Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/1999 of 5 January 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 increasing to 151 725 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 1999-01-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency

6. 1. 1999

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1/1999

of 5 January 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 increasing to 151 725 tonnes the quantity
of barley held by the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing invitation
to tender for export has been opened

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
1666/98 must therefore be amended;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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

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 1666/98 (5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2043/98 (6), opened
a standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 750
tonnes of barley held by the Austrian intervention agency;
whereas, Austria informed the Commission of the inten-
its intervention agency to increase by 50 975
tion of
tonnes the quantity for which a standing invitation to
tender for export has been opened; whereas the total
quantity of barley held by the Austrian intervention
agency for which a standing invitation to tender for
export has been opened should be increased to 151 725
tonnes;

Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to tender
makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quant-

(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 211, 29. 7. 1998, p. 12.
(6) OJ L 263, 26. 9. 1998, p. 15.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 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 151 725 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third
countries, with the exception of the United States,
Canada and Mexico.

2.
The regions in which the 151 725 tonnes of
barley are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regula-
tion.';

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.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 January 1999.

For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Quantity

(tonnes)

Niederösterreich/nördl. Burgenland

Steiermark/südl. Burgenland

Oberösterreich

105 370

8 540

37 815'