28.1.97MENl OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL25/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No147/97
of27January1997
openinganinvitationtotenderforthereductioninthedutyonsorghum
importedintoSpainfromthirdcountries
whereasinthelightofcurrentmarketneedsinSpainan
invitationtotenderforthereductioninthedutyon
importsofsorghumshouldbeopenedintheframework
ofthesespecialarrangements forimports;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EC)No923/96(2),andinparticularArticle12
(1)thereof,
Whereas,pursuanttotheAgreementonAgriculture
concludedduringtheUruguayRoundofmultilateral
tradenegotiationstheCommunityhasundertakento
importacertainquantityofsorghumintoSpain;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1839/95of26
July1995layingdowndetailedrulesforthetariffquotas
formaizeandsorghumintoSpainandmaizeinto
Portugal(3),asamendedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)
No1963/95(4),laysdowntherulesgoverningthe
administration ofthosespecialarrangements ;whereasthis
Regulationlaysdownthespecialadditionaldetailedrules
necessaryforimplementing theinvitationtotender,in
particularthoserelatingtothelodgingandreleaseofthe
securitytobelodgedbyoperatorstoensurecompliance
withtheirobligationsand,inparticulartheobligationto
processorusetheimportedproductontheSpanish
market;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No715/90of5
March1990onthearrangements applicabletoagricul­
turalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatingintheACP
Statesorintheoverseascountriesandterritories(OCT)(5),
aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)No619/96(6),
providesinparticularforareductionof60%intheduty
applicabletograinsorghumuptoaquotaof100000
tonnespercalendaryearandof50%inexcessofthat
quota;whereas,ifthatbenefitiscombinedwiththe
reductionprovidedforunderthisRegulation,thisislikely
todisturbtheSpanishmarketforcereals;whereassuch
combinedbenefitsshouldberuledoutforthesakeofthe
satisfactoryfunctioningoftheinvitationtotender;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Aninvitationtotenderisherebyopenedforthe
reductionintheimportdutyreferredtoinArticle10(2)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92onsorghumtobe
importedintoSpain.
2.Underthisinvitationtotender,thereductioninthe
importdutyongrainsorghumprovidedforinArticle11
ofRegulation(EEC)No715/90shallnotapply.
3.Theinvitationtotendershallbeopenuntil27
February1997.Duringthatperiod,weeklyinvitations
shallbeissuedwithquantitiesandclosingdatesasshown
inthenoticeofinvitationtotender.
4.Regulation(EC)No1839/95shallapplysaveas
otherwiseprovidedforinthisRegulation .
Article2
Importlicencesissuedundertheseinvitationstotender
shallbevalid50daysfromthedatetheyareissued,
withinthemeaningofArticle10(4)ofRegulation(EC)
No1839/95.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27January1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
3OJNoL177,28.7.1995,p.4.
(4)OJNoL189,10.8.1995,p.22.0OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
MOJNoL89,10.4.1996,p.1.