Commission Regulation (EC) No 1768/1999 of 10 August 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1759/98 increasing to 1 404 507 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the United Kingdom intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 1999-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency

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Official Journal of the European Communities

11. 8. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1768/1999

of 10 August 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 1759/98 increasing to 1 404 507 tonnes the quantity of barley held
by the United Kingdom 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 1759/98 (5),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1395/1999 (6),
opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of
1 091 530 tonnes of barley held by the United Kingdom
intervention agency; whereas
the United Kingdom
informed the Commission of the intention of its inter-
vention agency to increase by 312 977 tonnes the
quantity for which a standing invitation to tender for
export has been opened; whereas the total quantity of
barley held by the United Kingdom intervention agency
for which a standing invitation to tender for export has
been opened should be increased to 1 404 507 tonnes;

ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
1759/98 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 1759/98 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
1 404 507 tonnes of barley for export to third countries,
with the exception of the United States of America, Canada
and Mexico.

The regions in which the 1 404 507 tonnes of barley

2.
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, 10 August 1999.

For the Commission

Monika WULF-MATHIES

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 221, 8.8.1998, p. 8.
(6) OJ L 163, 29.6.1999, p. 33.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Aberdeenshire
Angus
Bedfordshire
Berwickshire
Cambridgeshire
Dorset
Dumfries
East Lothian
Edinburgh
Essex
Fife
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
Keith
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Mid Lothian
Norfolk
North Humberside
North Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Norwich
Nottinghamshire
Pocklington York
Salisbury
Shropshire
Somerset
Strathclyde
Suffolk
Taunton
Tayside
West Sussex
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
York
Yorkshire

(tonnes)

Quantity

18 433
9 684
13 381
69 810
16 761
22 436
34 709
56 265
33 570
8 760
21 791
25 314
64 546
7 852
11 753
193 316
12 074
90 949
64 252
49 246
26 888
10 040
44 789
20 700
12 876
45 901
40 515
8 240
110 735
33 275
13 744
40 390
29 365
10 911
50 700
75 135
5 401’