Commission Regulation (EC) No 1792/98 of 14 August 1998 amending Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98, (EC) No 1123/98, (EC) No 1323/98, (EC) No 1579/98, (EC) No 1641/98, (EC) No 1666/98, (EC) No 1667/98, (EC) No 1735/98, (EC) No 1758/98, (EC) No 1759/98, (EC) No 1760/98, (EC) No 1761/98 and (EC) No 1791/98 opening standing invitations to tender for the export of cereals held by intervention agencies
Date: 1998-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, cereals, export, intervention agency

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1792/98

of 14 August 1998

amending Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98, (EC) No 1123/98, (EC)
No 1323/98, (EC) No 1579/98, (EC) No 1641/98, (EC) No 1666/98, (EC) No 1667/98,
(EC) No 1735/98, (EC) No 1758/98, (EC) No 1759/98, (EC) No 1760/98, (EC) No
1761/98 and (EC) No 1791/98 opening standing invitations to tender for the
export of cereals held by intervention agencies

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 sale of cereals
held by intervention agencies;

Whereas Commission Regulations (EC) No 1119/98 (5),
(EC) No 1122/98 (6), (EC) No 1123/98 (7), (EC) No 1323/
98 (8), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1740/98 (9),
(EC) No 1579/98 (10), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1732/98 (11),
(EC) No 1666/98 (13),
(EC) No 1667/98 (14), (EC) No 1735/98 (15), (EC) No 1758/
98 (16), (EC) No 1759/98 (17), (EC) No 1760/98 (18), (EC) No
1761/98 (19) and (EC) No 1791/98 (20) opened standing
invitations to tender for the export of cereals held by
intervention agencies to all third countries;

(EC) No 1641/98 (12),

Whereas in view of the situation on the world cereals
market the amount laid down in Article 8 of Regulations
(EC) No 1123/98,
(EC) No 1122/98,
(EC) No 1119/98,
(EC) No 1641/98,
(EC) No 1579/98,
(EC) No 1323/98,
(EC) No 1735/98,
(EC) No 1667/98,
(EC) No 1666/98,
(EC) No 1760/98,
(EC) No 1759/98,
(EC) No 1758/98,

(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 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 54.
(6) OJ L 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 69.
(7) OJ L 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 74.
(8) OJ L 183, 26. 6. 1998, p. 33.
(9) OJ L 218, 6. 8. 1998, p. 8.
(10) OJ L 206, 23. 7. 1998, p. 21.
(11) OJ L 217, 5. 8. 1998, p. 9.
(12) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 4.
(13) OJ L 211, 29. 7. 1998, p. 12.
(14) OJ L 211, 29. 7. 1998, p. 17.
(15) OJ L 217, 5. 8. 1998, p. 13.
(16) OJ L 221, 8. 8. 1998, p. 3.
(17) OJ L 221, 8. 8. 1998, p. 8.
(18) OJ L 221, 8. 8. 1998, p. 13.
(19) OJ L 221, 8. 8. 1998, p. 18.
(20) See page 17 of this Official Journal.

(EC) No 1761/98 and (EC) No 1791/98 for the security
covering the obligation to export has proved insufficient;

Whereas, on account of the higher prices compared with
other third countries applied for barley on the United
States, Canadian and Mexican markets,
the minimum
price fixed by tender is no longer appropriate for all
destinations; whereas these destinations should therefore
be removed from the standing invitations to tender for
the export of barley held by intervention agencies;

Whereas Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98,
(EC) No 1579/98,
(EC) No 1323/98,
(EC) No 1123/98,
(EC) No 1667/98,
(EC) No 1666/98,
(EC) No 1641/98,
(EC) No 1735/98,
(EC) No 1759/98,
(EC) No 1758/98,
(EC) No 1760/98, (EC) No 1761/98 and (EC) No 1791/98
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

(EC) No
Article 8(2) of Regulations (EC) No 1119/98,
(EC) No
(EC) No 1323/98,
1122/98,
(EC) No
(EC) No 1666/98,
1579/98,
1667/98,
(EC) No
(EC) No 1758/98,
1759/98, (EC) No 1760/98, (EC) No 1761/98 and (EC) No
1791/98 is replaced by the following:

(EC) No 1123/98,
(EC) No 1641/98,
(EC) No 1735/98,

‘2. Notwithstanding Article 17 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2131/93, the obligation to export shall be covered
by a security equal at least to the difference between
the intervention price valid on the day of the award
and the minimum price awarded and never less than
ECU 10 per tonne. Half of this amount shall be
lodged when the licence is issued and the balance
shall be lodged before the cereals are removed.

Notwithstanding Article 15(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
3002/92:

(cid:190) the part of the security lodged when the licence is
issued must be released within 20 working days of
the date on which the successful tenderer supplies
proof
the
the cereals
customs territory of the Community,

removed have left

that

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(cid:190) the remainder must be released within 15 working
days of the date on which the successful tenderer
supplies the proof referred to in Article 17(3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.'

(EC) No 1760/98, and (EC) No 1791/98 are
1759/98,
replaced by ‘for export to third countries with the excep-
tion of the United States, Canada and Mexico'.

Article 2

Article 3

The words ‘for export to third countries' in Article 2(1) of
Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98, (EC) No
(EC) No
1666/98,

(EC) No 1735/98,

(EC) No 1667/98,

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, 14 August 1998.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission