COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 218/98 of 28 January 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1459/97 increasing to 459 728 tonnes the quantity of rye held by the German intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 1998-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, award of contract, export policy, intervention agency, rye

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 218/98

of 28 January 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 1459/97 increasing to 459 728 tonnes the quantity
of rye held by the German 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 European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
market
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 of
cereals held by the intervention agencies;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1459/97 (5),
opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of
209 667 tonnes of rye held by the German intervention
agency; whereas, Germany informed the Commission of
the intention of its intervention agency to increase by
250 061 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invita-
tion to tender for export has been opened; whereas the
total quantity of rye held by the German intervention
agency for which a standing invitation to tender for
export has been opened should be increased to 459 728
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) No
1459/97 must therefore be amended;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1459/97 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

1.
The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
of 459 728 tonnes of rye to be exported to all third
countries.

The regions in which the 459 728 tonnes of rye

2.
are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regulation.’

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, 28 January 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 199, 26. 7. 1997, p. 15.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Quantity

(tonnes)

Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg/
Niedersachsen/Bremen/
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Hessen/Rheinland-Pfalz/
Baden-W(cid:129)rttemberg/Saarland/Bayern

Berlin/Brandenburg/
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt/Th(cid:129)ringen

142 317

15 378

187 720

114 313’