COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 266/98 of 30 January 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 increasing to 102 290 tonnes the quantity of maize held by the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 1998-01-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, award of contract, export, intervention agency, maize, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 266/98

of 30 January 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 increasing to 102 290 tonnes the quantity
of maize held by the Austrian 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
market
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 of
cereals held by the intervention agencies;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 (5),
opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of
51 283 tonnes of maize held by the Austrian intervention
agency to be exported to Switzerland, Liechtenstein,
Slovenia, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic;
whereas, Austria informed the Commission of the inten-
tion of
its intervention agency to increase by 51 007
tonnes the quantity for which a standing invitation to
tender for export has been opened; whereas the total
quantity of maize held by the Austrian intervention
agency for which a standing invitation to tender for
export has been opened should be increased to 102 290
tonnes;

2645/97 must
therefore be amended; whereas in the
present market situation this invitation to tender should
be extended to all third countries;

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 2645/97 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
1.
of 102 290 tonnes of maize to be exported to all third
countries.

2.
The regions in which the 102 290 tonnes of
maize are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regula-
tion.’

2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

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, 30 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 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 36.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Nieder(cid:148)sterreich/n(cid:148)rdliches Burgenland

Steiermark/s(cid:129)dliches Burgenland

K(cid:132)rnten

Ober(cid:148)sterreich

(tonnes)

Quantity

40 509

43 794

8 832

9 155’