Commission Regulation (EC) No 2078/1999 of 30 September 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2198/98 increasing to 3 300 006 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the German intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 1999-09-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency

1. 10. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2078/1999

of 30 September 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2198/98 increasing to 3 300 006 tonnes the quantity of barley 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 2198/98 (5),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1822/1999 (6),
opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of
2 800 093 tonnes of barley held by the German inter-
vention agency; whereas, Germany
informed the
Commission of the intention of its intervention agency
to increase by 499 913 tonnes the quantity for which a
standing invitation to tender
for export has been
opened; whereas the total quantity of barley held by the
German intervention agency for which a standing invita-
tion to tender for export has been opened should be
increased to 3 300 006 tonnes;

ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
2198/98 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 2198/98 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
3 300 006 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 3 300 006 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, 30 September 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 277, 14.10.1998, p. 9.
(6) OJ L 221, 21.8.1999, p. 3.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Quantity

(tonnes)

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

Hessen/Rheinland-Pfalz/Baden-Württemberg/
Saarland/Bayern

Berlin/Brandenburg/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt/Thüringen

1 128 255

278 485

830 708

1 062 558’