Commission Regulation (EC) No 2254/98 of 20 October 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 increasing to 550 000 tonnes the quantity of wheat of breadmaking quality held by the French intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 1998-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, award of contract, cereals of bread-making quality, common wheat, export, intervention agency

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2254/98

of 20 October 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 increasing to 550 000 tonnes the quantity
of wheat of breadmaking quality held by the French 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 1758/98 (5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2043/98 (6), opened
a standing invitation to tender for the export of 150 000
tonnes of wheat of breadmaking quality held by the
French intervention agency; whereas, France informed
the Commission of
its intervention
agency to increase by 400 000 tonnes the quantity for
which a standing invitation to tender for export has been
opened; whereas the total quantity of wheat of bread-
making quality held by the French intervention agency
for which a standing invitation to tender for export has
been opened should be increased to 550 000 tonnes;

the intention of

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
1758/98 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

Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 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 550 000 tonnes of wheat of breadmaking quality to
be exported to all third countries.

2.
The regions in which the 550 000 tonnes of wheat
of breadmaking quality 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, 20 October 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. 3.
(6) OJ L 263, 26. 9. 1998, p. 15.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Amiens

Clermont

Ch(cid:131)lons

Dijon

Lille

Orl(cid:130)ans

Paris

Poitiers

Rouen

(tonnes)

Quantity

117 000

1 000

25 000

1 400

102 000

180 000

58 000

4 000

61 600'