Commission Regulation (EC) No 159/2000 of 24 January 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2079/1999 increasing to 1 700 029 tonnes the quantity of rye held by the German intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 2000-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, award of contract, export, intervention agency, rye

25. 1. 2000

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 159/2000

of 24 January 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2079/1999 increasing to 1 700 029 tonnes the quantity of rye 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,

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 2079/1999 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2810/1999 (6), opened
a standing invitation to tender
the export of
1 199 918 tonnes of rye held by the German interven-
tion agency. Germany informed the Commission of the
intention of
its intervention agency to increase by
500 111 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invi-
tation to tender for export has been opened. The total
quantity of rye held by the German intervention agency
for which a standing invitation to tender for export has
been opened should be increased to 1 700 029 tonnes.

store. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2079/1999 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 2079/1999 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
1 700 029 tonnes of rye to be exported to all third coun-
tries.

The regions in which the 1 700 029 tonnes of rye are

2.
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, 24 January 2000.

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 256, 1.10.1999, p. 39.
(6) OJ L 340, 31.12.1999, p. 83.

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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

205 872

8 032
1 060 452
425 673’