Commission Regulation (EC) No 566/1999 of 16 March 1999 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries
Date: 1999-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, award of contract, import, maize, tariff quota, third country

17. 3. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 70/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 566/1999

of 16 March 1999

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

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

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the Management
in accordance with the opinion of
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 maize to be imported
into Spain.

2.
The invitation to tender shall be open until 27 May
1999. During that period, weekly invitations shall be
issued with quantities and closing dates as shown in the
notice of invitation to tender.

3. 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.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 March 1999.

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 177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 189, 10. 8. 1995, p. 22.