27.9.97 |EN1OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities L265/73
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1884/97
of26September1997
amendingRegulation (EC)No1339/97openinganinvitationtotenderforthe
refundorthetaxfortheexportofcommonwheattoallthirdcountries
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,vourableconditions;whereastheriskoffraudistherefore
small;whereas,inordertoavoidobstructingtheseexports
tootherthirdcountries,proofofarrivalshouldnotbe
required;whereascertificatesdrawnupbythecompetent
authoritiesoftheMemberStatesstatingthattheproducts
havelefttheterritoryoftheCommunityonboardavessel
suitableforseatransportmaybeconsideredtoprovidea
sufficientguarantee;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EC)No923/96(2),
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EC)No
1501/95of29June1995layingdowncertaindetailed
rulesfortheapplicationoftheCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No1766/92onthegrantingofexportrefundsoncereals
andthemeasurestobetakenintheeventofdisturbance
onthemarketforcereals(3),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No1259/97(4),andinparticularArticle4
thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EC)No1883/970
opensaninvitationtotenderrelatingtotheexportof
commonwheattoCeuta,MelillaandcertainACPStates;
whereasthedestinationslaiddowninCommissionRegu­
lation(EC)No1339/97(6)shouldthereforebeamended;Article1
Regulation(EC)No1339/97isamendedasfollows:
1.Thetitleisreplacedbythefollowing:
'openinganinvitationtotenderfortherefundorthe
taxfortheexportofcommonwheattoallthirdcoun­
triesexceptCeuta,MelillaandcertainACPStates.'
2.Article1(2)isreplacedbythefollowing:
'2.Theinvitationtotendershallcovercommon
wheatforexporttoallthirdcountriesexceptCeuta,
MelillaandACPStateslistedinAnnexIII.'
3.ThefollowingArticle4aisaddedafterArticle4:
'Article4a
Notwithstanding Article18ofRegulation (EEC)No
3665/87,proofofcompletionofcustomsformalities
forreleaseforconsumption shallnotberequiredfor
paymentofrefundsfixedinacontractawardedunder
thistender,insofarastheoperatorprovidesproofthat
aquantityofatleast1500tonnesofcerealproduct
haveleftthecustomsterritoryoftheCommunityon
boardavesselsuitableforseatransport.'
4.ThetitleofAnnexIisreplacedbythefollowing:
'Weeklytenderfortherefundorthetaxfortheexport
ofcommonwheattoallthirdcountriesexceptCeuta,
MelillaandcertainACPStates.'
5.ThefollowingAnnexIIIisadded:WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87of
27November1987layingdowncommondetailedrules
fortheapplicationofthesystemofexportrefundson
agriculturalproducts(7),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No815/97(8),requiresthat,whererefundsvary
accordingtodestination,paymentoftherefundbemade
conditionalinteraliaonpresentationofproofthatthe
producthasbeenimportedinitsunalteredstateintothe
thirdcountryorintooneofthethirdcountriesforwhich
therefundapplies;whereasthatproofisrequiredunder
theinvitationtotenderopenedbyRegulation(EC)No
1883/97forexportsofcommonwheattoCeuta,Melilla
andcertainACPStates;whereasexportstootherthird
countriesundertheinvitationtotenderopenedbyRegu­
lation(EC)No1339/97arecarriedoutunderlessfa­
')OJL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
AOJL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
3)OJL147,30.6.1995,p.7.
4)OJL174,2.7.1997,p.10.
5)Seepage69ofthisOfficialJournal.
«)OJL184,12.7.1997,p.7.
0OJL351,14.12.1987,p.1.
sOJL116,6.5.1997,p.22.

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'ANNEXIII
GroupsofACPStatessignatoriestotheLomeConvention
GroupI GroupII GroupIII
Mauritania Chad Seychelles
Mali CentralAfricanRepublic Comoros
Niger Benin Madagascar
Senegal Cameroon Mauritius
BurkinaFaso EquatorialGuinea Angola
Gambia SãoToméandPríncipe Zambia
GuineaBissau Gabon Malawi
Guinea Congo Mozambique
CapeVerde DemocraticRepublicofCongoNamibia
SierraLeone Rwanda Botswana
Liberia Burundi Zimbabwe
Côted'Ivoire Lesotho
Ghana Swaziland
Togo Djibouti
Ethiopia
Eritrea'
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26September1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission