Commission Regulation (EC) No 1508/1999 of 9 July 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1223/98 increasing to 567036 tonnes the quantity of rye from harvests prior to 1997 held by the German intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 1999-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, award of contract, export, intervention agency, rye

10. 7. 1999

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1508/1999

of 9 July 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 1223/98 increasing to 567 036 tonnes the quantity of rye from
harvests prior to 1997 held by the German 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 Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/1999 (4), lays
down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of
cereals held by the intervention agencies;

(2) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1123/98 (5),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1144/1999 (6)
opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of
500 000 tonnes of rye from harvests prior to 1997 held
by the German intervention agency; whereas, Germany
informed the Commission of the intention of its inter-
the
vention agency to increase by 67 036 tonnes
quantity for which a standing invitation to tender for
export has been opened; whereas the total quantity of
rye from harvests prior to 1997 held by the German
intervention agency for which a standing invitation to
tender for export has been opened should be increased
to 567 036 tonnes;

ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
1123/98 must therefore be amended;

(4) 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 1123/98 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
567 036 tonnes of rye from harvests prior to 1997 to be
exported to all third countries.

The regions in which the 567 036 tonnes of rye from
2.
harvests prior to 1997 are stored are stated in Annex I to
this Regulation.'

2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 9 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 5, 9.1.1999, p. 64.
(5) OJ L 157, 30.5.1998, p. 74.
(6) OJ L 137, 1.6.1999, p. 20.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Quantity

(tonnes)

Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg/
Niedersachsen/Bremen/
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Hessen/Rheinland-Pfalz/
Baden-W(cid:129)rttemberg/
Saarland/Bayern

Berlin/Brandenburg/
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt/Th(cid:129)ringen

184 381

14 673

168 724

199 258'