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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2019/2000
of 25 September 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the
export of common wheat to all thirdcountries
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 Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
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 betaken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(
3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98(4), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 2014/2000(5), opens
an invitation to tender relating to the export of commonwheat to certain ACP States. The destinations laid downin Commission Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000(
6)
should therefore be amended.
(2)Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 of 15 April1999 laying down common detailed rules for theapplication of the system of export refunds on agricul-tural products(
7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1557/2000(8), requires that, where refunds vary
according to destination, payment of the refund be madeconditional, inter alia, on presentation of proof that the
product has been imported in its unaltered state into thethird country or into one of the third countries forwhich the refund applies. That proof is required underthe invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No2014/2000 for exports of common wheat to certainACP States. Exports to other third countries, under theinvitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No1701/2000 are carried out under less favourable condi-tions. The risk of fraud is therefore small. In order toavoid obstructing these exports to other third countries,proof of arrival should not be required. Certificatesdrawn up by the competent authorities of the Member
States stating that the products have left the territory ofthe Community on board a vessel suitable for sea trans-port may be considered to provide a sufficient guar-antee.
(3)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 is amended as follows:1. the title is replaced by the following:
‘opening an invitation to tender for the refund for 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
for export to all third countries except ACP States listed inAnnex III.’;
3. the following Article 4a is added after Article 4:
‘Article 4aNotwithstanding Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 800/1999(*), proof of completion of customs formali-ties for release for consumption shall not be required forpayment of refunds fixed in a contract awarded under thistender, in so far as the operator provides proof that aquantity of at least 1500 tonnes of cereal product have leftthe customs territory of the Community on board a vesselsuitable 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 for the export of common
wheat to all third countries except certain ACP States:’;
5. the following Annex III is added:(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 313, 21.11.1998, p. 16.
(5) See page 23 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 195, 1.8.2000, p. 18.
(7) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.
(8) OJ L 179, 18.7.2000, p. 6.
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Group I Group II Group III‘ANNEX III
Groups of ACP States signatories to the Lomé Convention
Mauritania
MaliNigerSenegalGambiaGuinea BissauGuineaCape VerdeSierra LeoneLiberiaCôte-d'IvoireGhanaTogoChadCentral African RepublicBeninCameroonEquatorial GuineaSão Tomé and PríncipeGabonCongoDemocratic Republic of CongoRwandaBurundiBurkina FasoSeychellesComoresMadagascarMauritiusAngolaZambiaMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaBotswanaZimbabweLesothoSwazilandDjiboutiEthiopiaEritrea’
Article 2
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 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission