneedsinSpainan
invitationtotenderforthereductioninthedutyon
importsofsorghumshouldbeopenedintheframework
ofthesespecialarrangementsforimports;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EC)No1528/95(2),andinparticularArticle
12(1)thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereas,pursuanttotheAgreementonAgriculture
concludedduringtheUruguayRoundofmultilateral
tradenegotiationstheCommunityhasundertakento
importacertainquantiyofsorghumintoSpain;Article1
1.Aninvitationtotenderisherebyopenedforthe
reductionintheimportdutyreferredtoinArticle10(2)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92onsorghumtobe
importedintoSpain;
2.Underthisinvitationtotender,thereductioninthe
importdutyongrainsorghumprovidedforinArticle11
ofRegulation(EEC)No715/90shallnotapply.
3.Theinvitationtotendershallbeopenuntil14
December1995.Duringthatperiod,weeklyinvitations
shallbeissuedwithquantitiesandclosingdatesasshown
inthenoticeofinvitationtotender.
4.Regulation(EC)No1839/95,shallapplysaveas
otherwiseprovidedforinthisRegulation.WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1839/95of26
July1995layingdowndetailedrulesforthetariffquotas
formaizeandsorghumintoSpainandmaizeinto
Portugal(3),laysdowntherulesgoverningtheadministra­
tionofthosespecialarrangements ;whereasthisRegula­
tionlaysdownthespecialadditionaldetailedrulesneces­
saryforimplementing theinvitationottender,inparti­
cularthoserelatingtothelodgingandreleaseofthesecu­
ritytobelodgedbyoperatorstoensurecompliancewith
theirobligationsand,inparticulartheobligationto
processorusetheimportedproductontheSpanish
market:
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90of5
March1990onthearrangementsapplicabletoagricul­
turalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatingintheACP
Statesorintheoverseascountriesandterritories(OCT)(4),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2484/94(%
providesinparticularforareductionof60%intheduty
applicabletograinsorghumuptoaquotaof100000
tonnespercalendaryearandof50%inexcessofthat
quota;whereas,ifthatbenefitiscombinedwiththe
reductionprovidedforunderthisRegulation,thisislikelyArticle2
Importlicencesissuedundertheseinvitationstotender
shallbevalid45daysfromthedatetheyareissued,
withinthemeaningofArticle10(4)ofRegulation(EC)
No1839/95.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL158,8.7.1995,p.13.
(3)Seepage4ofthisOfficialJournal.
\4)OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
HOJNoL265,15.10.1994,p.3.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26July1995.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission