NoL81/2[ENl OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.4.95
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No806/95
of10April1995
openinganinvitationtotenderforthereductioninthelevyonsorghum
importedintoSpainfromthirdcountries
quota;whereas,ifthatbenefitiscombinedwiththe
reductionprovidedforunderthisRegulation,thisislikely
todisturbtheSpanishmarketforcereals;whereassuch
combinedbenefitsshouldberuledoutforthesakeofthe
satisfactoryfunctioningoftheinvitationtotender;
WhereasinthelightofcurrentmarketneedsinSpainan
invitationtotenderforthereductioninthelevyon
importsofsorghumshouldbeopenedintheframework
ofthesespecialarrangements forimports;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No1799/94of
18July1994onspecialarrangements forimportsof
maizeandsorghumintoSpainfortheperiodfrom
1January1995to30June1995('),asamendedbyRegu­
lation(EC)No712/95(2),andinparticularArticles3(2)
and8thereof,
Whereas,aspartofanagreementwiththeUnitedStates
ofAmerica,theCommunityhasundertakentoimporta
certainquantityofsorghumintoSpain;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3(3)ofRegulation(EC)No
1799/94,thelevyreductionistobeappliedtosorghum
importedintoSpainundercoverofalicencevalidinthe
MemberStatealone;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No675/94of25
March1994layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplication
ofthespecialarrangements forCouncilRegulations(EC)
No3640/93,(EC)No1799/94and(EC)No3670/93
concerningimportsofmaizeandsorghumintoSpainand
maizeintoPortugal(3),asamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No2660/94(4),laysdowntherulesgoverningtheadmi­
nistrationofthosespecialarrangements ;whereasthis
Regulationlaysdownthespecialadditionaldetailedrules
necessaryforimplementing theinvitationottender,in
particularthoserelatingtothelodgingandreleaseofthe
securitytobelodgedbyoperatorstoensurecompliance
withtheirobligationsand,inparticulartheobligationto
processorusetheimportedproductontheSpanish
market;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90of5
March1990onthearrangementsapplicabloetoagricul­
turalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatingintheACP
Statesorintheoverseascountriesandterritories(OCT)(*),
aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)No2484/94(*),
providesinparticularforareductionof60%inthelevy
applicabletograinsorghumuptoaquotaof100000
tonnespercalendaryearandof50%inexcessofthatArticle1
1.Aninvitationtotenderisherebyopenedforthe
reductionintheimportlevyreferredtoinArticle10of
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92(J)onsorghumto
beimportedintoSpain;
2.Underthisinvitationtotender,thereductioninthe
importlevyongrainsorghumprovidedforinArticle11
ofRegulation(EEC)No715/90shallnotapply.
3.Theinvitationtotendershallbeopenuntil18May
1995.Duringthatperiod,weeklyinvitationsshallbe
issuedwithquantitiesandclosingdatesasshowninthe
noticeofinvitationtotender.
4.Regulation(EC)No675/94shallapplysaveas
otherwiseprovidedforinthisRegulation.
Article2
Importlicencesissuedundertheseinvitationstotender
shallbevalidfromthedatetheyareissued,withinthe
meaningofArticle6(4)ofRegulation(EC)No675/94,
until30June1995.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .OOJNoL189,23.7.1994,p.17.
0OJNoL73,1.4.1995,p.15.0OJNoL83,26.3.1994,p.26.0OJNoL284,1.11.1994,p.29.0OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
(6)OJNoL265,15.10.1994,p.3. f)OJNoL181,1.7,1992,p.21.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10April1995.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission