Commission Regulation (EC) No 168/2000 of 25 January 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 increasing to 3 450 000 tonnes the quantity of wheat of breadmaking quality held by the French intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 2000-01-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, award of contract, cereals of bread-making quality, common wheat, export, intervention agency

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 168/2000

of 25 January 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 increasing to 3 450 000 tonnes the quantity of wheat of
breadmaking quality 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,

(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 1758/98 (5),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2050/1999 (6),
opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of
3 150 000 tonnes of wheat of breadmaking quality held
by the French intervention agency; whereas France
informed the Commission of the intention of its inter-
vention agency to increase by 300 000 tonnes the
quantity for which a standing invitation to tender for
export has been opened; whereas the total quantity of
wheat of breadmaking quality held by the French inter-
vention agency for which a standing invitation to tender
for export has been opened should be increased to
3 450 000 tonnes;

ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
1758/98 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 1758/98 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
3 450 000 tonnes of wheat of breadmaking quality to be
exported to all third countries.

The regions in which the 3 450 000 tonnes of wheat
2.
of breadmaking quality 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, 25 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 221, 8.8.1998, p. 3.
(6) OJ L 255, 30.9.1999, p. 13.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

(tonnes)

Place of storage

Amiens
Châlons
Clermont-Ferrand
Dijon
Lille
Lyon
Nancy
Nantes
Orléans
Paris
Poitiers
Rennes
Rouen

Quantity

283 000
280 000
10 000
129 000
600 000
40 000
36 000
30 000
912 000
284 000
253 000
49 000
544 000’