Commission Regulation (EC) No 294/2000 of 8 February 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1393/1999 increasing to 84 234 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the Belgian intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 2000-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 294/2000

of 8 February 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1393/1999 increasing to 84 234 tonnes the quantity of barley held by
the Belgian 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;

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1393/1999 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2050/1999 (6), opened
a standing invitation to tender for the export of 53 483
tonnes of barley held by the Belgian intervention agency.
Belgium informed the Commission of the intention of
its intervention agency to increase by 30 751 tonnes the
quantity for which a standing invitation to tender for
export has been opened. The total quantity of barley
held by the Belgian intervention agency for which a
standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
should be increased to 84 234 tonnes.

store. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1393/1999 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 1393/1999 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
84 234 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 84 234 tonnes of barley 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, 8 February 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 163, 29.6.1999, p. 26.
(6) OJ L 255, 30.9.1999, p. 13.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Hainaut

Liège

Namur

Oost-Vlaanderen

West-Vlaanderen

(tonnes)

Quantity

16 771

11 366

22 167

23 308

10 622’