NoL301/18EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.12.95
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2876/95
of13December 1995
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)No1863/95(2),andinparticularArticle
12(1)thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereas,pursuanttotheAgreementonAgriculture
concludedduringtheUruguayRoundofmultilateral
tradenegotiationstheCommunityhasundertakento
importacertainquantityofsorghumintoSpain;Article1
1.Aninvitationtotenderisherebyopenedforthe
reductionintheimportdutyreferredtoinArticle10(2)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92onsorghumtobe
importedintoSpain.
2.Underthisinvitationtotender,thereductioninthe
importdutyongrainsorghumprovidedforinArticle11
ofRegulation(EEC)No715/90shallnotapply.
3.Theinvitationtotendershallbeopenuntil14
March1996.Duringthatperiod,weeklyinvitationsshall
beissuedwithquantitiesandclosingdatesasshownin
thenoticeofinvitationtotender.
4.Regulation(EC)No1839/95shallapplysaveas
otherwiseprovidedforinthisRegulation.WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1839/95of26
July1995layingdowndetailedrulesforthetariffquotas
formaizeandsorghumintoSpainandmaizeinto
Portugal(3),asamendedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)
No1963/95(4),laysdowntherulesgoverningtheadmi­
nistrationofthosespecialarrangements ;whereasthis
Regulationlaysdownthespecialadditionaldetailedrules
necessaryforimplementing theinvitationtotender,in
particularthoserelatingtothelodgingandreleaseofthe
securitytobelodgedbyoperatorstoensurecompliance
withtheirobligationsand,inparticulartheobligationto
processorusetheimportedproductontheSpanish
market;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90of5
March1990onthearrangementsapplicabletoagricul­
turalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatingintheACP
Statesorintheoverseascountriesandterritories(OCT)(%
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2484/94f),
providesinparticularforareductionof60%intheduty
applicabletograinsorghumuptoaquotaof100000
tonnespercalendaryearandof50%inexcessofthat
quota;whereas,ifthatbenefitiscombinedwiththe
reductionprovidedforunderthisRegulation,thisislikely
todisturbtheSpanishmarketforcereals;whereassuchArticle2
1.ImportlicencesissuedinDecember1995under
theseinvitationstotendershallbevalid50daysfrom1
January1996.
2.Importlicencesissuedasfrom1January1996
undertheseinvitationstotendershallbevalid50days
fromthedatetheyareissued,withinthemeaningof
Article10(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1839/95.
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL179,29.7.1995,p.1.
(3)OJNoL177,28.7.1995,p.4.
(4)OJNoL189,10.8.1995,p.22.0OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
(«)OJNoL265,15.10.1994,p.3.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13December1995.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission