Commission Regulation (EC) No 2811/1999 of 29 December 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/98 increasing to 3 010 000 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the French intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 1999-12-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency

31. 12. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 340/85

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2811/1999

of 29 December 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/98 increasing to 3 010 000 tonnes the quantity of barley held
by the French 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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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.

for

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1760/98 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2050/1999 (6), opened
a standing invitation to tender
the export of
2 838 000 tonnes of barley held by the French interven-
tion agency. France informed the Commission of the
intention of
its intervention agency to increase by
172 000 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invi-
tation to tender for export has been opened. The total
quantity of barley held by the French intervention
agency for which a standing invitation to tender for
export has been opened should be
increased to
3 010 000 tonnes.

store. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1760/98 must
therefore be amended.

(4)

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 1760/98 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
3 010 000 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third
countries with the exception of the United States, Canada
and Mexico.

The regions in which the 3 010 000 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)

This increase in the quantity put out to tender makes it
necessary to alter the list of regions and quantities in

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, 29 December 1999.

For the Commission

Margot WALLSTRÖM

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. 13.
(6) OJ L 255, 30.9.1999, p. 13.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Amiens
Châlons
Clermont
Dijon
Lille
Nantes
Nancy
Orléans
Paris
Poitiers
Rouen
Toulouse

(tonnes)

Quantity

159 000
323 600
10 000
217 000
607 000
37 000
72 000
555 000
152 000
232 000
644 000
1 400’