16.12.97 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities L345/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2504/97
of15December1997
openinganinvitationtotenderforthereductioninthedutyonsorghum
importedintoSpainfromthirdcountries
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,combinedbenefitsshouldberuledoutforthesakeofthe
satisfactoryfunctioningoftheinvitationtotender,
WhereasinthelightofcurrentmarketneedsinSpainan
invitationtotenderforthereductioninthedutyon
importsofsorghumshouldbeopenedintheframework
ofthesespecialarrangementsforimports;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EC)No923/96(2),andinparticularArticle12
(1)thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : Whereas,pursuanttotheAgreementonAgriculture
concludedduringtheUruguayRoundofmultilateral
tradenegotiationstheCommunityhasundertakento
importacertainquantityofsorghumintoSpain;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1839/95of26
July1995layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplication
oftariffquotasforimportsofmaizeandsorghuminto
SpainandimportsofmaizeintoPortugal(3),asamended
byRegulation(EC)No1963/95(4),laysdowntherules
governingtheadministration ofthosespecialarrange­
ments;whereasthisRegulationlaysdownthespecial
additionaldetailedrulesnecessaryforimplementing the
invitationtotender,inparticularthoserelatingtothe
lodgingandreleaseofthesecuritytobelodgedbyoper­
atorstoensurecompliancewiththeirobligationsand,in
particulartheobligationtoprocessorusetheimported
productontheSpanishmarket;Article1
1.Aninvitationtotenderisherebyopenedforthe
reductionintheimportdutyreferredtoinArticle10(2)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92onsorghumtobe
importedintoSpain.
2.Underthisinvitationtotender,thereductioninthe
importdutyongrainsorghumprovidedforinArticle11
ofRegulation(EEC)No715/90shallnotapply.
3.Theinvitationtotendershallbeopenuntil26
February1998.Duringthatperiod,weeklyinvitations
shallbeissuedwithquantitiesandclosingdatesasshown
inthenoticeofinvitationtotender.
4.Regulation(EC)No1839/95shallapplysaveas
otherwiseprovidedforinthisRegulation . WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90of5
March1990onthearrangementsapplicabletoagricul­
turalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatingintheACP
Statesorintheoverseascountriesandterritories(OCT)(5),
aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)No619/96(%
providesinparticularforareductionof60%intheduty
applicabletograinsorghumuptoaquotaof100000
tonnespercalendaryearandof50%inexcessofthat
quota;whereas,ifthatbenefitiscombinedwiththe
reductionprovidedforunderthisRegulation,thisislikely
todisturbtheSpanishmarketforcereals;whereassuchArticle2
Importlicencesissuedundertheseinvitationstotender
shallbevalid50daysfromthedatetheyareissued,
withinthemeaningofArticle10(4)ofRegulation(EC)
No1839/95.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .(>)OJL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
2)OJL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
(■')OJL177,28.7.1995,p.4.
(«)OJL189,10.8.1995,p.22.
(s)OJL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
(6)OJL89,10.4.1996,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15December1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission