Commission Regulation (EC) No 2852/98 of 30 December 1998 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from third countries
Date: 1998-12-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, Spain, award of contract, cereals, sorghum, tariff quota

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2852/98

of 30 December 1998

opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum
imported into Spain from third countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

the sake of the satisfactory functioning of the invitation to
tender;

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
12 (1) thereof,

Whereas, pursuant
to the Agreement on Agriculture
concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral
trade negotiations the Community has undertaken to
import a certain quantity of sorghum into Spain;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26
July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application
of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into
Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3), as amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1963/95 (4), lays down the rules
governing the administration of those special arrange-
ments; whereas this Regulation lays down the special
additional detailed rules necessary for implementing the
invitation to tender, in particular those relating to the
lodging and release of the security to be lodged by opera-
tors to ensure compliance with their obligations and, in
particular the obligation to process or use the imported
product on the Spanish market;

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July
1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-
ucts and goods resulting from the processing of agricul-
tural products originating in the African, Caribbean and
Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC)
No 715/90 (5) provides in particular for a reduction of
60 % in the duty applicable to grain sorghum up to a
quota of 100 000 tonnes per calendar year and of 50 % in
excess of that quota; whereas, if that benefit is combined
with the reduction provided for under this Regulation,
this is likely to disturb the Spanish market for cereals;
whereas such combined benefits should be ruled out for

(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 189, 10. 8. 1995, p. 22.
(5) OJ L 215, 1. 8. 1998, p. 12.

Whereas in the light of current market needs in Spain an
invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on
imports of sorghum should be opened in the framework
of these special arrangements for imports;

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

1. An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the
reduction in the import duty referred to in Article 10(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on sorghum to be
imported into Spain.

2. Under this invitation to tender, the reduction in the
import duty on grain sorghum provided for in Article 12
of Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 shall not apply.

3.
The invitation to tender shall be open until 25
February 1999. During that period, weekly invitations
shall be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown
in the notice of invitation to tender.

4. Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as
otherwise provided for in this Regulation.

Article 2

Import licences issued under these invitations to tender
shall be valid 50 days from the date they are issued,
within the meaning of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC)
No 1839/95.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 30 December 1998.

For the Commission

Karel VAN MIERT

Member of the Commission