EN Official Journal of the European Communities 23.12.2000 L 328/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2829/2000
of 22 December 2000
openingan invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorg hum imported into Spain
from third countries
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 the market incereals (
1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1666/2000 (2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade nego-tiations, the Community has undertaken to import acertain quantity of sorghum into Spain.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26 July1995 laying down detailed rules for the application oftariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum intoSpain and imports of maize into Portugal (
3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000 (4), lays
down the rules governing the administration of thosespecial arrangements. This Regulation lays down thespecial additional detailed rules necessary for imple-menting the invitation to tender, in particular thoserelating to the lodging and release of the security to belodged by operators to ensure compliance with theirobligations and, in particular the obligation to processor use the imported product on the Spanish market.
(3) Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July 1998on the arrangements applicable to agricultural productsand goods resulting from the processing of agriculturalproducts originating in the African, Caribbean andPacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation(EEC) No 715/90 (
5), provides in particular for a reduc-
tion of 60 % in the duty applicable to grain sorghum upto a quota of 100 000 tonnes per calendar year and of50 % in excess of that quota. If that benefit is combinedwith the reduction provided for under this Regulation,this is likely to disturb the Spanish market for cereals.Such combined benefits should be ruled out for the sake
of the satisfactory functioning of the invitation totender.
(4) In the light of current market needs in Spain an invita-tion to tender for the reduction in the duty on importsof sorghum should be opened in the framework of thesespecial arrangements for imports.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the reduc-
tion in the import duty referred to in Article 10(2) of Regula-tion (EEC) No 1766/92 on sorghum to be imported into Spain.
2. Under this invitation to tender, the reduction in the
import duty on grain sorghum provided for in Article 12 ofRegulation (EC) No 1706/98 shall not apply.
3. The invitation to tender shall be open until 22 February
2001. During that period, weekly invitations shall be issuedwith quantities and closing dates as shown in the notice ofinvitation to tender.
4. Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as other-
wise provided for in this Regulation.
Article 2
Import licences issued under these invitations to tender shall be
valid 50 days from the date they are issued, within the meaningof Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 256, 10.10.2000, p. 13.
(5) OJ L 215, 1.8.1998, p. 12.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission