EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 12. 98 L 335/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2642/98
of 9 December 1998
amending Regulation (EC) No 1759/98 increasing to 889 230 tonnes the quantity
of barley held by the United Kingdom intervention agency for which a standing
invitation to tender for export has been opened
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 themarket in cereals (
1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5
thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2193/96 (4), lays
down the procedures and conditions for the disposal ofcereals held by the intervention agencies;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1759/98 (
5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2205/98 (6), opened
a standing invitation to tender for the export of 597 652tonnes of barley held by the United Kingdom interven-tion agency; whereas, the United Kingdom informed theCommission of the intention of its intervention agency toincrease by 291 578 tonnes the quantity for which astanding invitation to tender for export has been opened;whereas the total quantity of barley held by the UnitedKingdom intervention agency for which a standing in-vitation to tender for export has been opened should beincreased to 889 230 tonnes;
Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to tender
makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quant-ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No1759/98 must therefore be amended;Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1759/98 is hereby amended as
follows:
1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 21. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
of 889 230 tonnes of barley to be exported to all thirdcountries with the exception of the United States,Canada and Mexico.
2. The regions in which the 889 230 tonnes of
barley are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regula-tion.'
2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
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, 9 December 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 293, 16. 11. 1996, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 221, 8. 8. 1998, p. 8.
(6) OJ L 278, 15. 10. 1998, p. 14.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 12. 98 L 335/13
ANNEX
‘ANNEX I
(tonnes)
Place of storage Quantity
North Humberside 64 252
Worcestershire 50 700
Lincolnshire 142 492
Shropshire 40 515
West Sussex 23 661
York 75 135
Dumfries 19 050
Essex 8 760
Dorset 22 436
Leicestershire 11 753
Suffolk 20 987
Northumberland 10 040
Strathclyde 33 744
East Lothian 45 247
Norfolk 19 633
Northamptonshire 9 247
Berwickshire 6 639
North Lincolnshire 49 246
Salisbury 45 901
Gloucester 25 314
Fife 10 229
Keith 7 852
Edinburgh 33 570
Mid Lothian 12 074
Pocklington York 12 876
Norwich 44 789
Taunton 13 744
Aberdeenshire 18 433
Wiltshire 10 911'